In 2010 she did something nobody had done before: she became the first person in the United States to earn a master’s degree in dance specialising in flamenco. Illeana Gómez didn’t just learn the craft; she opened a door that others have walked through since.
Born in New Mexico, she trained at the Albuquerque Flamenco Conservatory and later in Seville and at the Amor de Dios school in Madrid, with masters such as Juana Amaya, Farruquito, Carmen Ledesma, Alfonso Losa and José Maya.
Her art has taken her to the Joyce Theater in New York, the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and the Albuquerque Flamenco Festival, and in 2018 she was awarded at the «La Perla» National Alegrías Dance Competition.
Today she dances in the tablaos of Madrid, one of the few American bailaoras to have built an entire career here.
At sixteen she won her first choreography prize and came to Spain. Today Triana Maciel divides her life between Spanish stages and the direction of Las Cabales, the most traditional flamenco school in Mexico, where she herself began to dance.
She trained in Guadalajara and has passed through the great tablaos of Madrid, Barcelona and Granada. She has shared the stage with Antonio Canales, Farruquito, Jesús Carmona and Nino de los Reyes, and was part of the Ballet Español de la Comunidad de Madrid and of the companies of José Porcel and Clara Ramona.
Her record of awards confirms it: first prize in the Villa Rosa dance competition —this very stage—, first prize at the Ibérica Contemporánea Choreography Competition and second prize at Tablao Las Carboneras.
She dances with the technique of someone who teaches and the freedom of someone who crossed an ocean to do it.
Book your ticket and discover her.
Un océano de por medio no fue excusa. Carmen Young empezó a bailar en Aguascalientes, México, y un día hizo las maletas para aprender flamenco donde se aprende de verdad: en Sevilla. Allí se convirtió en una de las alumnas más destacadas de la Fundación Cristina Heeren.
Aprendió de maestros como Manolo Marín, Cristóbal Reyes, Isabel Bayón o Juana Amaya, y desde entonces ha ido dejando su nombre en concursos y escenarios: premio especial del Tablao Las Carboneras, primer premio del Tablao Los Amayas y tres galardones en el Certamen de Coreografía de Danza Española y Flamenco, entre ellos una actuación en el Festival de Jerez.
Lo que la distingue no es solo la técnica. Es la compostura: esa manera de estar sobre el escenario, sin prisa y sin ruido, que hace que no puedas mirar a otro sitio.
Ven a verla y entenderás por qué.
There are artists who come to dance and others who come home. Juan Carlos Avecilla already stepped onto these boards when this tablao was called Villa Rosa, and he took second prize in its dance competition. Now he returns as one of the most acclaimed bailaores of his generation.
He was born in Chiclana de la Frontera and carries Cádiz in his body: the grace and the weight, the salt and the depth. He trained with masters such as Rocío Molina, Israel Galván and Manuel Liñán, and his talent as a creator has earned him first prize at the Spanish Dance and Flamenco Choreography Competition, a Spanish National Ballet grant and several nominations for the Max Awards. Today he dances with the companies of María Pagés and Ángel Rojas, and directs his own.
He brings all of that with him when he steps on stage, just a couple of metres from you.
Book your ticket and experience it live.
Marina Perea (Málaga, 1989) trained with La Lupi and graduated from the Higher Conservatory of Dance of Málaga. In 2011 she moved to Madrid, where she danced in the city’s great tablaos, among them the historic Villa Rosa, today Tablao Flamenco 1911.
She has toured the United States, Canada, China, Japan and Europe with companies such as La Lupi, Juan de Juan and José Porcel, and has performed at the Festival de Jerez and the Seville and Málaga Biennials. Today she combines dancing with stage direction and projects as current as María Peláez’s band and Yerai Cortés’s Guitarra Coral.
To see her at Tablao 1911 is to reconnect with the art that already lived on this stage when it was Villa Rosa.
Isaac de los Reyes was born into a family where flamenco runs in the blood: son of the dancers and choreographers Ramón de los Reyes and Clara Ramona, and brother of Nino de los Reyes. He trained at the Amor de Dios school with masters such as María Magdalena, el Ciro, el Güito and Manolete.
He made his professional debut at just 14 in Luisillo’s company, and has since danced alongside great flamenco figures: el Güito, Manolete, Carmen Cortés, Antonio Canales and Joaquín Grilo, among others. His art has also led him to collaborate with top-tier musicians such as Enrique Morente, Josemi Carmona and Gerardo Núñez.
He was principal dancer of Antonio Gades’s company between 2010 and 2013, performing on the world’s most important stages. In 2019 he premiered his own show, El Jaleo, with music by Javier Limón and Paquete, earning wide acclaim.
Today he performs at the finest tablaos in Spain and is considered one of the great bailaores of his generation.
Clara Gutiérrez Casado (Córdoba, 1988) began dancing at the age of five and trained in Spanish Dance at the conservatory of her hometown. Since then she has toured Morocco, France, Switzerland, Sweden and Japan —where she spends long spells teaching— and has shared the stage with artists such as El Pele and Dorantes.
A solo dancer, a regular at the best tablaos in Madrid and an award-winner at competitions such as Jóvenes Flamencos de Córdoba and la Perla de Cádiz, this week she brings her art to the stage of Tablao Flamenco 1911.
José Gómez Carmona, “Rapico”, was born into flamenco: from a family of artists from Mallorca, he began dancing as a baby and, at just seven, jumped on stage as a spontaneous performer during an Antonio Canales show.
Since then he has toured half the world —from Japan to Dubai— and shared the stage with masters such as Tomatito and Pepe Habichuela. Pure force and duende.
This week he dances live at Tablao Flamenco 1911.
This week, one of the most powerful and respected names in contemporary flamenco dance shines on our stage: Carmen la Talegona. Born in Cordoba and niece of the legendary singer Talegón de Córdoba, she sublimely combines technical rigor with the wild duende of pure roots art. Having performed as a soloist with Blanca del Rey, Manolete, and Rafael Amargo, witnessing her absolute devotion with the bata de cola and mantón shawl is an honest and heartbreaking experience.
Show Times:
Monday to Friday: 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 PM and 10:30 PM
Juan Amaya “El Pelón” is a dancer from the prestigious Amaya family, a reference in contemporary flamenco. With training that combines the rigor of masters like Farruco and Manolo Marín with his own self-taught pursuit, he has created a distinctive style, praised by both audience and critics.
His career has taken him to collaborate with artists of the caliber of Paco de Lucía, Farruquito, and Olga Pericet. He has been choreographer in internationally acclaimed shows and regularly appears in the most prestigious tablaos in Madrid, Barcelona, and abroad — Cardamomo Flamenco Madrid, Tablao Cordobés, Los Tarantos, and even Tokyo.
His dance is technique, emotion, and pure movement. Precision without artifice, controlled intensity, flamenco as it should be.
