Welcome to Albuquerque, Alicia Morales!

Welcome to Albuquerque, Alicia Morales! Cantaora Alicia Morales will be in residence at the Conservatory of Flamenco Arts, Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque, and El Farol Santa Fe through December 18th.

Morales will teach cante (singing) at the Conservatory of Flamenco Arts. The National Institute of Flamenco is excited to have this excellent musician in residence to teach, perform, and enrich the community. Register & sign up: https://www.nifnm.org/schedule-and-regsitration

Alicia Morales began her career at a young age under the guidance of great masters such as Antonio Gomez "El Colorao," Luis "El Zambo," Segundo Falcón, and Juan Mesas, who believed in her talent from the beginning. She worked with the poet José Luis Ortiz Nuevo and alongside the master guitarist Miguel Ochando in Morocco.

She participated in an important conference on Enrique Morente, "Talent, Work and Wisdom in the path of a Genius" together with Juan Mesas.

Morales has traveled through countless countries demonstrating her art, singing and sharing flamenco with different cultures and regions such as Russia, Italy, France, Morocco, and in the U.S. She performs at festivals and clubs in Andalucía with master guitarists such as Paco Cortez, Miguel Ochando, and Juan Habichuela Nieto.

She won the Miguel Hernández Prize for her artistic career. Alicia has performed at the Flamenco Festival in the Sadlers-Wells theater in London to great acclaim in the press from all over the \world. She composed music for the shows La Gaviota, Casa de las Muñecas, and Summer and Humo. Her full-length album La Novia de Cristal was released in 2019.

Welcome to Albuquerque, Ángel Ruíz!

Welcome to Albuquerque, Ángel Ruíz! Guitarist Ángel Ruíz will be in residence at the Conservatory of Flamenco Arts, Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque, and El Farol Santa Fe through December 18th.

Ruíz will teach Guitar II at the Institute's Conservatory of Flamenco Arts. The National Institute of Flamenco is excited to have this excellent musician in residence to teach, perform, and enrich the community. Sign up & register: https://www.nifnm.org/schedule-and-regsitration

Ángel Ruiz (born 1979) began studying flamenco guitar at the age of 12, under the guidance of mentors Philippe Donnier and "Merengue de Córdoba." At 18, Ruiz began his professional career at the tablao El Cardenal in Córdoba, where he played for 3 years as an accompanist for baile. From that point until 2001, he toured the United States with the Boston Flamenco Ballet, and toured both France and Italy with the company Al Badulake.

He soon after moved to Sevilla, where he became part of the Compañía Andaluza de Danza, under the direction of Antonio Gades and José Antonio Ruiz, performing on stages such as the Emerson Majestic in Boston, the City Center in New York, and the Teatro Maestranza in Sevilla. In 2004, he joined Cristina Hoyos Flamenco Ballet on a tour of Japan with the show A tiempo'. He performed in residence at the tablao 'El Flamenco' in Tokyo for half a year, accompanying dancer Juan Ogalla and singer David Lagos.

In 2007, he participated in the Eutopía and Sound'aquí Festivals in Córdoba and directed the show Destiempo together with the Córdoba-born bailaora Laureana Granados presented in Maputo, Mozambique on Hispanic Heritage Day.

In 2009, he collaborated as lead guitar with the National Dance Award-winning choreographer, Javier Latorre, in the show Hijas del Alba for the Murcia Ballet, with whom continued collaborate in choreography courses taught by Latorre at the Córdoba International Guitar Festival.

He worked with Daniel Navarro in the tablao La Buleria (Valencia) and in the show Daniel Navarro y Timbila Muzimba in a fusion between Flamenco and African music. He continued his guitar collaborations in Pa ti y pá tu prima at the Luis del Rio Superior Dance Conservatory in Córdoba, under the direction of Nuria Leyva. In 2010, he returned to the tablao El Flamenco in Tokyo with the dancer Pedro Córdoba for six months. Ruíz later moved to Panama working as a guitarist and musical director in the Tablao Flamenco de la 21, where he also taught and accompanied the dancer Laureana Granados.

He was accompanist in the course offered by Farruquito in Panama in 2011, and has since taught, accompanied classes, and performed all over the world.

Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque Returns with Weekend Performances

Experience flamenco in its most intimate, powerful setting every Friday and Saturday evening at Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque!

Featuring a world-class line-up of artists, Tablao Flamenco presents a dynamic schedule of performances, featuring premier artists from Spain and the United States. Tablao Flamenco delivers an unforgettable experience for the senses, featuring a new four-course, prix fixe dinner created by Hotel Albuquerque's Chef Gilbert Aragon. Enjoy regionally inspired fine wines and spirits with your meal.

For the best Tablao Flamenco experience, we recommend arriving between 6:15-6:30 pm for dinner service at 7:00 pm and performance at 8:00 pm.

April Member Viewing: Noche de Cadíz y Sevilla

As a benefit of a NIF membership, we offer viewing access to previously recorded performances! Members are granted access to a recorded Tablao performance the first Saturday of each month.

Viewing access to the performance of Noche de Cadíz y Sevilla from Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 2020 will be available Saturday, April 3.

Viewing pass goes live Saturday April 3rd at 10:00AM mountain time and is valid for 48 hours.
If you have not received your link and password, please email Caro@nifnm.org.

To learn more about becoming a member, click here. Have questions? Reach out to Stephen Wynne, Development Manager at Stephen@nifnm.org or Caro Acuña, Assistant Development Officer at Caro@nifnm.org.

The National Institute of Flamenco does not share these recordings with the public. The opportunity to view them is an exclusive membership benefit.