Directed by:

Cristina Candela

Company Name:

Candela Flamenco ensemble

Genre / Type of Show:

Live music and dance

Language:

Spanish/english

Duration:

01:15:00

Audience type:

General audience

Artists/Features:

Cristina Candela — Dance

Barbara Martinez — Singer

Gabriel González Tapia — Guitar

Synopsis:

Candela Flamenco Ensemble offers a pure yet contemporary Flamenco experience, where song, dance, and guitar intertwine to create a performance filled with raw emotion and depth. Rooted in tradition yet shaped by the pulse of New York City, this ensemble brings Flamenco to the East Village with an authentic yet urban edge.

In true Flamenco spirit, the night unfolds through improvisation and spontaneity, where moments of intensity, beauty, and duende emerge organically. Voices, rhythms, and movement blend into an ephemeral tapestry—unique, unrepeatable, and deeply felt.

With Barbara Martinez on vocals, Jackson Scott on guitar, and Cristina Candela on dance, this is Flamenco in its most essential and immediate form—born in tradition, alive in the moment.

About the Company:

Cristina Candela

A flamenco dancer and multidisciplinary artist with a strong foundation in flamenco, she has performed internationally in major theatres and renowned tablaos such as Los Tarantos (Barcelona), Alegrías la Nacional (New York), and others. She directed her company Apuchelando (2014-2017) and premiered NANA (2019). An artist-in-residence at Centre d’Art Santa Mònica (2023-2024), she moved to New York in 2024, performing in traditional venues and collaborating on flamenco-jazz projects.

Barbara Martinez

Bárbara Martínez, a flamenco singer and dancer, began performing at 11 with The Children’s Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera. She has worked with major U.S. flamenco companies and leads projects blending flamenco with jazz, Latin, and Sephardic music. A Brown graduate, she teaches and studies songwriting at Berklee.

Jackson Scott

A virtuoso Flamenco guitarist, vocalist and composer, Jackson has toured extensively across Europe, Russia, the Middle East, India, the United States and South America. For the past six years, Jackson has been based in New York City, where he has become a fixture of the trad jazz scene.

Regarding the director

As a Flamenco traditional group we don’t have a director, we all speak a language and the show you will experience is conversation of us 3.