From JUNE 14 to JUNE 17 · Four days of symposium at Northeastern Illinois University (RECITAL HALL) including tapas and light performances · FREE ADMISSION ($10 suggested donation)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Symposium with La Lupi
Moderator: Jorge Pérez
12:00 - 1:00 PM / Lunch with a Legend
Symposium with Otis Sallid
1:00 - 3:00 PM / Jazz & Flamenco Fusion
Discussion with Diego "El Negro" Alvarez, Otis Sallid, Yinka Esi Graves (remote) & Miguel A. Rosales
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Film Screening & Discussion: Gurumbé
Symposium with Miguel Ángel Rosales (Director)
Moderator: Pepe Vargas
12:00 - 1:00 PM / Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 PM / From Spain to Mexican Folkloric Dance
Discussion with Irma Suárez Ruiz, Briseyda Zárate, Juan Dies & José Luis Ovalle
Moderator: Carlos Cardenas
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Symposium with Dr. K Meira Goldberg
Moderator: Lauren Warnecke
12:00 - 1:00 PM / Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 PM / From Flamenco to Bomba
Discussion with Brenda Torres-Figueroa, Tito Rodriguez and Jorge Perez
Moderator: Cesar Rolon
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Symposium with Diego "El Negro" Alvarez connecting with Buika & Yinka Esi Graves
Moderator: Sekou "Tepaka Lunda" Conde
12:00 - 1:00 PM / Lunch with a Legend
Symposium with Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Moderator: Dr. K. Meira Goldberg
1:00 - 3:00 PM / Spanish music between Africa and the Caribbean
Discussion with Dr. Gloria Gibson, Patricia Ortega, Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Dr. K. Meira Goldberg & Orbert Davis
Moderator: Julia Hinojosa
is the director and choreographer of her own company. She produces Flamenco shows and performs at festivals, theaters, clubs, recitals, conferences, as well as working as a teacher in her own flamenco school.
is a Spanish anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. In 2004 he began his first projects as a documentary filmmmaker. Gurumbé is his first feature film.
is a Flamenco performer, teacher, choreographer and historian. Her monograph, Sonidos Negros: On the Blackness of Flamenco won the Barnard Hewitt Award for best 2019 book in theatre history or cognate disciplines, as well as Honorable Mention for the Sally Banes Publication Award.
is a master cajón player. He has more than 12 Latin Grammy nominations and is a winner of a Latin Grammy in 2010 for best rock album of the year for Será by La Vida Boheme.
is a Flamenco dancer. Born in London to Ghanaian and Jamaican parents, Yinka started taking dance classes at the age of 5. Currently based in Seville in Spain. She began dancing Flamenco at the age of 21 and has not looked back.
Otis Sallid is a director, choreographer, and producer whose accomplishments in theater, television, and film are known throughout the entertainment industry.
Artistic Director for the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illinois.
is an inspired and skilled Professional Flamenco Dancer, Choreographer, and Master Teacher from Los Angeles, CA.
is the co-founder and executive director of Sones de Mexico Ensemble, a Chicago folk music group that specializes in the Mexican musical tradition known as son.
original founding director of the Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago
is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and art educator, born and raised in Puerto Rico, and working mainly in performance art, installations, and public art.
founder of AfriCaribe. AfriCaribe provides Chicago with a means to celebrate the African influence in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean lands.
Executive & Associate Artistic Director of Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illinois.
is an American cultural historian, performer, choreographer, and anti-racist cultural worker.
President of Northeastern Illinois University
Flamenco singer with Mexican / Cuban musical roots
Emmy-Award winning trumpeter, composer and educator Orbert Davis is co-founder, conductor and artistic director of Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
Founding Artistic Director and CEO of Red Clay Dance Company
Founder & Executive Director at International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago.
is a freelance arts and culture writer, educator and administrator.
CEO Imagen Consultants Inc. Founder – Latino Fashion Week.
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