Flamenco
Dance and Song Classes
 Dance Technique and Choreography
• Professional
Flamenco Dancer and Instructor
• Representative of Artists, Artistic Direction
• Organizer and Producer of Shows and Performances
Coordination of classes and instructors
Production of shows with different groups of artists
at all levels fromm Spain and the US
• Associate Director for the Flamenco Society of San Jose, CA
Flamenco Dance and song classes for beginners, intermediate
and advanced students and professionals in Santa Clara, Palo Alto, Menlo Park,
and Brentwood, CA.
Rubina Valenzuela
has been dancing flamenco for over 30 years, and has studied with some of the
greatest instructors in Spain: Concha Vargas, El Torombo, Angelita Vargas, Juana
Amaya, and Pepa Montes.
 She has also performed for 4 years
in one of the most traditional flamenco clubs in Seville asuch as 'La Carboneria.
She
is also well-known in California as a flamenco singer. Rubina serves as an Associate
Artistic Director for the San Jose Flamenco Society.
Rubina draws from this rich
palette to produce moving and exciting classes, and brings the soul of Andalucian
traditional flamenco into the environment.
Watch Videos, click below:
• Video
1, Alfonso
de Miguel at 'La Carboneria' in Seville, Spain
• Video 2, Rubina Valenzuela at 'La Carboneria' in Seville, Spain
• Video 3, Rubina Valenzuela at 'La Carboneria' in Seville, Spain
• VIdeo
4, Rubina Valenzuela at 'La Carboneria' in Seville, Spain
www.FlamencaRubina.com
RUBINA'S PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Co-producer of FLAMENCO DANCE WEEK at STANFORD UNIVERSITY (California, USA) in
collaboration with other artists of the flamenco world
Producer of CD by Luis Agujeta:
Entre tu Tierra y la Mía.
Professional performer with Rosa Montoya's "BAILES FLAMENCOS", "THEATRE
FLAMENCO" in San Francisco, Agustin Ríos' "GRUPO ANDALUZ" and
other dance companies.
Performances in several tablaos of Spain:
CARBONERÍA
in Seville for 4 years
'El Juglar' in Madrid,
'El Viejo Agujeta' in Rota (Cádiz)
'El Escritorio' y 'Bodegón
del Gato' in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Las Chozas, among others..
Worked for singers Luis Agujeta and 'Cuadro flamenco', 'El Gitano de Bronce'
and Diego Agujeta, Alfonso
de Miguel and Antonio el Pola. Danced to the music played by guitarists Niño
Jero and Gery Hano (Gerardo Alcalá), Antonio Fernández, Ramón
el Japonés, Carlos Heredia and Curro de Jerez, Paco de Teresa, Paco Fernandez,
Jose Manuel Roldan
For 9 years, worked as a flamenco dance instructor at the 'Escuela de Danza
Flamenca' in Palo Alto
Art Center, Palo Alto Arts Division. (California).
Designed and produced dance
classes in cooperation with other teachers in the US and, then, brought
students to Spain to perform and study at different sites throughout the country. Producer
of Alma Flamenca productions: La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley,
CA; Community Center,
San Cruz, Union Española de California, San Francisco CA; The Ranch, Monterry
CA; Cubberley Theater
Palo Alto CA; Cuamba Jazz CenterSanta Cruz, CA, Louden Nelson Auditorium Santa
Cruz, CA.
The Ranch, Monterry, CA; Cubberly Theater, Palo Alto, CA; Cuamba Jazz Center,
San Cruz, CA. Mountain View civic center for perfomaing arts, Villa Montalvo
Carriage House,saratoga Ca.
Associate Artistic Director for the Flamenco Society
of San Jose, California, Artistic Director for the flamenco school, El Patio
in Seville Spain
Co-producer Flamenco Vive En Stanford, Dinkelspiel Auditorium,
Stanford University.
EDUCATION:
Classes conducted by Angelita Vargas - Seville
Dance and rhythm studies directed by Concha Vargas Torres - Seville, Spain
Flamenco singing studies at Fundación de Arte Flamenco "Cristina
Heeren" conducted by
Manuel Naranjo (Naranjito de Triana) - Seville, Spain
Advanced studies of singing and rhythm at the Art School of José Galván-
Seville, Spain
Course of flamenco dance conducted by D. Antonio Canales - Lope de Vega - Seville,
Spain
Class conducted by El Torromobo - Seville, Spain
Class conducted by Juana Amaya - Seville, Spain
Juan Pollvio flamenco school, Seville, Spain |
