Leonor Leals Contemporary Flamenco

Leonor Leal, Jose Luis Rodriguez, and Francisco Orozco present contemporary flamenco during the John Hope Franklin Center s Wednesdays at the Center series. Leonor Leal is considered one of the best flamenco dancers in Spain today. She began her dance education in Jerez de la Frontera in classical and Spanish dance. Later she also took up flamenco, studying with several prominent teachers both in Jerez and Seville. Her first professional engagements were in the companies of Antonio El Pipa, Andrès Marin, br, br,