Flamenco X

05/30/2026

Flamenco X: Creating Space for Healing, Connection, and Community

In the wake of the recent violence and harm caused by the Metro Surge operation, many members of our Minneapolis community are carrying grief, fear, uncertainty, and exhaustion. At moments like these, it becomes even more important to protect and nurture the spaces that bring people together across differences, foster understanding, and remind us of our shared humanity.

At Flamenco X, we believe the arts are more than performance. They are a way of gathering, listening, learning, and healing. Through movement, music, rhythm, and collective expression, we create opportunities for people to reconnect with themselves and one another.

Our work has always been rooted in accessibility and community participation. In response to the challenges our community is facing, Flamenco X remains committed to offering free and pay-what-you-can classes, workshops, and community gatherings. We believe financial barriers should never prevent someone from accessing creative expression, cultural connection, or a supportive community.

Flamenco has always been an art form of resilience. It carries stories of displacement, survival, joy, resistance, and belonging. When we dance together, make music together, and learn together, we create space for those stories to be shared and honored.

We recognize that healing does not happen in isolation. It happens when people come together. It happens through conversation, creativity, mutual support, and collective care. Our classes are open not only to those who wish to study flamenco, but to anyone seeking connection, expression, and a welcoming place to belong.

As Minneapolis continues to process the impact of recent events, Flamenco X will continue to invest in community-centered programming that prioritizes access, inclusion, cultural exchange, and healing. We remain committed to creating opportunities for people of all backgrounds, ages, and experience levels to gather through dance, music, and shared artistic practice.

Together, we can build spaces where people feel seen, supported, and empowered. Together, we can transform rhythm into resilience and art into community care.

All are welcome.
Classes remain free or pay-what-you-can.
Our doors remain open.

Flamenco X
Minneapolis, Minnesota 💃🏽🖤🎶

Photo credit sara erdman

05/28/2026

Fun 🤩 downtown commons gig for music 🎶 in the parks Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board thank you for inviting us!

Flamenco X ensemble
El Niño
La Pajarita
Hilde Roover
Rafaela del Sol
María de los Reyes

05/27/2026

Flamenco X Weekly Classes 💃🏽🔥

We’re building a space for dancers who want more than memorizing choreography.

These classes focus on structure, communication, improvisation, rhythm, and understanding how flamenco actually functions in live practice alongside music, percussion, and collective energy.

✨ Donation Based Classes
No fixed tuition. Contribute what you can to support the space, musicians, and artists.

📍Tuesdays | 5:30–7:30 PM
Pre-Professional Ensemble rehearsal
Advanced Choreography & technique• Juerga • Patadas

For experienced dancers ready to work deeper into compás, transitions, improvisation, and performance practice. Expect choreography, rhythmic training, live interaction exercises, and ensemble-style learning. Preparation for performance.

📍Sundays | 11:30 AM–2:00 PM
ALL LEVELS Special Topics
Bata • Castanets • Theater • Improv

An open-level incubator for exploration and experimentation. Each week rotates through special topics designed to expand musicality, movement quality, theatrical presence, coordination, and creative freedom.

🥀 Live immersion approach
Palmas • live Singing • Listening • Improvisation • Communication

At Flamenco X, we train flamenco as a living language, not just a sequence of steps.

Come dance with us ❤️🖤

Location: Cowles Center/Hennepin Center for Dance

Message us to register

05/20/2026

💃🏽🎶 At Flamenco X, our approach to flamenco education goes beyond choreography and memorization. 🔥

We focus on structural understanding 🧠, musical analysis 🎼, communication 🗣️, and improvisational development ⚡ within the art form itself.

Students work not only on technique 👣 and movement vocabulary, but on understanding how rhythm 🥁, timing ⏳, structure 🧩, and musical interaction 🎸 shape the dance.

Classes and workshops incorporate live collaboration with musicians 🎶 through guitar 🎸, singing 🎤, palmas 👏🏽, and percussion 🥁 in an immersive format centered on listening 👂🏽, adaptability 🔄, and real-time exchange ⚡

We also emphasize improvisational development by helping dancers build from foundational steps 👣 and technique 🔥 toward creating rhythmic phrasing 🥁, percussive variation ⚡, and more responsive movement 💃🏽 with greater musical understanding 🎼

Our goal is to help students develop fluency within the structure 🧩, musicality 🎶, and collaborative nature 🤝 of flamenco, not simply reproduce choreography.

❤️‍🔥💃🏽🎸👏🏽🥁🎤

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05/18/2026

🎭 DANCES WITH DALÍ
📍 Southern Theater, Minneapolis
📅 August 21–23, 2026

Flamenco X presents Dances with Dalí, an ambitious new multidisciplinary production exploring surrealism, identity, memory, movement, and transformation through the lens of flamenco and contemporary performance.

This powerful production is entirely women directed and produced, bringing together internationally recognized artists alongside local and emerging performers in a bold collaborative experience that crosses artistic borders and generations.

Featuring a dynamic fusion of:
• Flamenco
• Contemporary dance
• Modern movement
• Hip-hop influences
• Experimental theater
• Live music
• Visual arts installations
…and more surprises still unfolding.

The production will feature international guest artists performing alongside Twin Cities artists, creating a rare exchange between global flamenco traditions and contemporary interdisciplinary performance.

✨ Additional artist announcements coming soon.

Directed by an all-women creative leadership team:
• Artistic Director: Maria de los Reyes
• Musical Director: Marija Temo
• Visual Arts Director: Monica Barela-Di Bisceglie
• Director of Dance & Movement: Dra. Jeanne d’Arc Casas, PhD

Dances with Dalí is not a traditional flamenco production. It is a living visual world where movement, rhythm, surreal imagery, theater, and music collide on stage.

Join us for an unforgettable weekend of immersive performance at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis.

05/18/2026

See you at pride 👏🏽💖🙏🫶🏼

05/16/2026

A little “improv” open rehearsal at the Isanti farmers market with Guest Artist Sax 🎷 in Flamenco X corps María de los Reyes And David Elrod .reyes.flamenco

05/12/2026

Few people see all of the work that happens behind the scenes but all of the glitter and glamour of being an artist, and being on stage requires teams of folks giving their time and their energy to help you be successful. It truly takes a village of love. Thank you to all of the crew out there that make the magic happen on stage!!

Captured in this photo is preparation for a collapsible stage for mobile gigs !

05/11/2026

Thank you 🙏 everyone!

Definitely felt the duende last night🔥 Thank you everyone for sharing a wonderful performance! We truly have a beautiful flamenco community here in the Twin Cities❤

MPLS