SPAIN'S FOREMOST DANCE COMPANY SIZZLES IN DALLAS

NOCHE FLAMENCA, March 9 and 10

Edited by Madelyn Miller

"There are good flamenco dancers, exceptional flamenco dancers - and then there is Soledad Barrio, an entirely different sort of creature." ( Philadelphia Inquirer)

"She is a gift to flamenco, and the troupe a testament to the art's underlying relevance."
-Dance Magazine

TITAS heats up the winter months with a presentation of Spain's premier flamenco dance and music company, NOCHE FLAMENCA, on Friday & Saturday, March 9 & 10, 2007 at 8:00 PM, at SMU's McFarlin Auditorium.

Winner of a 2004 Lucille Lortel Award for Special Theatrical Experience, Noche Flamenca is nothing less than "a soul-stirring tour-de-force of theater," says The New York Times. The troupe, that features live music to accompany the dancers, was founded in Madrid in 1993 by artistic director Martin Santangelo and his wife, Soledad Barrio, and has since developed into one of Spain's most successful flamenco companies.

Noche Flamenca's goal is to maintain the essence and integrity of one of the world's most complex art forms without the use of tricks or gimmicks. The artists demonstrate the highest standards as well as a profound understanding of flamenco, and their appearances on previous TITAS seasons were resounding successes.

Tickets ($14-$59) for Noche Flamenca are available at the TITAS Box Office, 3101 N. Fitzhugh, Suite 301, Dallas, TX, or by phoning 214-528-5576 or 800-462-7980, or online at www.titas.org <http://www.titas.org/> . TITAS also offers a $5 Youth Ticket (K-12) that is available only at the McFarlin Auditorium Box Office on the day of the show. Group discounts are available - call the TITAS Box Office for more information.

This performance is made possible through the generous support of American Airlines, The Dallas Morning News, TACA, Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, Radisson Central Dallas, Heritage Auction Galleries, Altria, WRR 101.1, WFAA-TV and KERA 90.1.

TITAS is the premier presenter of eclectic and international dance and music performers in North Texas. Founded by Tom Adams in 1982 as a non-profit 501(c)(3) cultural/educational institution, TITAS has provided Dallas/Fort Worth audiences with such performers as American Ballet Theatre, Pilobolus, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Philip Glass, KODO Drummers, STOMP and many others.

Madelyn Miller is a travel and food writer who took years of dancing lessons as a child—but has never dared to do Flamenco dancing. Read her stories on www.travellady.com, www.chocolateatlas.com, www.cocktailatlas.com, www.teaAtlas.com and www.carladynews.com

Here is another story on a previous performance by Noche Flamenco
http://www.travellady.com/Issues/January05/1203NocheDeFlamenco.htm

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