American Bolero Dance Company's Summer 2015 "Tablao Flamenco" Series Continues in Astoria

ASTORIA, N.Y. - July 24, 2015 - PRLog -- Queens, NY-based American Bolero Dance Company will present the second and last installment of its Summer 2015 performance series, Tablao Flamenco, again at The Chian Federation in Astoria on Friday, August 14th at 8:30 PM.

Tablao Flamenco is an ongoing series of monthly showcases featuring live Flamenco and other kinds of Spanish dance and music performed by some of the finest talent from New York City and abroad.  Presented like a cabaret, where guests can order and enjoy food and drinks during the show, Tablao Flamenco re-creates the experience of being in one of Spain’s flamenco clubs (or 'tablaos') for the NYC audience.

Gabriela Granados, American Bolero Dance Company’s Artistic Director and Founder, created the series after realizing that few opportunities to regularly see Flamenco and other related dance styles presented in this format had existed right in Queens.  In 2008, she established the borough’s own tablao, drawing from her own professional experiences performing in three of Madrid’s most legendary tablaos flamencos (Los Canasteros, Zambra and Las Brujas).

Several factors set Ms. Granados’ tablao apart from others in New York City.  Many of the tablao-type shows, particularly in Manhattan, take place in restaurants where a very limited number of artists perform only Flamenco on a small platform space.  American Bolero Dance Company’s Tablao Flamenco production presents not only popular Flamenco as expected, but also rarely performed Spanish classical and regional dances, many of which feature castanets, along with other international music and dance styles from Latin America and elsewhere that have influenced or been influenced by those of Spain.  Over the course of the series, some of the shows have included performances of Argentinean Tango and Chacarera, Salsa, and Arabic Bellydance; it has even featured a comedic skit by a “flamenco clown”.  Furthermore, The Chian Federation’s stage has enabled the Company to showcase the theatrical group choreographies in its repertory, as well as present an authentic “cuadro flamenco”, where all musicians and dancers are seated in a semi-circle onstage in full view of the audience, as is done in the tablaos of Madrid and Seville.

Since its premiere, Tablao Flamenco has established itself as one of the City’s celebrated cultural fixtures, and garnered recognition and praise from both audience members and the media.  The series has been hailed as a “dazzling spectacle”, “incredibly intense”, and “artfully performed”, and its world-class dancers, singers and musicians described as “impressive”, with “outstanding skill”.

The August 10th show and its stellar cast certainly live up to such accolades.  It features dancers Gabriela Granados, Paloma Ríos, Alicia Blumenfeld and Isabel Del Día, singers Barbara Martínez and Aurora Reyes, flamenco guitarists Basilio Georges and Cristian Puig, Spanish classical guitarist Paul Jared Newman, and the Ballet Español de Gabriela Granados.

Tickets are $25 Adults; $20 Seniors (65 years & up) and Students (with valid school ID); $15 Children (under 17 years), and are on sale now through Brown Paper Tickets.  Order online at ABDCTablao8-14-15.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006.  More information can also be found on American Bolero Dance Company’s website (www.ambolero.com).

What: Tablao Flamenco presented by American Bolero Dance Company

When: Friday August 14, 2015 at 8:30 PM

Where: The Chian Federation, 44-01 Broadway (at 44th Street), Astoria, NY 11103.  By subway: R or M to the 46th Street station.

Admission: Adults $25; Seniors (65 years & up) and Students (with valid school ID) $20; Children (under 17 years) $15.  Food and drinks provided by CF Catering will be available to order - not included in the ticket price.  Assigned table seating.  Doors open at 7 PM for tickets and seating. Food and beverage service starts 8 PM.  Show begins at 8:30 PM.

Ticket sales and more information:

Brown Paper Tickets – ABDCTablao8-14-15.BrownPaperTickets.com or order by phone (24/7) at 1-800-838-3006.

American Bolero Dance Company – http://www.ambolero.com or (718) 392-8888 or (917) 288-7996.

The Summer 2015 “Tablao Flamenco” series is made possible (in part) by the Queens Council on the Arts, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Queens Council on the Arts.