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José Galván

José Galván was born in Sevilla. He began his professional career in 1962. Throughout his career, he has performed professionally in such cities as Madrid, Barcelona, his native Sevilla, and major capitals in Europe, Japan, and North America.

Maestro Galván has performed with such great "bailadores" (dancers) as Juana Amaya, Israel Galván, Hiniesta Cortéz, La Chabuca, La Tani of Barcelona, Milagros Cordobés, Carmen Vargas, Juan Paredes, Lalo Tejada, Domingo Ortega, La Chota of Córdoba, and many other outstanding performers of the Spanish artistic dance world.

In 1976, he opened his own studio as a professor of dance. At that point, Maestro Galván's professional career began a clearly defined ascension into the highest ranks of his profession. This rise culminated into his being awarded first place honors as dancer of the year in 1985 by National Spanish Television.

From his mastery have come many dancers of world class category, such as gypsy dancer Juana Amaya, Israel Galván, Lalo Tejada, Jesús Cordobés, Carmen Vargas, Juan Paredes, and many others who can be seen performing throughout the world.

Anuncia Flores

Ms. Flores has been dancing since childhood. Each winter since the 1980s she has traveled to Spain to study classical Spanish dance and flamenco with maestros Paco Romero, Ciro, and La Tati. Anuncia has danced with Diana Alejandre and Arte Flamenco de San José since 1992. She taught Spanish dance at the San José/Cleveland Ballet School from 1999-2001 and the San José/Silicon Valley Ballet School in 2003 and 2004.

David Gutierrez

David Gutierrez has studied flamenco guitar in both the United States and Spain since 1973. His teachers have included masters of the traditional style (Mario Escudero, Pedro Bacán), as well as some of the leading players of modern style flamenco (Manolo Sanlucar, Carlos Heredia, and José Valle "Chuscales"). He began performing professionally with Los Flamencos de la Bodega at the original Old Spaghetti Factory, went on to perform with numerous Bay Area Spanish dance companies (including El Cuadro Flamenco, Teatro Flamenco, Rosa Montoya's Bailes Flamenco and Arte y Compás) and co-founded the group Flamenco Vivo. He has appeared in concert frequently at Bay Area venues, such as San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Berkeley's La Peña Cultural Center, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and San José's Montgomery Theater. In addition to performing and teaching guitar, Mr. Gutierrez travels to Spain periodically for extended visits to study and pursue his lifelong afición for the art of flamenco.

Brian Cason

Brian Cason has studied flamenco guitar with Guillermo Rios, David Serva, and José Valle "Chuscales" and has also studied classical guitar with Charles Ferguson. He has performed with flamenco companies such as Rosa Montoya's Bailes Flamencos, Diana Alejandre's Arte Flamenco de San José, the Virginia Iglesias Dance Ensemble, Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco, and well-known flamenco artists such as Guillermo Rios, José Galván, Jesus Montoya, and Pastora Galván. He is currently the musical director of Flamenco de la Bahía, a San Francisco Bay Area flamenco ensemble.