BSMT 254
F FOR FAMILIA
at BSMT254, 254 Lansdowne Road
Sunday April 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
(Doors at 3:00pm, Show at 4:00pm)
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Licensed Bar and Tapas
Performance Time: 80 Minutes, plus a 15 minute intermission
FabCollab and Tablao Flamenco Toronto present an intimate matinee performance by some of Toronto’s most treasured flamenco performers, including dancer Kiyo Asaoka, who will perform an original piece that honours her Japanese heritage, accompanied by musicians from Ten Ten Music Collective. Come for the show and mingle with the festival artists, who will be in attendance at this favourite underground venue. Let’s celebrate our Toronto flamenco “familia” as we bring the inaugural edition of the F for Flamenco festival to a close together, as a community.
Artists
Kiyo Asaoka
Dancer
Kiyo Asaoka took her first steps into the Flamenco dance world in 1998, as a student at Arte Flamenco Spanish Dance Company. In 2001, she became a company dancer and started performing at various dance festivals in Toronto, as well as Spanish cultural venues, restaurants and social/corporate events. Over the years, she has also worked with a variety of artists to choreograph and perform her own creations from traditional flamenco to Japanese-influenced flamenco.
Rocío Conde
Dancer
Rocío Conde is a Venezuelan flamenco dancer and educator. Rocío started dancing flamenco 20 years ago at Escuela de Baile Tatiana Reyna, in Caracas. She has been a flamenco teacher and choreographer for 14 years. Rocío has taught flamenco to children, adults, and seniors in four countries.
Matt Sellick
Guitarist
Matt Sellick is a flamenco guitarist and composer originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Now living in Toronto, he tours internationally with guitarist Jesse Cook. With funding from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts, Matt has produced four albums of original solo guitar music (Uprooted, North Shore, Nocturne, and After Rain), and a suite of orchestral arrangements.
Ten Ten Collective
Ten Ten Collective is Aki Takahashi and Heidi Chan. Aki Takahashi is a Japanese shamisen player and folk singer who studied traditional music in Kyoto, Japan. She is also the founder of the Japanese folk ensemble "Ten Ten," which has released four albums of original music and has performed with numerous artists from a variety of other cultural backgrounds and traditions.
