FLOR Cuadro Flamenco

FLOR, Maine’s only professional flamenco ensemble, returns to SPACE for a dynamic evening of music and dance, honoring the tradition of flamenco and stretching its boundaries. The FLOR Cuadro Flamenco is Maine’s only professional flamenco ensemble, bringing together dance, guitar, and song in the dynamic, collaborative tradition of the flamenco cuadro. Meaning “group” or “ensemble,” a cuadro brings flamenco artists together in an intimate performance setting where dancers, singers, and musicians respond to and support one another in real time. Rooted in flamenco’s rich cultural and artistic traditions while embracing contemporary expression, FLOR’s Cuadro shares the depth, diversity, and vitality of this evolving art form.With a focus on connection, expression, and cultural understanding, the mission of FLOR (Flamenco & Its Origins) is to foster artistic, cultural, and community stewardship through the art of flamenco. Through performance, education, and community programs, FLOR creates opportunities to experience flamenco not only as a performing art, but as a powerful form of cultural expression and community connection. This program has an approximate running time of 90 minutes. FLOR CUADRO FLAMENCO ENSEMBLE LINDSEY BOURASSA | DANCER Lindsey is a flamenco dancer, choreographer, teacher, community builder and the founding executive and artistic director of FLOR. Lindsey received her Master of Flamencology Degree from Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) in 2019 and her Certificate of Professionalization in Flamenco Arts at El Centro de Arte y Flamenco de Sevilla (Seville, Spain) in 2012. She has dedicated herself to the study of flamenco since 2004, predominantly in Sevilla, Spain. In her choreographic work, Lindsey creates flamenco performances that illustrate multifaceted storytelling, often woven together with original, creative prose. Having performed and taught in Spain and throughout New England, she has now settled in her home state of Maine, where her heart feels full to be cultivating Maine’s first prominent and growing flamenco community. Her work is inspired by the belief that art ignites magic, cultivates connection, serves as a conduit for uncensored stories, and fosters care for one another and the world around us.MEGAN KEOGH | DANCERMegan has performed throughout New England as a dancer with Olas Music and Dance since 2008, with Lindsey Bourassa Flamenco since 2017, and now with FLOR Cuadro Flamenco since its start in 2025. She is trained in ballet, modern, contemporary and flamenco and began dancing at age ten with Festival Ballet Providence through 1996. She is the co-founder and creative director at Pixels & Pulp, a graphic design company based in Maine and lives in Portland with her family and two pups. The minute you meet Megan you’ll feel like you’ve been dropped in an ocean full of energy drink. Not the sugary kind that makes you all jittery and nervous – but the all-natural, organic, vibrant kind that wakes up your senses and brings you wildly back to life. She’s a lickety-split problem solver, a speed of light designer, and a true expert of all things printed, papered, published or produced. On any given Sunday you’ll find her busy in her garden, cultivating, propagating and promoting a more beautiful world.BEHZAD HABIBZAI | GUITARISTBehzad is a music composer and flamenco guitarist who grew up in Portland, Maine. He began playing drums and classical percussion at 10, maintaining a busy schedule performing orchestral, jazz, punk rock, at rock clubs and symphony halls. At 14 he discovered flamenco guitar, going on to perform with several international artists. Behzad composes and produces flamenco and orchestral music for digital streaming, films, and documentaries. Behzad often collaborates with his wife, Meghan Pilar Habibzai. For more, visit behzadhabibzai.comBRUNO PANUNZIO | GUITARISTBruno Panunzio is a versatile guitarist with experience in classical and flamenco guitar, as we