Flamenco Works, Inc.

🌟LA PEÑA CULTURAL🌟 A free concert celebrating dance, music and culture and featuring youth artists and community performance groups from Downtown and Barelas ♥️

Performances include
💃”Flamenquitas del Barrio”, Flamenco Works’ youth company
🕺🏽”Desoluna” Folklórico group directed by Jesús Rowendolas
🎸 “Ricardo Garcia Latin Guitar” a community group from Casa Barelas
👧🏽🌞Students of Flamenco Works and Casa Barelas Summer Camp
🎨 And…a youth market!

➡️ RESERVE YOUR SPOT! Flamencoworks.org/upcoming-shows

🙏🏼 “La Peña Cultural” is sponsored by the City of Albuquerque with a special thank you to City Councilor Joaquin Baca. Additionally, our Summer Camp is supported by Whole Foods Market and Lowes. 

📚What is a Peña? In Spain and Latin America, “Una Peña” is a communal gathering space or social club where people unite around a shared passion for arts, food, or community activism. In countries like Argentina, Chile, and Peru, a peña (often called La Peña) is an intimate, participatory folk music event. Communities gather in informal venues to listen to traditional acoustic music, dance, and share regional food and wine. Unlike standard concerts, audience participation is highly encouraged. In the 1960s and 1970s, peñas served as vital underground spaces for resistance and Nueva Canción (New Song) movements, where locals could discuss social justice and grassroots politics away from oppressive regimes. In Spain, a “Peña Flamenca” can be found throughout Andalucía and are dedicated to preserving and celebrating flamenco. During the Franco regime in Spain, Peñas Flamencas happened behind closed doors and in secret gatherings, often under government surveillance. While Franco’s regime officially co-opted sanitized flamenco as a national tourist attraction, authentic, unfiltered gatherings were heavily repressed as subversive cultural dissent. 

🫶🏽 We honor the cultural history and importance of these spaces. “La Peña Cultural” is an expression of culture, identity and resilience. We encourage you to be loud and celebratory throughout the show as we honor the hard work and cultural vibrancy of our youth and community.

Next week! 💃🤩 Come out and support our amazing young dancers! Despite everything, they have not stopped dancing and their passion, determination and joy is inspiring! Get Tickets: flamencoworks.org

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Dear community, 

On Monday, part of the Bliss Building, whom we share a wall with, partially fell into the street. We are extremely grateful no one was injured. 

Due to the uncertainty of the structural integrity of the building next to us, we have completely evacuated our building. We are urgently looking for a location to move our programs until we are confident we are safe. If you have any leads or want to help during this time, please reach out to 505-503-6040. 

In Downtown, we are interconnected, literally and figuratively. We share walls, we share struggles and we share memories. As the fate of the Bliss Building becomes uncertain, so does the fate of Flamenco Works. For the past 60+ years, Lindy’s Restaurant has been an important space for joy, comfort and connection in Downtown, Albuquerque. With the future uncertain for what this corner will become, we will fight for this legacy to continue. Downtown and Central Avenue is the beating heart of our city, and we hope to work together to build a future where we can create bright memories while ensuring the safety of our community. 

- Amalyah and Jesús (Directors of Flamenco Works)

🚨Only 2 spots left! 🤗 If you were thinking of signing up for our Summer Camp, but haven’t yet, this is your sign to register!! ☀️

💃🏽 2 Camps! ☝🏻”Creative Expressions” for those being introduced to dance, music and art ✌️”Flamenco Intensive” for those studying Flamenco.

➡️ June 1-26 | 8:30/9am-3pm | Full month or 1-week sessions

🎭June 27th: FREE Recital and Youth Market at the KiMo Theatre

Limited spots! Enroll today at flamencoworks.org/summercamp

🚨Today is the final day to apply for tuition assistance for summer camp! Keep your child active, engaged, and having fun this summer ☀️ Questions? Call or text at 505-503-6040

➡️ June 1-26 | 8:30am-3pm | Full month or 1-week sessions | Ages 5-12

🎭June 27th: FREE Recital at the KiMo Theatre

🙌🏼Financial aid available | Apply by April 1st
Limited spots! Enroll today at flamencoworks.org

☀️SUMMER CAMP: Teacher Highlight☀️Meet Kerry Bergen, our incredible art teacher! Kerry considers herself a diverse artist and she likes to explore the creative processes. Her work ranges from mixed media, abstract, to pop art, and folk arts. She teaches at various venues in the Albuquerque area including the South Broadway Cultural Center, City Cultural Services Old Town Events, and the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. Bergen’s real passion is teaching what she calls “make and take” cultural crafts. Her mission is to help children and families learn more about the diversity of the world and how we live simultaneously, in multiple cultures. She strives to provide her students with the tools to create beautiful art using their own individual insights. Don’t miss your chance to create with her this summer!

➡️ June 1-26 | 8:30am-3pm | Full month or 1-week sessions | Ages 5-12y

🎭June 27th: FREE Recital and youth market at the KiMo Theatre

🙌🏼Financial aid available | Apply by April 1st
Limited spots! Enroll today at flamencoworks.org/summercamp

⭐️Special holiday tablao this Sunday!⭐️ Featuring Albuquerque’s own .olguin_ and Sevillano guitarist 👏🏽 Enjoy this unique opportunity to watch these amazing artists while they are in town! ➡️ Limited tickets available! Grab yours while you can!