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Updated 1/23/2024

Laura Sánchez

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Laura Sánchez is an award-winning flamenco artist, creator, choreographer and educator originally from Cádiz, Spain. Laura combines flamenco with film, poetry, spoken word, humor and instalation, to uplift the minority groups she identifies with including Hispanic, Immigrant Woman, Mothers, Caregivers of children with disabilities and trauma survivors. 

She began her flamenco education as a child and received professional training from the Dance Conservatory of Madrid. Laura holds a Professional Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapies from Lesley University where she developed an emerging therapeutic dance practice, Expressive Flamenco©. She facilitates workshops, presents this work internationally and continues to serve annually as Guest Professor for the Lesley University Expressive Therapies Master’s Program. Her most recent research work was published at the Journal of the American Dance Therapy Association in 2021. Laura actively performs as soloist in flamenco venues in the Eastern U.S., and placed 3rd at the 2016 Flamenco Certamen USA, an international competition that takes place in NYC annually.

She works as independent choreographer for organizations including Boston College of Fine Arts, Massachusetts Government, Bridgewater University, and Kingston Theater. Laura works as independent producer and has presented several flamenco shows over the past few years in Massachusetts. In her last production Flamenco at Starlight she brought the flamenco community back together to perform for the first time in Cambridge since Covid-19. During the pandemic she created an award-winning short film called AFTER DARK to tell the resilience stories of a community affected by the Covid-19 global pandemic. She has been granted with the prestigious Live Arts Boston grant from the Boston Foundation in 2021 and was honored to be a member of Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Professional Consorcio Flamenco, a group dedicated to growing flamenco on the national stage in 2020.

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Laura Sanchez
Job Title: Flamenco Dancer, Choreographer and Producer
Phone: 6172299717
TTY Phone: 6172299717
Address:
Cambridge, MA

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Arts and Health
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Cultural Education
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Consulting - Curatorial Services
  • Marketing Services
  • Product Development Services
  • Public Relations Services
  • Film Showings
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Professional Network Gatherings / Events
  • Residency - Community
  • Virtual Events
  • Wedding / Parties / Private Gatherings
  • Community Arts
  • Exhibitions
  • Professional Development / Training
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 21

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Businesses
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens

Languages Available:

  • English
  • Spanish

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

My personal experience as the mother of a child with multiple disabilities who relies upon access support services to care for my family and to support my creative practice, I aim to make my work accessible to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities.

The network of professionals who work with my daughter including PT, visual impairment teachers, expressive artists and experts in making communities more accessible, are the collaborators who help me ensure my work is accessible.

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I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Boston Dance Alliance
  • Boston Center for the Arts
  • Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Boston Dance Alliance
  • Boston Center for the Arts
  • Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

Awards

Awards:

  • Choreography Award by Massachusetts Cultural Council
  • Best Dance on Camera, short film AFTER DARK
  • Third Prize NYC Flamenco Competition in 2016

Education

Education:

  • Degree in Spanish Dance and Flamenco at the Conservatory of Dance in Madrid
  • Professional Certification on Expressive Therapies at Lesley University
  • Degree in Marketing and Business Management at European University of Madrid
  • Leadership and Conflict Resolution at Harvard University
  • Master in Marketing and Communications at IEA

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Designated Arts Community:

  • New England Cohort Member - New England Dance Fund Grantee/Alum Network
  • Massachusetts Cultural District Member - Essex River Cultural District

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Private Studio
  • School / University
  • Virtual / Remote
  • Corporate Business

Ages Served:

  • Adults
  • High School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Seniors
  • College-age
  • Pre-Kindergarten-age

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Dance

Certifications and Training:

  • Professional Degree on Flamenco Dance from the Dance Conservatory of Madrid. Spain
  • Professional Certification on Expressive Therapies from Lesley University
  • Business Administration and Marketing from the European University of Madrid, Spain

Fee range:

Teaching fees can vary depending on location, amount of people involved and number of hours. My rates can go from $150-$350/Hour

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Private Studio
  • School / University
  • Virtual / Remote
  • Corporate Business

Ages Served:

  • Adults
  • High School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Seniors
  • College-age
  • Pre-Kindergarten-age

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Dance

Certifications and Training:

  • Professional Degree on Flamenco Dance from the Dance Conservatory of Madrid. Spain
  • Professional Certification on Expressive Therapies from Lesley University
  • Business Administration and Marketing from the European University of Madrid, Spain

Fee range:

Teaching fees can vary depending on location, amount of people involved and number of hours. My rates can go from $150-$350/Hour

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Basic Lighting and Sound. Portable mic and floor mic.

Accessibility Accommodations Needed:

  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision

Fee Range:

Touring fees can go from $2,000 for a residency to develop new work and do community work to build audiences to up to $15,000 for a two nights full evening production with three artists involved and tech team. This work has flexible iterations to best meet the needs of the venue.

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

1