Let’s bring Flamenco to the Community!
Mozaico Flamenco Performance presents spontaneous “Cuadro Flamenco” shows with the crackling handclaps and spirited stomping of fiery flamenco dancers, rhythmic guitar and a soulful singer. Our next performance is Cafe de Chinitas, May 5th, 2024.
Mozaico Flamenco Performance
Mozaico Flamenco is an intergenerational, multicultural and LGBTQ2IA artistic performance group that presents high quality flamenco shows specializing in Flamenco Dance from Andalucia, Spain. Mozaico Flamenco’s reputation in Vancouver for colourful, vibrant, energetic flamenco shows with rare versatility and polish is renowned.
Mozaico Flamenco can be frequently seen dancing around the city in outdoor popup shows, multicultural festivals and artistic events. Most recently, Mozaico Flamenco has performed Latincouver Latin American Heritage Month, Explorasian Vancouver Asian Heritage Month, Taiwanese Canada Day Festival, Naad Spring festival, the Lumiere Festival, Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), Vancouver and Victoria Flamenco Festivals amongst many others. We celebrate 52 years dancing live Spanish and Flamenco shows to enthusiastic audiences in Canada, bringing thousands to the art form.
Our most recent shows are “Flamenco Around The Map: Andalucia” which takes the audience on a journey through the South of Spain, “Flamenco Around The Map: De Ida Y Vuelta” which explores how flamenco was greatly influenced by the countries of Cuba and Argentina, as Spaniards migrated to Latin America and created new forms like the Rumba, and “Flamenco Dim Sum” which celebrates a truly Vancouver multicultural view about flamenco celebrating Asian-Canadian flamenco artists including Kasandra “La China”, “La Sirena” and Jake Lee “Chinito” from Victoria.
Mozaico Flamenco can be booked for special events, music and dance festivals, school educational programs, senior centres, corporate events, trade shows, weddings and more.
Shows can presented as high quality music/dance shows, jazz headliner shows or can be narrated informally as educational, participatory shows.
Please inquire info@mozaicoflamenco.com to review dates and rates.
Our Story
Mozaico Flamenco has been a moving force in the world of Spanish dance for over 30 years, continuously pushing the outer edges of the artistic envelope, fusing dance, music and culture.
“Crackling hand claps, exploding heel beats, swirling flounces . . . ”
In 1972, Oscar Nieto created Mozaico de Danzas in Los Angeles, California. This ensemble performed a “mosaic” of Spanish Dances including classical, neo-classical, regional and flamenco. The group created a splash with its innovative choreographies, colourful costumes and blend of new sounds. In 1983, Oscar created Mozaico Flamenco in Vancouver, British Columbia. Far ahead of its time, he incorporated flamenco with heretical instruments such as electric guitar, base, congas and the cora, which are now currently used in flamenco music.
“. . . one of the most original and captivating artistic groups to appear in Canada for years!”
Since 2002, Mozaico Flamenco Dance Theatre has produced professional, engaging, artistic shows for Canadian audiences that promote flamenco as an art form. It has a reputation among local fans for producing performances of rare versatility, polish and exuberance.
The company has performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Vancouver Opera, and has appeared at countless venues including the Vancouver East Cultural Theatre, Norman Rothstein Theatre, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Arts Club Revue Theatre, Vanier Hall, Cowichan Theatre, Newcombe Theatre, Tidemark Centre, Canada Pavilion, Canada Place, Expo 86 and the Pacific National Exhibition.
Our theatrical shows have included “Espiritu Sin Nombre“, “Poemas de Alegrias“, “Cafe de Chinitas“, “Flamenco Around The Map: Andalucia” and “Flamenco Around The Map: De Ida Y Vuelta“.
The demand for Mozaico Flamenco continues to grow. It is a demand for stunning performances of traditional and contemporary flamenco, yet also for the striking originality of Mozaico Flamenco’s extension of the art through fusion of Latin Jazz, Cuban rhythms, Asian themes and pushing the edges of the envelope. Ravishing costumes, breathtaking virtuosity, evocative vocalizing, electrifying footwork…audiences are mesmerized from the beginning and left jubilant at the end. Spellbinding!
Sunday Salon Series
Mozaico Flamenco launched the intimate Sunday Salon Series in 2022 to gather performers and audience together in a close encounter of fiery cuadro flamenco. Flamenco is a vibrant art form that lives on audience interaction in the form of handclapping and shouts, OLE! Thanks to the BC Arts Council, the Sunday Salon Series created 17 shows and 47 new songs and dances within 11 months, featuring dozens of performers. Celebrate this wonderful event with Mozaico Flamenco as we continue this amazing series today, celebrating passionate flamenco song, music & dances.
Act 1 starts at 7:30pm. 45-50 minutes professional show, followed by a Question and Answer period over wine for $5, so the audience can meet the artists.
Act 2 starts at 8:30pm and continues in a community circle, like the tablaos in the caves of Sacromonte, Granada.
We encourage everyone to get dressed up in flamenco flamboyance to celebrate, whether that is a flower in the hair or polka-dot dress, but if you have neither, just come with your voice and clapping hands.
Upcoming Performances
Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
Mozaico Flamenco presents
Cuadro!
Al Mozaico Flamenco Dance Academy is proud to showcase our flamenco dancers as they seek transcendence and a connection in the intimate cuadro. Since humble local beginnings in 2014 when we began the Cuadro Project, today we find ourselves showcasing many keen emerging artists in British Colombia.
Dancers
Kasandra “La China”, Artistic Director, Bailaora, Palmas
Amber Rowell, Amira Howes, Claire Thomas, Cristina Dwyer, Cynthia Shippam-Brett, Dinara Nussipakynova, Kara Wiebe, Leslie Bishko, Pam Wong, Robin Rattlesnake
Music
Gareth Owen, guest flamenco guitarist (Victoria)
Peter Mole, resident flamenco guitarist
Justine Reinhart, cantaora
Kelty McKerracher, cantaora
