Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana is one of the leading flamenco dance companies in the United States.
It has a flamenco school with teaching artists and a touring company. It produces the Flamenco Certamen USA national amateur Flamenco competition.
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana in New York City
OCTOBER
Spanish Flamenco Scholarship Audition
The Flamenco Certamen USA Finals, the U.S. flamenco scholarship audition, is produced by Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana; in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 7pm. $53. It can also be livestreamed for $23. 🇪🇸
The auditions expand into three categories this year.
Estudio Level is for intermediate dancers:
- Amaia Villegas
- Graciela Barada
- Maitri Acharya
- Nalanie Molina
- Samantha Labella
- Susana Lorenzo
Tablao Level is for advanced dancers:
- Leilani Chirino
- Daniela Maawad Reyes
- Camila Valdiviezo
- Luis Beltran Ureña
- “botanegraz”
Escenario Level is for dancers on a professional career track:
- Alice Blumenfeld
- Ana Pruneda
- Isabella Alderete
- Lu Lee
- Xianix Barrera
APRIL
Spanish Flamenco
Tablao Flamenco by Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana is a flamenco show of Ida y Vuelta (roundtrip) flamenco that is influenced by Latin American culture. It’s part of Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros Sonidos festival of Latin culture at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village; on Friday-Saturday, April 11-12, 2025 at 6:30pm and 7:30pm respectively. From $39. carnegiehall.org 🇪🇸
JUNE
Spanish Flamenco
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana dances the U.S. Premiere of “Equilibrio (Clásica/Tradición)” by Emilio Ochando, flamenco tradition with creative staging; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday-Sunday, June 18-23, 2024. Curtain chat: Wednesday, June 19. Family matinee: Saturday, June 22. joyce.org 🇪🇸
New York City Venues
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Artistic Director Carlota Santana founded the company with Roberto Lorca in 1983, and carried on after his death in 1987. It now has dance centers in Midtown, Manhattan and Durham, North Carolina. Santana has produced over 25 original works. She is on faculty at Duke University in North Carolina.
Like many national dances, flamenco is used as therapy for students with disabilities. It’s amazing to watch disabled young people become totally focused and connected inside the dance.
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Information
Flamenco Vivo
4 West 43rd St, Suite 608
(near Fifth Avenue)
Midtown, Manhattan