Olga Pericet closed the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Flamenco New York Festival
The performance, which also featured guitarists Gerardo Núñez and Álvaro Martinete, emphasized the artistic and historical importance of Carmen Dauset Moreno, originally from Almería, who arrived in New York in 1889 and quickly became a leading figure in American vaudeville.
The twenty-fifth edition of Flamenco New York Festival with the event hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art: From Carmencita to PericetA meeting that the flamenco dancer had Olga Pericet and the iconic portrait of Carmencita (Spanish flamenco dancer who in 1891 performed at Madison Square Garden in front of 9.000 people) signed by John singer sargent, co-organized together with the Instituto Cervantes, which since the first edition of Flamenco The Festival, in 2001, has maintained a close and continuous link with this event, desempeñaplaying a key role in its consolidation and projection.
The performance, in which the guitarists also took part Gerardo Nunez y Alvaro Martinete, emphasized the artistic and historical importance of Carmen Dauset MorenoOriginally from Almería, she arrived in New York in 1889 and quickly became a leading figure in American vaudeville. The performance connected the audience with the memory of a pioneer who brought the flamenco and Spanish dance onto international stages. In fact, the first images of a woman in a film in the United States were precisely of Carmencita dancing what we might consider the flamenco of that time.
