Arte y Pasión is thrilled to kick off their 2022 season with Confluencias, a series of vignettes with artists coming together from Spain, Portland, and San Antonio, crafting a tapestry of cultures, languages, poetry and music, woven together with the common thread of flamenco.

MAR 17

Arte y Pasion presents Confluencias at Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex

108 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX

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The measure of any society or culture is the arts it produces. San Antonio continues to grow as a cultural city, supporting the growth of experimental works and the avant garde while nurturing the roots of the traditional. Our work dwells at the intersection. San Antonio is at a critical stage of growth, making this a crucial time for artists and makers in the City: Arte y Pasion has had a direct hand in shaping San Antonio’s cultural identity as the City develops on the national stage.
Arte y Pasión, led by Tamara Adira, is a company known for pushing the boundaries of flamenco and Spanish dance, and one of the most contemporary Spanish dance companies in the United States.
Arte y Pasión is a Texas Nonprofit whose mission is to share, promote and develop the authentic art of flamenco as a vehicle of healing and restoration, and the promotion of human rights and equality. While the company is comprised of flamenco dance, guitar and flamenco singing, Arte y Pasión is known for having weaved into its artistic vocabulary disciplines such as modern dance, violin, cello, opera, spoken word, fine and performance art to generate juxtapositions and contrasts. The company engages regularly with acclaimed flamenco artists from Spain, France and around the world, exploring artistic evolution and specific subject matter to elevate the purity of flamenco to an electrifying theatrical event.
Arte y Pasión has served as Tricentennial Partner, DreamWeek partner, signature performer for the UTSA Multicultural Conference and Luminaria, and is home to multiple Artist Foundation Awards Winners.
In 2020, Arte y Pasión debuted their project Mantas de Luz, or “Blankets of Light,” in homage to those who have to endure life in our border’s detention centers. In 2018, Arte y Pasión was selected as San Antonio Tricentennial Arts Partner for their project Siete Aguas, which they performed through 2019. In 2016, Arte y Pasión was picked up by the Carver Community Cultural Center on their season and by Luminaria to perform Una Flor en el Cruce in November 2016. Arte y Pasión is also known for such productions as Tribus, Frutas del Eter, Nascent|Nation, Estrellas, A Glass of Wine, Algoritmos, Angel of Gravity, Ventanas, Dibujos, Generaciones, Arte y Pasión, and Flamencos. Members of Arte y Pasión have been awarded Artist Foundation of San Antonio Department for Original Choreography, Original Theatrical Production, Original Costume Design and Original Song Composition.
Arte y Pasión is honored to have shared the stage with such artists as the late great maestros of flamenco, Teo Morca and Timo Lozano. The company artistic direction has drawn from experience in experimental performance art through training with the late master of experimental performance art, John Cage, and continues to develop in the art of flamenco and art.
Press:
“Magnificent.” – Marco Aquino, San Antonio Notes
“Experimental in nature, and visually stunning...a reminder of the healing power of art and a testament to the endless possibilities when art and music collide.”- Out in SA
“Always remembering the masters of flamenco, Adira keeps a keen eye to the future. Bridging both the traditional and the new school, Adira proves to be one of the most creative visions in the South Texas flamenco scene.” – The Rivard Report
“Known for her formidable skills in Flamenco, a powerful, evocative style of dance that originated in Spain, [Tamara Adira] combines her ongoing dedication to traditional technique with her evolving passion for contemporary form and creates unique productions filled with breathtaking moments. Her collaborations with talented musicians, singers, and visual artists have produced some new and unexpected directions resulting in an experimental art form that is rooted in authenticity.” – The Artist Foundation of San Antonio
“The best female Farruca I have ever seen.” – San Antonio Express News
“...what it’s like when a group of artists and musicians take a spectacle usually meant for the stage and bring it within the confines of an art gallery....” –Out in SA
“visually striking....both daring and innovative. Incorporating elements of flamenco, classical Spanish and contemporary dance…. strong and masculine yet graceful and delicately beautiful.” - The Paisano Magazine
“[Angel of Gravity], choreographed by Adira for herself and Gaeth, the piece was...infused with the spirit and flair of flamenco.....both dancers wore the train skirt known as bata de cola and used it beautifully to amplify the dramatic movement vocabulary while invoking a story of a deeply affecting encounter between two people.” - The San Antonio Express News
“[Angel of Gravity] sublime, simple, gorgeous, intelligent. So many layers of intelligence. One of the most beautiful performances I’ve ever seen.” - The Artist Foundation of San Antonio
“Everything you touch blisters into dramatic beauty.” – Claudio San Miguel, Fulbright Scholar