2012 First Philadelphia Flamenco Festival: Symposium with Expert Panelists

24 Mar 2012
17:30:00 - 19:30:00

Christ Church Neighborhood House

Saturday, March 24, 2012

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The symposium features expert panelists Robert Browning (founder of the World Music Institute) and Michelle Heffner Hayes (dance faculty at the University of Kansas and former Artistic Director of the Colorado Dance Festival) in conversation with Ms. 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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