FLAMENCO FESTIVAL CLOSING NIGHT: Sonia Olla "Al aire lIbre" with special guest Chiara Mangiameli

Phone: 312.335.1996

Performance:

7:30 – 7:40 pm. Chiara Mangamieli

7:35-8:45 pm. Sonia Olla Company

Closing reception: 8:45 – 10 pm. DJ – Soulphonetics

Tickets at http://brownpapertickets.com

$30 general admission; $25 students/members of Instituto Cervantes, Arte y Vida Chicago, Flamenco Arts Center and Old Town School of Folk Music.

Limited space (159 people). Parking is $11/12h with the Instituto Cervantes validation.

Sonia Olla – Flamenco dancer

Ismael Fernández – Flamenco singer

Nacho Arimany - Percussionist

Roberto Castellón – Flamenco guitar

 Born in Barcelona, Sonia Olla is a well-known flamenco dancer. She trained in Condal at the Instituto de Teatro y Danza where she specialized in Flamenco dance. After training with high caliber flamenco artists and teachers such as Merche Esmeralda, Manolo Marin, Mariquilla, and Antonio Canales, she began her professional career in the Rafael Amargo Company, followed by other artistic projects, the most notable being with Domingo Ortega, Aida Gomez, Nuevo Ballet Espanol, Eva la Yerbabuena, Rafaela Carrasco, and Maria Pages.

 (Tiempo al aire) “Time in the air” sets free the mature creativity of these two performers, setting new ground for this art form.

Chiara is the co-founder of the music trio Idilio, with which she released her debut album in 2009 and has collaborated with some of Chicago's most critically acclaimed groups including Las Guitarras De España, Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater and Chicago Sinfonietta.