(noticia) Flamenco dancer stirs up Krannert

By Mary Zemaitis. Published: Wednesday, October 19, 2005

This fall, the Midwest will be shaken by the passion and expressiveness of Spanish flamenco dancing, as master dancer Jose Porcel tours the country with his show, "Ballet Flamenco."

Porcel is to perform at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave. in Urbana, on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

Porcel normally performs on the East and West Coasts, and this is his first tour through the Midwest, said Stephen Cummins, the assistant director for artistic services at Krannert. When Cummins and his colleagues heard last year that Porcel was putting together a North American tour, "we jumped at the chance to see him."

"Krannert tries to bring a diversity of art to the community, and this is an example of an artist and an art form that is not typically found here," Cummins said.

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