The Roots of Flamenco 2019 World Tour in Montreal: Mónica Iglesias

The winner of the 2018 female dancer of Spain’s famed Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas, Mónica Iglesias and her company present an evening of Flamenco at Concordia University.

Monica Iglesias García and company will be joined by Manuel de Gines as a singer, Miguel Perez as a guitarist, and a special guest artist from Montreal, Rocio Vadillo.

Born in Madrid in 1988, Monica Iglesias García studied at Madrid’s Royal Conservatory of Dance. She won the first prize for female dancer at the 2018 Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas. She has performed with prestigious companies such as Ballet Flamenco de Andalucia, Ballet Nacional de España and Antonio Gades where she danced as a soloist. She has collaborated with such revered Flamenco figures as Antonio Canales, Joaquín Cortés, Rocío Molina, Carlos Saura, Rubén Olmo, Chano Domínguez and David Peña Dorantes.

About The Roots of Flamenco World Tour

The Roots of Flamenco World Tour aims to provide an in-depth exploration of Flamenco to everyone. It is organized by Admission Nation, the first Flamenco production and talent management agency in the New York area providing professional Flamenco artists for shows, performances, demonstrations. Their mission is to promote education of the Gypsy Flamenco culture, preserve its history in a modern world, and to produce high-quality, entertaining events around their passion and expertise of Flamenco dance.