Sep 7
9月7日
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
About the Program
Flamenco Rosario is pleased to participate once again in TAIWANfest as a partner and collaborator. Through this program, we aim to share flamenco culture, dance, and music with Vancouver audiences while creating opportunities for people of all backgrounds to connect with this art form.
This year’s program will begin with a flamenco flash mob, followed by an introductory class designed for everyone to participate, regardless of previous experience. Led by Flamenco Rosario company dancers Yurie Kaneko, Katia Flores, and Charo Tsai, participants will learn basic flamenco movements and experience the rhythm, energy, and expression of this unique art form.
The program will conclude with an Artist Talk featuring Charo Tsai, who will share her personal journey as a Taiwanese flamenco dancer living and developing her artistic career in Canada. Join us for an opportunity to experience flamenco firsthand and discover why this art form continues to connect people across cultures and around the world.
Schedule:
2:30–2:45 pm – Flamenco Flash Mob
2:50–3:30 pm – Introductory Flamenco Class (No experience required)
3:40–4:00 pm – Artist Talk with Charo Tsai
Flamenco Rosario is dedicated to the promotion and development of local, national, and international flamenco dance and music in Vancouver. Through performances, education, and community engagement, the company shares the rich traditions of flamenco while fostering creativity, innovation, and connection within the art form.
A Taiwanese-Canadian flamenco dancer. She began studying Flamenco while attending university in her hometown of Taipei, Taiwan. Flamenco dance and music soon became an integral part of her life. After graduating from Feng Chia University, she joined Mi-Fuego as a company dancer.
In 2018, Charo embarked on a new journey in Vancouver as a marketing co-op student, where she met Flamenco Rosario at the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. In 2019, Charo graduated from Flamenco Rosario's Professional Training Program and joined "Nuevo II" as a one of the company dancers.
Katia first fell in love with Flamenco when she watched a live show in her hometown of Lima, Peru. Dance and music have always been constants in her life; however, it wasn’t until she moved to Canada and decided to pursue flamenco. Under the training and guidance of Rosario Ancer and Victor Kolstee in Vancouver, she completed Flamenco Rosario's Professional Training Program in 2011. In 2022, under Rosario Ancer’s mentorship, Katia presented her own creative piece “Unchain”, a retrospective work that paid tribute to women and feminism and incorporated Afro-Peruvian rhythms.
First generation Japanese immigrant to the unceded and traditional territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, Yurie began her flamenco dance training at Centro Flamenco in 2007 under the guidance of Rosario Ancer and the late Victor Kolstee. Since her graduation from Flamenco Rosario’s Professional Training Program, Yurie has been a company dancer and instructor for Flamenco Rosario. In 2022, Yurie won Flamenco Rosario’s Creative Residency mentee position with the guest artist mentor, Sara Jiménez, and later in the same year attended Fundación Cristina Heeren in Sevilla, Spain, to further her career as an independent flamenco dance artist. Yurie was selected for the 2024 cohort for The Dance Centre’s 12 Minutes Max program, engaging in research and creation and showcasing her work-in-progress to the public.
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TAIWANfest Vancouver is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered here, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples of this land while we engage in meaningful conversations of culture and reconciliation.