Fire and Butterflies

CHCDC
Colette Harding Contemporary Dance Company

Presents

Fire and Butterflies

CHCDC invites you to “Fire and Butterflies”, a journey inspired by the passion of the Flamenco Culture. Contemporary Dance and Flamenco Dance styles fuse together with both Classical Music and Flamenco song to inspire the passion that yearns to transform and excite the heart.

Performance collaborators include Erica Erenyi (Cello), Eric Foster (Classical Guitar), Emilia Eneva (Flamenco Singer), Carlos Villatoro (Flamenco Dancer), Colette Harding (CHCDC Choreographer) and CHCDC Dancers.

The Vine, Mojalet's Place for the Arts
Saturday, November 6th at 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Sunday, November 7th at 6:00pm
The Vine, Mojalet's Place for the Arts
The Bernardo Winery, Suite #5
13330 Paseo Del Verano N.
San Diego, CA 92128
(858) 243-1402
Admission: $15 per person

The Wood Room
Saturday, November 13th at 8:00pm
(Casual performance in connection with North Park's Ray at Night.)
3800 30th Street
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 255-9663
Admission: $10 per person.


Biographies of the Performance Collaborators:

Colette Harding, CHCDC Artistic & Executive Director:
Colette Harding is the Artistic Director and Choreographer for the Colette Harding Contemporary Dance Company, based in San Diego, CA. As CHCDC’s Director, Colette has always been inspired to create and express emotions, concepts, observations and stories through dance. To her, movement is the most honest form of human expression. Originally from the East Coast, Colette has choreographed and performed in dance companies across the USA. Recent presentations include a collaboration with Art of Elan at MCASD’s Sherwood Auditorium with ALICE: Re-imagining Wonderland through Music, Dance and Spoken Word. Colette’s choreography has been presented at the SOLA Contemporary Dance Festival, the Florida Dance Festival, by Moving Current Dance Collective, the California Ballet, at The Neurosciences Institute as part of the Performing Arts at The Neurosciences Institute Series, the Vine, the Emerge Modern Choreographers Showcase, the Celebrate Dance Festival, Ray at Night, and many others. Colette has Instructed students, and choreographed for, MiraCosta College, Saddleback College, St. Petersburg College, the University of Tampa, and Eckerd College. She participates in the San Diego Emerging Leaders for the Arts and Culture. Colette graduated with her MFA in Dance from the University of California, Irvine, and is a certified BASI Pilates Instructor currently teaching at the White Light Studio in La Jolla, CA.

Erica Erenyi, Cellist:
Erica Erenyi received the Master of Music degree in cello performance at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after completing her undergraduate studies at Biola University in La Mirada, California. Her primary teachers were Anne Williams and Marlin Owen, and she has participated in master classes with Peter Thiemann, Menahem Pressler, and the Ying Quartet, among others. As a chamber musician, Erica has performed abroad in British Columbia, China, and Spain, and in the U.S. in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Diego. She is active as a freelance musician in San Diego, playing frequently in productions at The Old Globe and the La Jolla Playhouse, educational concerts for children, and chamber music performances, in addition to serving as a substitute with the San Diego Symphony.

Eric Foster, Classical Guitar:
Eric Foster, a California native, gave his debut solo recital thirty years ago in La Paz, Bolivia. He has since lived as a teacher, composer and “gigging” musician in both North and South America. His compositions for solo guitar are compiled on the CD “Paint the Wind”. Original pieces for guitar ensemble are published by Les Productions d’Oz in Canada. Both of his concertos for guitar and orchestra (“A California Concerto” and “Latin Wave Concerto”) were performed in San Diego and Tijuana with Eric as soloist. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from UC Santa Barbara and a Master of Music Degree from San Diego State University. Mr. Foster presently teaches at the University of San Diego, Vista Academy of Visual and Performing Arts and at MiraCosta College in Oceanside.

Emilia Eneva, Flamenco Singer:
Emilia is a strong and passionate singer who performs the rhythms and melodies of traditional Flamenco music. Despite the initial linear influences of a degree in Biotechnology, she surrendered her spirit to the passion found in the deep and mysterious Flamenco arts by moving to Andalusia , Spain . She studied there with well-known Flamenco artists such as Paco Taranto, Esperanza Fernandez, Nazaret Cala, Calixto Sanchez, Ethan Margolis, Ana Gomez, and the Agujetas Family. She has a strong stage presence and a voice of many colors. A member of the Pena Andaluza en California , an organization dedicated to the dissemination of Andalusian culture in CA, Emilia is dedicated to the artistic roots of Flamenco and what it has to teach us about humanity, femininity, and our history. She performs on stages throughout San Diego such as at the Nations Dance Festivals and is mostly seen collaborating with Flamenco Arana and Paloma Arragon Flamenco. You can also catch her at Café Sevilla’s Legendary Flamenco Dinner shows.

Carlos Villatoro, Flamenco Dancer:

Carlos Villatoro brings to San Diego a background rich in dance instruction and performance. A graduate in Danza Folklorica Mexicana from the Escuela Nacional De Bellas Artes in Mexico city, Carlos was honored to dance for former mexican president Miguel De La Madrid at Mexico City's El Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1986. As a child was always surrounded by Flamenco music and dance. His formal instruction in Flamenco began in 1998 after a trip to Spain. Over the years, Carlos studied Flamenco dance with various local and visiting artists such as Cihtli Ocampo "La Gallardi", Lakshmi Basille, Maria Bermudez "La Chacha", Domingo Ortega, Juan Ogalla, Yaelisa, Jose Manuel Ramos "El Oruco", Pastora Galvan,Alegria Suarez and Saray Montoya. He has also studied Flamenco Cante and Baile with Ethan Margolis, Luis Pena, Jorge "el Canastero", and Javier Heredia. In 2006 Carlos was chosen to star as a Flamenco dancer in Carmen with the San Diego Opera. Mr. Villatoro joined Juanita Franco's Academia de Baile Espanol as a Flamenco instructor soon thereafter in 2007. Since then, Carlos has appeared as a Flamenco dancer with the San Diego Opera in Don Quixote and with the Los Angeles Opera in The Barber of Seville. Mr. Villatoro performs professionally in San Diego at venues such as Restaurant Costa Brava, The Turquoise and with Tablao Flamenco.