Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrated October 1-2 with Flamenco Music, Dance & Film

ALBANY — The UAlbany Performing Arts Center will present two programs in one weekend to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month. 

An Evening of Flamenco Music and Film will take place 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1. Flamenco guitarist Maria Zemantauski will perform a solo set followed by the screening of Flamenco Vivo’s 6Hilos (6Threads) which pays homage to the Golden Age of Flamenco. 

Several of the artists featured in the film will be performing live with Flamenco Vivo when the company presents Tablao Flamenco on Saturday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m.  Both events will take place at the UAlbany Performing Arts Center on the uptown campus of the University at Albany.

Guitarist and composer Maria Zemantauski has performed in Spain, Italy and across the continental United States to great acclaim. Based in upstate New York, she maintains an active career as a teacher, lecturer and performer; delighting audiences as a soloist or as the founder and director of The Maria Z Ensemble. Zematauski is on the faculty in the Department of Fine Arts, Theater Arts & Digital Media at Hudson Valley Community College where she has also been the Coordinator of Cultural Affairs since 2004. 

The two evening programs are made possible through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and with funds from the NYS DanceForce, a partnership program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Governor and Legislature. 

Admission to An Evening of Flamenco Music and Film is free. No tickets or reservations are required.  Advance tickets to Flamenco Vivo’s performance are $15 for the general public and $10 for students, seniors and UAlbany faculty-staff.  Tickets purchased on the day of the show are $20 for the general public and $15 for students, seniors and UAlbany faculty-staff.  For reservations and further information, contact the Box Office at 518-442-3997 or visit the Performing Arts Center website at www.albany.edu/pac. Individual tickets are also available through The Egg Box Office or on-line at www.theegg.org