Fandango Conference Saturday Venue & Party

All interested attendees for our upcoming conference, “The Global Reach of the Fandango”  (April 17-18), please be advised that there is a new venue for Saturday, the 18th. All papers on Saturday will now be hosted at Alegrias Theater at La Nacional (239 W. 14th St, between 7th and 8th Aves).  (Friday papers are held at the Graduate Center’s Segal Theater.)

This new larger venue gives us the opportunity for an exciting reception/after party! Alegrias is a theater specializing in flamenco, and all attendees are invited to remain after the conference for a film and live performance.

The conference will conclude at 4 pm. After, Alegrias will show the Vicente Perez film Flamenco de Raiz, a documentary which traces the social history of flamenco from the streets to the renowned flamenco academy Amor de Dios. (Watch a trailer here!) Afterward, we hope you will stay for Alegrias’s weekly flamenco performance. Please note that the performance is held separately by the venue and has no official relation to the conference, so it will have a separate cover charge.

The film and flamenco performance are open to the public, so any friends who are unable to attend the conference are welcome to join the evening’s festivities. (Please e-mail Meira Goldberg at fandangoconference.cuny@gmail.com to RSVP.)