As a young girl in Mexico, seeing Spanish Flamenco dancers for the first time, Rosario Ancer was captivated.
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Audiences will experience that passion with Rosario, her dancers and musicians as they present at the Rotary Centre for the Arts April 5.
91裸聊视频淔or me it91裸聊视频檚 the coming together of the singer and the rhythm 91裸聊视频� it transforms you,91裸聊视频� she says.
The Butterfly Effect
From Mexico, Rosario followed her passion to Spain, where she met her future husband, Canadian guitarist Victor Kolstee, who has joined her in the Vancouver-based .
These physical and artistic explorations were akin to the monarch butterfly91裸聊视频檚 own transformative journey 91裸聊视频� a metaphor she explores in this celebrated performance.
91裸聊视频淟a Monarca reflects on my continual motion, travelling between Mexico where I was born, Spain 91裸聊视频� the Mecca of Flamenco, and Canada 91裸聊视频� my new home. Being a migrant between three homes reminded me of the recurrent autumn pilgrimage of the monarch butterflies between Canada and Mexico,91裸聊视频� she reflects.
91裸聊视频淟a Monarca is a very personal work 91裸聊视频� emotional, and resonant with the meaning of my life,91裸聊视频� Rosario says. 91裸聊视频淚t ties into many elements I91裸聊视频檝e been interested in developing over the years 91裸聊视频� growing from diverse inspirations, small experiments, past collaborations and even some large successes on my journey.
91裸聊视频淚 look at these antecedents, seeing some that grew, unexpectedly, from small ideas 91裸聊视频� a minor movement and a vision just glimpsed 91裸聊视频� brought together into this new work, emergent, beautiful and unexpected: the butterfly effect.91裸聊视频�
Try your hand 91裸聊视频� and feet 91裸聊视频� at flamenco
The La Monarca performance isn91裸聊视频檛 your only opportunity to experience Flamenco this April.
Rosario also offers an , April 4 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the centre91裸聊视频檚 SunFM Dance Studio. The cost is $10 and is ideal for those wanting to learn more about the basics of Flamenco (maximum 20 people).
Rosario91裸聊视频檚 guitarist and husband Victor Kolstee will also lead an hour-long session for a maximum of 12 people April 4 from 7 to 8 p.m. Bring your guitar.
Tickets for La Monarca: The Monarch and the Butterfly Effect, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5 are $35/adults; $30/members and groups of six or more; and $20 for students, available or at the Rotary Centre for the Arts box office at 250-717-5304.
