Rosanna Terracciano is an independent flamenco dance artist based in Calgary. She has studied with various teachers in Spain and Canada, most recently training intensively in 2008 at the Amor de Dios flamenco academy in Madrid, Spain and with Myriam Allard in Montreal. In addition to flamenco, Terracciano also received contemporary dance training through the University of Calgary Program of Dance, and has choreographed and performed various flamenco and contemporary based solos since 2001. Terracciano has co-produced several flamenco productions in Calgary since 2005, most recently presenting the show From Spain to Calgary via Montreal in December 2009, in which Terracciano performed alongside Montreal flamenco company La Otra Orilla comprised of Allard and singer Hedi ‘El Moro’ Graja, as well as guitarist Kraig Adams. In October 2009, Terracciano co-curated and headlined the show Cross Over, as part of the Fluid Movement Arts Festival produced by Springboard Dance. In March 2010, Terracciano was the featured artist in Form Fusion as part of Dancers’ Studio West 2009/2010 season, a choreographic residency exploring movement at the intersection of flamenco and contemporary dance. Most recently, Terracciano danced in the remount of Mis Hermanas, presented by Vancouver-based flamenco company Flamenco Rosario, in Vancouver in May 2010 and on tour in Mexico in October 2010. For more information about Rosanna, visit www.rosannaflamenco.com.
