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Fall 2026 Classes!
Flamenco for Adults
Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced classes teach flamenco technique and traditions in a studio setting. Our beginner classes prioritize foundational technique in arms, body placement, and footwork. Palos covered include sevillanas, rumba, tangos, and bulerias. Intermediate classes build on techniques learned in beginning classes. Castanets are introduced, footwork expands, and palos include alegrias, siguiriyas, tientos, and solea por bulerias. Advanced classes focus on synthesizing technique into more advanced artistic expression and a broader spectrum of flamenco rhythms.
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Mantón and Bata Class
Our series continues, building on the skills developed in the mantón de Manila class last session. This class will alternate between bata de cola and mantón, two skillsets that intertwine in flamenco. The mantón de Manila is a fringed and embroidered shawl that was introduced into Europe through the Philippines. Chinese silks adopted floral motifs to appeal to European markets and macrame fringes were added in Spain. The bata de cola is a long train dress. Shorter trains were fashionable in Spanish society during the late 18th century, and again in the late 19th century, when bustles and trains were trending for formal or evening wear. The exaggerated, elongated train became an artistic tool for manipulation on the stages of the late 19th century cafes cantante. While pinpointing its origin is not possible, it emerged as a theatrical apparatus created by performers who filtered layered historical fashions into a new embodied technology. Some flamenco experience is required. …Learn more.
Flamenco for Kids
At last… a class for children to continue their flamenco journey! Our kids class fills a long-standing gap in flamenco education by offering students age 5-12 an opportunity to dance and grow in flamenco. Classes will be held at the Ballet Theater of Phoenix in Uptown Phoenix, Arizona on Mondays from 4: September 10 to mid December, 2026. Classes will build on previous skills obtained in our early education classes. New students are welcome; some dance experience is recommended. …Learn more.
About Flamenco
Flamenco is a Spanish performance art trifecta that incorporates soulful singing, intricate, virtuosic guitar, and dance that embodies tension between grounded footwork and soaring arms. Flamenco’s unique characteristics come from the amalgam of cultures that influenced southern Spain across centuries, including Roma, Moorish, Judaic, Afro-Iberian, Spanish Catholic, and New World cultures. Early influences formed in the crucible of the Spanish Inquisition, later influences came through trade with and travel to the Americas, and globalization today continues to shape the art. Flamenco evolved from marginalized minorities of the southern province of Andalucía, and it embraces the entire spectrum of human emotion. Deep emotional expression with roots across myriad traditions, enables flamenco to resonate profoundly across cultural boundaries. Constantly shifting, flamenco is an art of Spanish origin that exists in conversation with a global community.
Mission
Based in Phoenix, AZ, Julia Chacón Flamenco Theatre was founded in 2008 as Inspiración Flamenca. Our mission is to advance the expressive power of flamenco while empowering youth and adults to explore physical expression as a path to confidence, self-awareness, and cross-cultural understanding.
We offer inclusive performances, educational opportunities, and community programs that amplify the visibility and relevance of flamenco as a global art form rooted in centuries of cultural exchange. By honoring flamenco’s richly layered heritage—including Roma, Jewish, Arabic, Spanish, African, and Latin American traditions—we foster connection, curiosity, and compassion across generations and borders.
Flamenco Community
Julia Chacon’s Flamenco Theatre operates under the premise that the best flamenco comes from relationships built on trust, respect and confidence; the same qualities that are necessary to support the sensitive rhythmic and musical communication between artists on stage. To perform flamenco, one must constantly listen, be present, be flexible and have a humble willingness to grow, improve and evolve. In our community, artists, students and audience members come together to create the environment where this energy is able to thrive.
Julia Chacon Flamenco Theater is the only flamenco repertory company in Arizona. We employ a stable of professional artists with national and international experience, and offer opportunity to aspiring artists across the Valley.
We offer performances, classes, and arts-education programs in the Phoenix Valley and beyond. Click here for more info.
Posts
Braided Roots, 2025
Elegance met percussive power in Braided Roots, the 2025 production by Julia Chacón’s Flamenco Theatre. Presented October 18, 2025 at the Virgina G. Piper Theatre at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, the show celebrated 10 years of partnership with Scottsdale Arts, alongside their 50th Anniversary Season. The performance ignited the stage with flamenco; a textured…
Flamenco Peña
On February 11, 2026 join us for the inaugural Phoenix Flamenco Peña event, featuring professional and emerging artists. Grounding the event are Simon Marquez (guitar) and Maripaz Mabin (vocal), who will accompany emerging artists as they hone their craft. Supported by Julia Chacón, former touring artist with international flamenco companies and director of Flamenco Theater;…
JCFT Events with PWAC
This fall, we are pleased to announce upcoming events with local production company Phoenix World Arts Collective, a 501c3 dedicated to promoting and educating the public about global performing arts. PWAC is a fiscal sponsor of Braided Roots:Un Concierto de Flamenco, coming up October 18th, 2025 at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. September 6,…
Experience Spain 2025 at the Musical Instrument Museum
Coming up October 18th and 19th at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, don’t miss the chance to engage with a diverse range of Spanish music and dance. Artists from across the Valley and beyond will share their expertise, bringing a wealth of international experience to the MIM, a Smithsonian affiliate. Celebrating music and…
Article in “Theatre Survey”
Arizona State University Professor Karen J. Martinson and I co-authored a piece in the November 2024 special issue of Theatre Survey, the journal of the American Society for Theatre Research. The issue, edited by Telory Arendell, focused on Movement Theatre, and our article analyzed Órale, a community-based performance created by David Herrera Performance Company and…
Julia Chacon Choreographs for ASU Theatre Production, “Eva Luna”
Arizona State University Presents Eva Luna Directed by Micha EspinosaChoreography by Julia ChacónSeptember 27, 28, 29, October 4, 5, 6 Arizona State University presents the world premiere of the English-language version of Eva Luna, a play based on the novel by Isabel Allende. Adapted by award-wining playwright Caridad Svich the production is directed by Latine theatre professor Micha…
Julia Chacón to Participate in the ASTR National Conference!
In November, Julia Chacon, director of Julia Chacon Flamenco Theatre and Spanish Arts, LLC, will participate in the national conference of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) in Providence, Rhode Island. The conference is among the most distinguished forums for the development of theoretical approaches to performance and attracts hundreds of performance scholars from…
Misael Barraza-Diaz Flamenco CD “Camino Forjado” Released!
This October, Misael Barraza-Diaz released his second flamenco CD, “Camino Forjado,” with all instruments and vocals by Barraza-Diaz. Born in Mexico, Barraza-Diaz is among the most talented guitarists of his generation. He is a recent doctoral graduate of the Bolton Guitar Studies program at the University of Arizona, where he also received a Bachelor and…
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