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, 2025
“de Poesia y Duende: A Tribute in Dance to the Soul of Federico Garcia Lorca

Julia Chacon is currently working with PWAC to craft the dramaturgical context for the upcoming production “de Poesia y Duende: A Tribute in Dance to the Soul of Federico Garcia Lorca,” a performance in conjunction with local theater group Teatro Meshico and Santa Fe based flamenco company, Emi Arte to be held at Arizona Latino Arts and Culture (ALAC) on September 6, 2025 at 8pm. Lorca (1898-1936) had a lifelong interest in and love of flamenco, particularly in cante jondo, the deepest and oldest of flamenco song forms. In 1922 when Lorca was 24 years old, he helped to organize and produce the first Concurso de Cante Jondo in Granada. He delivered the famous “Play and Theory of the Duende” in Buenos Aires in 1933, revised from a much earlier lecture he gave in support of the 1922 Concurso. In 1931 he recorded an album with “La Argentinita,” Encarnación López Júlvez (1898-1945), sister of the renowned Pilar López (1912-2008), who continued their dance company for decades after her sister’s death, and deeply influenced flamenco as we know it today. From his birth in a small town outside of Granada to his death, the renowned artist was deeply influenced by flamenco.

November 1, 2025
Dia de los muertos

Julia Chacon Flamenco Theater will join with other community flamenco groups to celebrate Dia de los Muertos at the Herberger Theater in downtown Phoenix, Arizona on November 1, 2025, followed by a community celebration at Arizona Latino Arts & Culture (ALAC). Dancers will be dressed in traditional Catrina skull face paint, celebrating the cultural intersections between Spain, Mexico, and the US Southwest and the living bodies that practice, advance, and steward these practices in Arizona today.

November 8, 2025
La Pinta Flamenca

On , Julia Chacon Flamenco Theatre will headline La Pinta Flamenca, a concert series held at Arizona Latino Arts & Culture (ALAC) featuring dancers from across the USA and Spain. A traditional tablao flamenco event, the concert will feature guest artists and local dancers debuting solos for the first time.