Florian -> RE: Esencia Flamenca (Australia) (May 8 2011 15:41:02)
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Heres a little about some of the Artists in it... Roshanne Wijeyeratne (Adelaide) Director of Alma Flamenca Dance School and co-founding member of Velada Flamenco Performance Company. A performer, choreographer and teacher, Roshanne gives classes in Unley and in the city, conducts dance workshops around Australia on a regular basis and has performed both nationally and internationally. Born into a family of musicians, Roshanne has been singing, dancing and performing since childhood. She has been trained in classical piano, voice and various dance forms including tap, jazz ballet, classical ballet, ballroom, Indian (bharatanatyam), and Sri Lankan Kandyan and Pahan (candle) dancing. She began flamenco in 1996 with Liana Vargas whom she subsequently taught for from 1998 until 2004. Since then Roshanne has travelled to Spain and the United States regularly (annually/biannually) for extended periods of intensive professional development in Sevilla, Madrid, New York City and Albuquerque. Roshanne regularly trains under the instruction of Spain’s most respected flamenco maestros including Manuel Betanzos, Manuela Carrasco, Pastora Galván, La Truco, and Isabel Bayón (see below for a more comprehensive list). In August of 2010, after completing the very intensive and comprehensive course developed by La Truco entitled "II CICLO DEDICADO A LA FORMACIÓN COMPLETA DEL BAILE FLAMENCO", Roshanne was awarded the Beca de Oro (Gold Scholarship) for study at Madrid's prestigious flamenco academy Amor de Dios in 2011. Roshanne is the first Australian artist to receive such an accolade and has been recognised by some of Madrid's finest flamenco maestros, as an artist on the rise of greater things to come. As a performer, her undeniable talent has seen her being scouted out of dance class with flamenco master Juana Amaya to perform at the iconic venue ‘La Carboneria’ in Sevilla as well performing in Flamenco Tablao in New Mexico and being invited to be the soloist for the the legendary flamenco singer Pepe de Lucía, accompanied by world renowned guitarist Oscar Guzmán. Her performances have built her reputation as one of ‘Australia’s finest young flamenco artists seen in Australia today’ (Flamenco Australia 2008). Roshanne’s talent as a dancer alone is impressive with fiery, rhythmic footwork and a style direct from Andalucía, but her ability to express her genuine emotions through dance and emote at the same time is raw flamenco at its core (see below for a list of recent performances). “The dancing by Roshanne Wijeyeratne (an Adelaide-based dancer gaining momentum around the world) is strong, fluid and rapid” (Kosta Jaric, Reviewing Adelaide 2011). "The addition of Adelaide-based dancer Roshanne Wijeyeratne completed the effortless blend of song, guitar and dance." The Australian 2010 “The fiery and passionate Roshanne Wijeyeratne... a riveting solo” (Phil Callaghan, Ausdance 2009) “Flamenco fans packed the Darwin Entertainment Centre thrilling at Roshanne Wijeyeratne’s dancing in particular” (Northern Territory News 2007). RECENT TRAINING Sevilla: Manuela Carrasco, Alicia Márquez (Paco Peña), El Torombo (Noche Flamenca), Manuel Betanzos, Ramón Martínez (Paco Peña), Pastora Galván, Isabel Bayón, Andrés Peña, Soraya Clavijo, Pilar Ortega, Miguel ‘El Rubio’, Raphael Campallo, Adela Campallo, Yolanda Heredia, Asun Demarco, and Juana Amaya. Madrid: La Truco, Concha Jareño, Pepa Molina, Maria Torres, Olga Pericet, Maria Juncal and Alfonso Losa. US: Joaquin and Maria Encinias and Omayra Amaya. RECENT PERFORMANCES Solo Work The Adelaide International Guitar Festival's El Corazon del Flamenco with Oscar Guzmán and Pepe de Lucía (2010 @ The Adelaide Festival Main Theatre), Carnival Choreographer’s Ball (Sydney 2009), Winter Flamenco Festival (2009), Florian Una Noche de Flamenco (2008), Marina Tamayo presents ‘Flamenco Tablao’ with Antonio Vargas (Sydney 2007 & 2008), The Shell Darwin Guitar Festival with Oscar Guzmán (2005 & 2007), Flamenco Tablao (New Mexico 2007), La Carboneria (Sevilla 2003).
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