Breaking Boundaries in Flamenco
Oberlin College Campus
March 13-16, 2019
A symposium featuring international guest artists & speakers breaking conceptual and cultural boundaries. This weekend of interdisciplinary performances, presentations, and dialogue centers on experimental flamenco across the Americas. It focuses on the socio-political and economic resources that shape flamenco as a globalized and commercialized form, and the creative and cultural frameworks artists currently utilize to resist social and economic limitations. The event aims to generate new perspectives on the underlying political structures shaping flamenco, and diversify Oberlin’s cultural offerings for students and the community.
Organized and curated by Alice Blumenfeld & the Oberlin College Dance Department
Sponsored by
The following departments at Oberlin College and Conservatory:
Dance, Politics, GSFS, Hispanic Studies, and Ethnomusicology
The Dean of Students
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for the Oberlin Center for Languages and Cultures
The Ellen Johnson Fund for Contemporary Art
Complete Schedule of Events:
Wednesday, March 13
12:15-12:45 Labyrinths, site-specific performance
Mudd Center
Alice Blumenfeld
7:00-9:00 pm Flamenco on Screen
The Apollo
Free
Thursday, March 14
12:15-12:45 Labyrinths, site-specific performance
Mudd Center
Alice Blumenfeld
8:00-9:30 pm Flamenco Fusion
Featuring Oberlin College and Conservatory students and alumni
Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse
Friday, March 15
10:00-11:30 Flamenco dance class
Wendy Clinard (only students currently or previously enrolled in DANC 115)
11:00-11:50 Niurca Márquez/José Luis de la Paz guest-lecture in ethnomusicology
(only Intro to Musics of the World students)
12 noon Tiny Reference Desk
José Luis de la Paz
3:00-4:20 Politics/Poetics of Flamenco in Spanish
Guest Lecture, La Romera
8:00-9:30 pm Everyday People/Everyday Action, Clinard Dance
Warner Main
Artist talk-back to follow
Free for Oberlin Students, faculty, staff;
$5 all others
Saturday, March 16
10:00 am-12:00 pm Transnational Politics and Poetics of Flamenco
Guest Speakers: Yuko Aoyama, Niurca
Márquez, and Theresa Goldbach
King 106
coffee/refreshments
4:30-6:00 Panel Discussion–all visiting artists and speakers
La Casa Hispánica
6-7:30 Reception/dinner
La Casa Hispánica
8:00-9:30 pm Nu Flamenco, Resonancias
Warner Main
Artist talk-back to follow
Free for Oberlin Students, faculty, staff;
$5 all others
