Belen maya biography
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Residency with Belén Maya, February 3-6, 2016, Duke University.
Belén Maya, joins scholars Michelle Heffner Hayes and Meira Goldberg for a conversation about the Art of Flamenco. Wed, Feb 3, 12:00pm, Ark Dance Studio. Free. Lunch provided.
New: Belén Maya, gives a lecture and demonstration of the art of flamenco with guitarist José Luis Rodríguez and cantaor Francisco J. Orozco. Friday, Feb 5, 11:45am-1pm, Ark Dance Studio. Free.
- Belén Maya, gives a lecture and demonstration of the art of flamenco with guitarist José Luis Rodríguez and cantaor Francisco J. Orozco. Friday, Feb 5, 7pm, Ark Dance Studio. Free.
- Belén Maya will teach an open master class of flamenco. Sat, Feb 6, 11-12:30pm, Ark Dance Studio. Free and open to the public. (DDP)
- See her on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJVqifHGK04 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFLguT5-2MY
Belén Maya,
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Belén Maya is associated with the progressive, contemporary side of flamenco dance. She is the daughter of dance icon Mario Maya and became a household name after she appeared in Carlos Saura’s 1995 film, Flamenco. The film played a critical role in exporting the art form internationally and broadening it’s global audience.
The interview was conducted on April 06, 2018, at the Ikea restaurant/café in Jerez De La Frontera, Spain. It is being presented over the course of several posts. Click here to continue to Part 2.
My name is Belén Maya. I was born in New York [City]. My father was Mario Maya and my mother was Carmen Mora. She was from Madrid and he was from Granada and he was Gypsy. He was Roma; I always use Roma when I speak English. I don’t use the word Gypsy. I started dancing in Madrid and I spent my teenage years in Madrid and then I moved to Sevilla and started working in Sevilla. I’ve been living for quite a while in Sevilla and Granada, and
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The daughter of two great flamenco artists, Carmen Mora and Mario Maya, Belen began her dance studies at the studios AMOR DE DIOS in Madrid. Her training in classical dance has been with Rosa Naranjo and Juana Taft. In classical Spanish dance, she has studied under Maria Magdalena, Paco Romero and Jose Antonio. In the areas of jazz and contemporary dance she has studied with Goyo Montero, Teresa Nieto, and the Alvin Ailey dance company in New York. Her flamenco teachers have included Paco Fernandez, Manolete, La Tati, El Gueito, Carmen Cortes, La Tona, and many others.
Later she entered the School of the Spanish National Ballet directed at that time by Maria de Avila. After a year she decided to relocate to Seville in order to focus on flamenco. She joined the Mario Maya Company where within three years she went from being a member of the ensemble to becoming the principal dancer and repetiteur of the company. Meanwhile, she also gained experience in the tablaos of Seville, LOS GA