EL FAROL FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW
“As a dancer and instructor Eva Encinias’ tenacity has rippled throughout generations.”
“...this is a flamenco dynasty as committed to flamenco as the singer families of Jerez and other towns.”
Following her NEA Fellowship, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller declared December 16 as the city’s official Eva Encinias Day.
Eva Encinias: National Heritage Fellow 2022
The National Institute of Flamenco is incredibly grateful for the National Endowment for the Arts' recognition of Eva Encinias as one of the 2022 National Heritage Fellows.
The NEA National Heritage Fellowship is the nation's highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Each year since 1982, the program recognizes recipients' artistic excellence, lifetime achievement, and contributions to our nation's traditional arts heritage.
“...Eva Encinias has devoted her life to building a home for flamenco in the United States ...””
Since 1982, Eva has directed NIF
Eva, a native New Mexican, is the Founding Director of the National Institute of Flamenco, the Conservatory of Flamenco Arts, and Festival Flamenco Alburquerque. Eva developed flamenco as an art form by breaking down the essential tenets of the art to create an accessible, rigorous curriculum. Her discipline for and dedication to the art lead to her inception of the Flamenco Concentration Program at the University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance, the only dance program in the world with a flamenco concentration in a degree program.
As a key figure in enriching the New Mexican cultural landscape, Eva has been a catalyst for developing flamenco as an art form in New Mexico through performance, teaching, and community advocacy. Through Eva’s work, Albuquerque is widely recognized as the epicenter of flamenco in the United States.
TABLAO FLAMENCO ALBUQUERQUE
“What I love about my boys studying flamenco is...They are learning control, self-confidence, and strength through something so beautiful.”