Rosana Maya, is an international exponent of dance, particularly flamenco and Spanish Dance. She performs, choreographs and lectures in the performing arts of Spain (University of Malta) and has taught hundreds of aspirant dancers and teachers in 4 continents. Her life dedication to all dance, has amounted to continued intensive study, valuating the hybrid universal nature and language of flamenco, publishing The Flamenco Fanatic – a complete guide in 2014.
Maya is currently Profesora Asesora, syllabus coordinator and teaching consultant for NPO Alianza Flamenca (www.alianzaflamenca.com) and serves of the committee as international correspondent and Outreach projects locally. She is co-creator and founder of FlamenKhoi (https://youtu.be/RqbxOoBa7e8), identifying flamenco with African dance traditions, namely Tswana and Khoisan. Maya teaches flamenco in a freelance capacity, giving workshops, choreography and private lessons internationally.
She has danced as a soloist in various dance companies; Danza Lorca, Mercedes Molina Dance Company, Larosa Spanish Dance Company, Paco Velasquez Classico Baile Espanol, El Rincon Flamenco to name a few. She founded Alegria Academia Flamenca in Malta in 1999 and directed her own dance company, Alegria Dance Company, for 10 years. She now resides in South Africa, sharing her experiences and creating new work for FlamenKhoi and by invitation to dance schools and companies.
In 2010 – 2013 she was invited by NPO Wilvan School of Dance to work as Artistic Director, did various collaborations with Dame Mavis Becker in Cape Town before moving to Johannesburg, working with Rio Flamenco Outreach, El Rincon Flamenco and with Dada Masilo Dance Factory as rehearsal director and flamenco coach.
Dance training is essential to grow and build an artist of the highest calibre and for this reason Maya has sought masters of the art: Barbara Holden (ballet), chev. Tanya Bayona and Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud (ballet), Alexandra Le Maitre (ballet), Dame Mavis Becker (Spanish), Carlos, Maria Magdalena, Jose Antonio Ruiz, Belen Maya, Rocio Molina, Angel Muñoz, Domingo Ortega, Mercedes Ruiz, Javier Latorre, Dame Hazel Acosta (founder of Alianza Flameca), Francesca Grima, Isaac “Pinky” Ramagole (Tswana), amoung many others.
“Although originated in the south of Spain, Flamenco is a hybrid art form that incorporates many cultures; Rajesthani and Classical Indian dance, Persian and Moorish influences, noticable in the bar phrasing and song of flamenco. It is a totally indiscriminate music, song, dance and philosophy that lends itself to personal and emotional exploration. While challenging the highest technical expertise and sensitivity in human nature, flamenco is identifiable in all cultures and is recognised as a World Heritage by UNESCO.
“This is the artform that has enabled me to break boundries, discover new cultures and search for the depth and the heights of my physical capacity and spiritual being. While constantly working to master the challenging technique, I have sought and found moments of the divine. Flamenco lifts one from the mundane to the sublime, on a passionately stimulating journey of life, through music, song and dance” ROSANA MAYA
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