Flamenco Origenes: Josie Sinnadurai returns to Brecon

A Powys-born woman turned professional flamenco dancer is bringing her hit show home for one night only.
Josie Sinnadurai will be performing Flamenco Orígenes at Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon on Sunday, September 21.
Josie first performed a solo flamenco piece at the theatre at the age of just eight years old and made multiple appearances throughout her childhood with the Westenders' yearly pantomimes, Brecon High School productions, and local ballet school Mid-Wales Dance Academy's end-of-year shows.
More recently, she performed professionally as a flamenco soloist in Brecon Festival Ballet's The Nutcracker.
Josie, who is now based in Spain, said she is delighted to bring her own full-length flamenco production to the theatre that has meant so much to her throughout her dance life.
Flamenco Orígenes takes audiences on an epic adventure spanning multiple continents and hundreds of years, in search of the origins of flamenco.
Josie co-choreographed the show together with Madrid-born dancer Lourdes Fernández, and the two perform together in a high-intensity duet full of electrifying footwork, passionate twirls and Spanish flare that ignites the stage.
They are accompanied by a four-piece band of Spanish musicians led by Barcelona native and virtuoso flamenco guitarist Adrián Solá.

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