Join artist and choreographer Omonike Akinyemi for a two-part workshop series exploring flamenco through African diasporic movement traditions. Each workshop focuses on a distinct element of flamenco. The first workshop centers on Rumba Flamenco, emphasizing groove, grounding, and communal exchange; the second deepens technical and expressive vocabulary through additional flamenco forms and improvisational structures. Open to dancers of varying backgrounds, the series invites embodied inquiry, cultural dialogue, and creative exploration.
About the Artist:
Omonike Akinyemi, MFA is an artist, choreographer, and filmmaker, and Artistic Director of Image Quilt Cinema & Dance Theater. A former member of Ballet Hispanico of New York, she is a two-time New York Foundation for the Arts fellow whose work spans stage and screen, including internationally screened films and recent dance-for-film projects exploring the edges of flamenco.
Dates: January 27 & February 10, 6:30–8:30 PM
Location: Henle Studio, Henle Pavilion, Union College
Cost: Free
Hosted by: Union College Dance Program
Contact: Laurie Zabele Cawley, Gustave L. Davis & Susan S. Davis Director of Dance
cawleyl@union.edu