Born in Southern France to Andalusian parents, Natalia (as her family and friends call her), is a translator & interpreter by profession and flamenco aficionado by heritage. Growing up with her father singing flamenco at home, she studied ballet from the age of 6 and learned other forms of dance, only finding a flamenco class near home before relocating to Ireland for work at the end of 2002.
Peña Flamenca El Indalo is a Dublin-based non-profit organisation with a reputation for bringing the finest flamenco professionals to Ireland to teach and perform. It was named after el indalo and the village of Mojácar where Nathalie's family comes from.
Founded in 2009, its mission is to promote and enrich the culture of flamenco through a programme of education and entertainment. By working closely with artists and institutions in Spain and Ireland, the organisation aims to raise awareness of this passionate, multi-disciplinary art form, and to encourage and support the development of a community of flamenco aficionados.
Damian was first introduced to flamenco in the late 90s, when his love of guitar led him to a show in Vicar St by a group of visiting Spanish artists. Although it was the guitar that originally drew his interest, it was the emotion and intensity of the singing and the passion and energy of the dancing that left the greatest impression. He was able to draw many parallels between the cante of flamenco and the sean nós singing of Irish tradition, but for the dance he had no comparison; it was unlike anything he had ever seen.
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