2012 First Philadelphia Flamenco Festival: Flamenco Movie Night

26 Mar 2012
19:30:00 - 22:00:00

Christ Church Neighborhood House

Monday, March 26, 2012

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Flamenco Movie Night features a short cut of the work-in-progress documentary, “Inheritors of a Burden,” by Carolina Loyola-Garcia, as well as Lise Raven’s short documentary on PyA’s residency and collaboration with Toledo.

Admission: FREE and open to the public
Christ Church Neighborhood House
20 N. American St.
Philadelphia, PA 19106

For more information on other events in this two-week long flamenco festival, click here.
For more information on Pasión y Arte, click here, and for more information on PyA's exciting new commission with Rosario Toledo, click here.

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Questions of Practice

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