FLOR - Flamenco & Its Origins

FLOR - Flamenco & Its Origins Through the Art of Flamenco, FLOR Fosters Artistic, Cultural & Community Stewardship.

Our hearts are so full after this weekend’s Season Finale Showcase ♥️ To our dancers, musicians, volunteers, and MCs—tha...
06/02/2026

Our hearts are so full after this weekend’s Season Finale Showcase ♥️

To our dancers, musicians, volunteers, and MCs—thank you for sharing your talent, dedication, and spirit. Every performance was filled with artistry, heart, and love for this art form. ¡Olé!

And to our audience: thank you for showing up, cheering us on, and filling the room with such incredible energy. Your support means the world to us and keeps flamenco thriving in Maine.

Thanks to this beautiful evening and the incredible outpouring of support, we surpassed our fundraising goal. This support directly fuels the work ahead, our community & Flamenco in Maine. We are so grateful for this growing circle of artists, audiences, and supporters who make it all possible.

With gratitude and love,
FLOR

Photography by

Thanks to…

Guitarists
Behzad Habibzai and Bruno Panunzio

Vocalists
Brian J Evans, Meghan Habibzai and Chriss Sutherland

Dancers
Andreea Bârsan, Cheryl Berman, Lindsey Bourassa, Beth Brewer, Berenice Zamora Cruz, Rennie Weingart Zamora Cruz, MaryAlice Fernandez, Gina Gamez, Robbie Harrison, Ana Ibarra, Megan Keogh, Robert Lammers, Jennifer Lyford, Celia Mantovani, Tavah, María Mazorra, Laura Moore, Nyki Moore, Rijah Newell, Jamie Picardy, Carol Richards, María Sánchez, Suzanna, Kaya, Moira Townsend, Christina Verrette, Michele Walsh.

Special Thanks
Meetinghouse Arts & Director Suzanne Watson
Sound Technician: John Egan
Videographer: Scott Sutherland
Photographer: Elise Weeks
Volunteers: Aleta Krajewski, Anna Giamaios, Dale Bourassa, David Townsend, Molly Angie, Kimberly Teret

Our Season Sponsors
Pond Cove CRM Salesforce Consulting
Randy Dee Ferrell of Portside Realty
Portland Food Coop
Systems Engineering
Norman, Hanson & DeTroy Attorneys at Law

Event Sponsors:
Jean Paul Boudreau Dentistry
The Jen Is Love Fund
The Nichols Fund
Isa
Thai Tree
Green Elephant
Rijah Newell Massage
Bangor Savings Bank
Maine Massage and Float

Individual Event Donors:
Andreea Bârsan, Cheryl Berman, Megan Keogh, María Mazorra & Virginia Simonds

Enter our Season Finale Community Showcase Raffle for a chance to win fabulous prizes! All proceeds go to supporting our...
05/29/2026

Enter our Season Finale Community Showcase Raffle for a chance to win fabulous prizes! All proceeds go to supporting our work 🌷

Prizes:

* $50 Gift Cards to: Thai Tree Restaurant, Green Elephant Bistro and Yolked Restaurant
* $100 Gift Card to Isa Restaurant
* 1-Hour Massage with Rijah Newell 
* 2-hour Conversational Spanish with María Mazorra
* Catered, In-Home Andalusian Dinner for Six, Prepared by Megan Keogh
* 3-Pack Float at Maine Massage and Float

Raffle tickets will also be available for purchase at the show, with winners drawn after intermission.

For logistical ease, raffle entry is reserved for show attendees. Thank you for understanding!

It takes a village ✨A heartfelt thank you to all of our sponsors and underwriters for helping make the 2026 FLOR Season ...
05/29/2026

It takes a village ✨

A heartfelt thank you to all of our sponsors and underwriters for helping make the 2026 FLOR Season Finale Community Showcase possible. Your generosity, belief in the arts, and support of our community mean so much to us and to every artist taking the stage tomorrow night.

We are incredibly grateful. 💛

Tomorrow night’s showcase is officially SOLD OUT, and we cannot wait to share this celebration with everyone joining us.

On May 9th, FLOR and Mechanics’ Hall co-hosted FLOR’s first Artist Legacy Series featuring renowned flamenco dancer Lili...
05/26/2026

On May 9th, FLOR and Mechanics’ Hall co-hosted FLOR’s first Artist Legacy Series featuring renowned flamenco dancer Liliana Morales.

Often described as a modern matriarch of flamenco, Morales shared rich, expansive stories drawn from over six decades in the field. Her reflections offered rare, first-hand insight into a life shaped by flamenco across continents.

In conversation with María Mazorra, Chair of FLOR, Liliana traced a legacy in flamenco filled with vivid, fun, and deeply human anecdotes—reflections on friendships with Paco de Lucía and Camarón de la Isla, her work with José Greco, the teachings of Mariquita Flores, Teresa Torkanowsky, and Maria Alba, her collaboration with and admiration for Roberto Lorca, and her experiences in renowned tablaos such as Café de Chinitas. Together, these stories revealed a life built through lived experience, artistry, and decades of accumulated knowledge.

Special thanks to María Mazorra for facilitating such a rich conversation; to , Gina Gamez and María Mazorra for the delicious empanadas; to Mechanics’ Hall for co-presenting this event with FLOR in their beautiful library; to all who joined us to listen and revel in such rich storytelling.

At FLOR, we love seeing community members carry what they’ve learned and created in the studio out into the wider commun...
05/22/2026

At FLOR, we love seeing community members carry what they’ve learned and created in the studio out into the wider community. ❤️

As an independent, community-led initiative, Cheryl Berman and Laura Moore brought flamenco to residents at the Park Danforth Assisted and Independent Living Community on April 29th, sharing rhythm, movement, music, and connection through an intimate performance experience.

Their visit created moments of joy, expression, and cultural exchange, and beautifully reflects how flamenco must ripple outward beyond the studio walls!

We’re so proud of Cheryl and Laura and inspired as always by the power of flamenco to foster community, creativity, and cultural appreciation wherever it goes - the three stewardships of our mission here at FLOR 🌹✨🪭💃🏻

May has been a busy month at FLOR, full of rich storytelling experiences. Three weeks ago we hosted Laura Sanchez for he...
05/21/2026

May has been a busy month at FLOR, full of rich storytelling experiences.

Three weeks ago we hosted Laura Sanchez for her powerful multimedia, one-woman, danced flamenco monologue Welcome to Holland?! followed by a vibrant and moving artist and book talk about her newly published book Tulip Skin (which is available for purchase right here in Portland at Print Bookstore!)

Welcome to Holland?! followed the story of Laura, an immigrant mother navigating her own “Holland!?”, a life-altering situation after the birth of her second child.

Rather than focusing on what was lost, the piece celebrates what emerges — resilience, creativity, connection, and the ability to find joy and gratitude in
places we never imagined.

Thank you .sanchez.art for your vision and artistry.

Thank you and .bookstore for co-presenting this event with FLOR.

Thank you to all who attended and participated in the event and conversation.

Olé to art🌹

Deeply proud of FLOR Community Ensemble dancers Andreea Bârsan () and Cheryl Berman () for their beautiful performances ...
04/22/2026

Deeply proud of FLOR Community Ensemble dancers Andreea Bârsan () and Cheryl Berman () for their beautiful performances at The Woods at Canco Retirement Home on April 17th.

We shared Flamenco dance, history, and culture - highlighting Fandangos de Huelva, Danza Estilizada, Tientos, Farruca & Guajiras - with a captivated and attentive audience.

Cheryl and Andreea danced with grace, aire, arte and professionalism. Gracias guapas!

Thank you for inviting FLOR to share with your lovely community 🌹

Just finished Piel de Tulipán and had a beautiful conversation with .sanchez.art as we prepare for our May 2 book talk, ...
04/22/2026

Just finished Piel de Tulipán and had a beautiful conversation with .sanchez.art as we prepare for our May 2 book talk, following her one-woman danced monologue Welcome to Holland?! at .

It’s shaping up to be an extraordinary evening of performance and conversation—you won’t want to miss it.

Books will be available for purchase in English

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