Juanito Pascual Trio
Come join us for a mesmerizing evening of flamenco music and dance with Juanito Pascual, Jose Moreno and Fanny Ara. Get ready to be swept away by the passionate rhythms and soulful melodies of this unique blend of traditional and modern flamenco music!
Date: Friday, November 1, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM
This event promises to be a one-of-a-kind experience that you won't want to miss. Get your tickets and get ready to immerse yourself in the vibrant world of flamenco!
Tickets are $25 Advance, $20 for OCA members. $5 additional at the door.
Doors open at 6:30 PM. Reserved seating for OCA members only.
Jonathan “Juanito” Pascual is an internationally recognized guitarist and “flamenco phenom” (The Boston Globe). His sound is a truly organic blend of masterful traditional and contemporary flamenco with influences ranging from Jimi Hendrix and the Grateful Dead to Miles Davis and J.S. Bach. Juanito brings together global audiences through his mesmerizing virtuosity, original composition style, dedication to music as a global communicator, and passion for collaboration. Energized by the desire to share the beauty and soul-stirring power of flamenco, with its ancient roots, yet vibrant and evolving tradition, Juanito’s performances, recordings, and workshops reverberate with infectious charisma. Recent highlights include a performance at TEDx Nashville, an international tour and appearance in a documentary film with Flamenco icon Jorge Pardo, and performances for film scores in his new home of Los Angeles. Receiving praise for the Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio album (2014), All About Jazz noted “Pascual manages to uphold and extend the traditions of flamenco music, creating something distinctive in the process,” a sentiment cherished by Pascual, a dedicated 21st-century musician.
Multi-talented flamenco performer José Moreno is the son of Spanish flamenco dancer Etrella Moreno and singer Pepe de Málaga. José began as a dancer under his mothers tutelage while still a toddler and has gone on to perform with many of top flamenco artists and companies from Spain and the U.S. Highly sought after as well as a percussionist and flamenco vocalist, José brings a lifetime of experience, mastery and vibrancy to every facet of his art. He has collaborated on a vast array of projects from traditional flamenco, to jazz and world music flamenco fusions and with the Metropolitan Opera's production of "Carmen." He was one of the featured subjects in the Spanish television series "Los Descendientes de Andalucía" in 2015 and performs regularly throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Fanny Ara is an internationally-sought after and award-winning choreographer, performer and instructor. Her most dedicated worldwide fans especially credit her as one of the driving forces of flamenco today; an artist excelling in the full spectrum of flamenco, from the most traditional to the avant-garde. Fanny has been an invited artist in national and international festivals and has toured extensively in Canada, Central and South America, the Middle East, Africa, and throughout Europe. She has been distinguished since 2006 with nominations from the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards in the categories of Most Outstanding Individual Dancer, Most Outstanding Music, Ensemble, and Individual Performance for her project, Juncal Street, and Best Ensemble for her work with the San Francisco Opera in La Traviata. New York’s Vilcek Foundation also awarded Fanny a prestigious finalist prize for “Creative Promise in Dance” in 2012. Fanny’s versatility in the art form of flamenco is manifested in her many artistic works. As Philip Gardner said of her performance at the Joyce Theater in New York City “My newest love is Fanny Ara...the captivating expressive qualities of Fanny’s upper body mesmerized us while her footwork.” dazzled both the eye and the ear...she soared into the upper most echelon of dance artists I have witnessed over the years.”
Her latest productions (2019 with 'Tattooed' and 2024 with 'Lilith') as an artistic director, choreographer and dancer were reviewed as a triumph of artistry and self- actualization where the ovation was immediate, standing, vociferous, prolonged”.