Dancing in the streets

Niurca Marquez stands at the front of her flamenco class Tuesday morning in Robinson Hall, while Jose Luis Rodriguez accompanies on the guitar. Marquez and Rodriguez are working as guest artists-in-residence at KU, with a number of classes, shows, and presentations sharing and teaching the art of flamenco dancing.

Two award-winning flamenco dancers will be on campus this week.

Daily dance technique classes and lectures will be given all this week by two award-winning flamenco dancers.

Bethany Bunch


Niurca Marquez stands at the front of her flamenco class Tuesday morning in Robinson Hall, while Jose Luis Rodriguez accompanies on the guitar. Marquez and Rodriguez are working as guest artists-in-residence at KU, with a number of classes, shows, and presentations sharing and teaching the art of flamenco dancing.

Two award-winning Spanish flamenco artists are conducting daily dance technique classes and giving lectures this week for students and the general public at the University of Kansas.

Guitarist Jose Luis Rodriguez and Cuban-American flamenco dancer Niurca Marquez are helping nine students in the University Dance Company prepare for a performance in April.

“The students are amazing,” Marquez said. “They picked up what I had planned for three days of choreography in one.”

(leer +) [vía the university daily Kansan]

tags: flamenco, baile, cante, Niurca Márquez