Kino Cafe
Kino Cafe is a tapas bar and great venue for live flamenco music and dance in Vancouver, Canada. Five nights a week you can behold some of the greatest flamenco talent in the Lower Mainland in an intimate environment with no cover charge. Performing are usually two dancers, a guitarist and a flamenco singer.
Kino was one of my first introductions to flamenco several years ago. The live flamenco scene has since evolved to include Rime on Commercial Drive, La Zuppa on Lonsdale in North Vancouver and East is East to name a few.
With several of the top flamenco teachers in town dancing at Kino Cafe, including Kasandra La China and La Karena, their students are often given an opportunity to perform Sevillanas or Bulerias por Fiesta on stage. Pictured at right: Kate and Lisa dancing Sevillanas.
Shortly before leaving Vancouver, Kasandra hosted a going away party for us at Kino Cafe and I had a chance to dance Fandangos. Below are some snippets from Kasandra’s choreography:
Kino Cafe is located at 3456 Cambie Street in Vancouver, BC. For reservations, call 604-875-1998. For flamenco lessons in Vancouver, contact Mozaico Flamenco, Centro Flamenco or Karen Flamenco.
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flamenco « alma flamenco said this on June 17, 2008 at 3:24 am
glad to find a log about flamenco