Event Details
Flamenco Boston and FLOR Cuadro Flamenco unite for the first time for an evening of captivating Flamenco dance, song and music.
We are thrilled to welcome guest artists Antonio Tiriti Tran and Ana María Villa from Flamenco Boston for a very special Gala Flamenca — our largest flamenco ensemble to date! This vibrant performance will feature:
🎸 2 guitarists
🎤 2 singers
💃🏾 2 dancers
This event is co-presented by FLOR and Mayo Street Arts.
Flamenco Boston
Flamenco Boston was founded in 2007 with a clear mission: to bring high‑caliber flamenco dance, music, and song to the Boston area. Rooted in the rich Andalusian Gitano traditions of southern Spain, their performances highlight the genre’s eclectic blend of Andalusian, Moorish, Sephardic, Indian, and Gitano influences. Whether teaching or performing, they champion both authenticity and contemporary flair, bringing a pulse that may feel new to some, yet deeply emotional to all.
Artists
ANTONIO “TIRITI” TRAN
Anthony "Tiriti” Tran studied flamenco guitar all across Andalucía with various teachers in Granada, Jerez, Córdoba, and more. For the past decade, he has managed Boston-based group Flamenco Boston and has worked with local dancers and dance companies to bring the excitement of flamenco through performances and workshops all over New England, including to museums such as the Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Museum of Fine Arts and to universities including MIT, Harvard, Northeastern, and most recently at Boston University, where he composed music for and performed in their production of Federico García Lorca’s Yerma. In 2024 and 2025, he worked as the musical director for the Art at the Armory’s annual multicultural percussive dance festival, where he performed and fused different styles with flamenco, including Indian Kathak dancing. Anthony continued his experimental work with Night Creatures, a new work by Center for Performance Research Artist-in-Residence Hans Enrique, exploring the intersection between flamenco, contemporary dance, theater, and electronica music. He is currently on a national tour with Flamencodanza, an award-winning guitar-dance duo show with artist Aylín Bayaz, performing both traditional and flamenco-bolero fusion. Anthony performs regularly in Boston and NYC.
ANA MARIA VILLA
Ana is a Colombian vocalist and Berklee College of Music graduate whose musical foundation spans flamenco, Latin, jazz, and theatrical styles. Born and raised in Bogotá, she began singing at age six and studied voice, piano, and theater from a young age before moving to Boston to pursue her performance degree. A finalist on The Voice Colombia in 2012, Ana María has performed with renowned Latin musicians including Joyce Moreno, Mane De La Parra, and Milton Nascimento. She is an active performer in the Boston music scene and is currently recording her debut album in collaboration with Antonio “Tiriti” Tran.
FLOR Cuadro Flamenco
FLOR Cuadro Flamenco brings together guitar, dance, and song to celebrate flamenco in both its traditional and contemporary forms. With a focus on connection and expression, FLOR’s mission is to foster artistic, cultural, and community stewardship through the art of flamenco.
Artists
BEHZAD HABIBZAI
Behzad is a music composer and flamenco guitarist who grew up in Portland, Maine. He began playing drums and classical percussion at 10, maintaining a busy schedule performing orchestral, jazz, punk rock, at rock clubs and symphony halls. At 14 he discovered flamenco guitar, going on to perform with several international artists. Behzad composes and produces flamenco and orchestral music for digital streaming, films, and documentaries. Behzad often collaborates with his wife, Meghan Pilar Habibzai.
CHRISS SUTHERLAND
Although new to cante Flamenco, Chriss Sutherland has been a musician for thirty five years working with groups such as Cerberus Shoal, Fire on Fire, Olas, and SNAEX. He brings a reverence and curiosity to cante Flamenco as well as a desire to unlock his inner door to unleash the emotional burden within. Chriss is also a father, a partner, and a public school teacher.
MEGAN KEOGH
Megan has performed throughout New England as a dancer with Olas Music and Dance since 2008, with Lindsey Bourassa Flamenco since 2017, and now with FLOR Cuadro Flamenco since its start in 2025. She is trained in ballet, modern, contemporary and flamenco and began dancing at age ten with Festival Ballet Providence through 1996. She is the co-founder and creative director at Pixels & Pulp, a graphic design company based in Maine and lives in Portland with her family and two pups. The minute you meet Megan you’ll feel like you’ve been dropped in an ocean full of energy drink. Not the sugary kind that makes you all jittery and nervous – but the all-natural, organic, vibrant kind that wakes up your senses and brings you wildly back to life. She’s a lickety-split problem solver, a speed of light designer, and a true expert of all things printed, papered, published or produced. On any given Sunday you’ll find her busy in her garden, cultivating, propagating and promoting a more beautiful world.
LINDSEY BOURASSA
Lindsey is a flamenco dancer, choreographer, teacher, community builder and the founding executive and artistic director of FLOR. Lindsey received her Master of Flamencology Degree from Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) in 2019 and her Certificate of Professionalization in Flamenco Arts at El Centro de Arte y Flamenco de Sevilla (Seville, Spain) in 2012. She has dedicated herself to the study of flamenco since 2004, predominantly in Sevilla, Spain. In her choreographic work, Lindsey creates flamenco performances that illustrate multifaceted storytelling, often woven together with original, creative prose. Having performed and taught in Spain and throughout New England, she has now settled in her home state of Maine, where her heart feels full to be creating and cultivating Maine’s first prominent and growing flamenco community. Her work on all fronts is inspired by the belief that art ignites magic, cultivates connection, uplifts diverse and uncensored stories, and has the potential to foster stewardship of each other and the earth.