LIVE PERFORMANCES
THIS WEEKEND (FRI 21, SAT 22, SUN 23)
The Bay Area Flamenco Partnership presents
Flamenco ARTE Y PUREZA direct from Spain!
in the US premier of "Maestria"
featuring Gypsy Flamenco legend MIGUEL FUNI

Tickets still available but going fast!

Friday, Sept. 21, Santa Cruz http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/18891

Saturday, Sept. 22, Berkeley http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/20642

Sunday, Sept. 23, San Francisco http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/19836

*** WORKSHOP IN SANTA CRUZ! (details below)

ARTE Y PUREZA in MAESTRIA
An evening of flamenco puro featuring a rare US appearance of the legendary singer/dancer "El Funi" (Miguel Pena Vargas), an icon of Spanish Gypsy culture. With his gallant, rooster-like stance, trademark white scarf, and impeccable blue suit, he reminds audiences of a Gypsy version of the late cuban bolero singer Ibrahim Ferrer. A sublimely skilled festero, his charismatic presence on the stage is unmistakaby "El Funi" and is unforgettable.

The Arte y Pureza company returns to the US after their sold-out 2006 tour for a series of concerts in cities including San Francsico, Berkeley and New York. Hailed by critics as "fierce and triumphant" in their mastery of the oldest styles of Gypsy song and dance, their improvisation and incredible display of raw emotion bring audiences to their feet time after time.

Arte y Pureza is dedicated to the preservation of traditional, pure flamenco from the Gypsy neighborhoods of Andalucia in Spain. The company includes guitarists Antonio Moya, Spain's 2006 Guitarist of the Year and Ethan Margolis who accompanied El Funi on his most recent CD, along with the world-renowned singer Gabriel "Pies Plomo" (son of the legendary Jose de la Tomasa) and dancer Cihtli Ocampo "La Gallardi" (in Tony Gatlif's film "Exils"). Singer/dancers Javier Heredia and Fabiola Perez are younger-generation aritsts who have already won high praise throughout Europe and elsewhere as bearers of the tradition who will insure the future of flamenco.

Friday, Sept. 21, Santa Cruz
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 8pm
320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/18891
or at Streetlight Records
939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
(831)421-9200

Saturday, Sept. 22, Berkeley
Thrust Stage (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), 8pm
2025 Addison Street, Berkeley
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/20642
Box Office hours Tues–Sun, 12 noon–7pm
(510)647.2949

Sunday, Sept. 23, San Francisco
Cowell Theater, 6:00 pm
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/19836
Box Office hours: Tues-Sat. 11am-5pm
(415)345-7575
LOCATION:
http://performances.cubik.com/theaters/cowell.asp#map