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BIOGRAPHY
“ La Fibi ” is one of San Francisco’s premier Flamenco Dancers.
She has been studying, performing, and teaching flamenco
for 27 years. Over the course of more than two decades of
immersion in the art form, she has developed a reputation as
a powerful, dynamic dancer, as well as a supportive and
strong backup percussionist (palmista) for dancers and
musicians. She is known for her talent, generous team spirit,
and flexibility as an artist.
She was born in Hollywood to Actor/Dancer parents and was
raised in New York City, Hollywood, San Francisco, and
Virginia. La Fibi grew up on the road with her mother, a
professional Middle Eastern dancer, and was surrounded by
the world of show business and live Arabic music from the
earliest age, performing on stage at the age of four.
She has studied in Spain and in the U.S. with Rosa Montoya,
Maria Magdelena, Jose Antonio, La Tati, Farruquita, Maria
Benitez, Luis Ortega, Rafael Campallo, Jose Galvan, Belen
Maya, Rocio Molina, Eva "La Yerbabuena" and Juana Amaya.
La Fibi has performed extensively in the Bay Area as a
featured Soloist. She has danced in the companies of Rosa
Montoya’s Bailes Flamencos, La Tania Music and Dance,
Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco, and has toured nationally
with The Boston Flamenco Ballet, The Company of Rinaldo
Rincon, the renowned Maria Benitez Spanish Dance Company,
and the Madrid based “Compania Noche Flamenca” at the
Hollywood Bowl.
La Fibi danced for six years at the popular Latin Supper Club,
SOL Y LUNA, in downtown San Francisco, where she was a
core member of Grupo Sol y Luna, a traditional flamenco
cuadro, and as a singer, percussionist, and dancer with The Sol
y Luna Band, a Rumba/Flamenco/Salsa fusion band. The group
performed at the Great American Music Hall, at dozens of
fairs, festivals and events with audiences in the thousands,
and with the nuevo flamenco guitarist, Ottmar Liebert.
DANCE MAGAZINE featured La Fibi on it’s June 2001 cover.
She currently teaches extensively in the North Bay, and is an
invited guest instructor for national flamenco workshops and
festivals. She continues to perform regularly in San Francisco
with Toque Flamenco and she presents the Bay Area’s finest
Flamenco performers in her exciting shows ~
FLAMENCO! LIVE! DANCE ENSEMBLE in Sonoma County.
FLAMENCO! LIVE! DANCE ENSEMBLE is honored to be Winner of
The North Bay Bohemian's Reader's Poll -
BEST PERFORMING DANCE COMPANY 2007 and 2009
in Sonoma County! Thank you!
She has been studying, performing, and teaching flamenco
for 27 years. Over the course of more than two decades of
immersion in the art form, she has developed a reputation as
a powerful, dynamic dancer, as well as a supportive and
strong backup percussionist (palmista) for dancers and
musicians. She is known for her talent, generous team spirit,
and flexibility as an artist.
She was born in Hollywood to Actor/Dancer parents and was
raised in New York City, Hollywood, San Francisco, and
Virginia. La Fibi grew up on the road with her mother, a
professional Middle Eastern dancer, and was surrounded by
the world of show business and live Arabic music from the
earliest age, performing on stage at the age of four.
She has studied in Spain and in the U.S. with Rosa Montoya,
Maria Magdelena, Jose Antonio, La Tati, Farruquita, Maria
Benitez, Luis Ortega, Rafael Campallo, Jose Galvan, Belen
Maya, Rocio Molina, Eva "La Yerbabuena" and Juana Amaya.
La Fibi has performed extensively in the Bay Area as a
featured Soloist. She has danced in the companies of Rosa
Montoya’s Bailes Flamencos, La Tania Music and Dance,
Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco, and has toured nationally
with The Boston Flamenco Ballet, The Company of Rinaldo
Rincon, the renowned Maria Benitez Spanish Dance Company,
and the Madrid based “Compania Noche Flamenca” at the
Hollywood Bowl.
La Fibi danced for six years at the popular Latin Supper Club,
SOL Y LUNA, in downtown San Francisco, where she was a
core member of Grupo Sol y Luna, a traditional flamenco
cuadro, and as a singer, percussionist, and dancer with The Sol
y Luna Band, a Rumba/Flamenco/Salsa fusion band. The group
performed at the Great American Music Hall, at dozens of
fairs, festivals and events with audiences in the thousands,
and with the nuevo flamenco guitarist, Ottmar Liebert.
DANCE MAGAZINE featured La Fibi on it’s June 2001 cover.
She currently teaches extensively in the North Bay, and is an
invited guest instructor for national flamenco workshops and
festivals. She continues to perform regularly in San Francisco
with Toque Flamenco and she presents the Bay Area’s finest
Flamenco performers in her exciting shows ~
FLAMENCO! LIVE! DANCE ENSEMBLE in Sonoma County.
FLAMENCO! LIVE! DANCE ENSEMBLE is honored to be Winner of
The North Bay Bohemian's Reader's Poll -
BEST PERFORMING DANCE COMPANY 2007 and 2009
in Sonoma County! Thank you!
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