“The dancers, three tap and one flamenco, produced one staccato sequence after another,
expertly interplaying with the musical score, even the trickiest syncopations sounded sharp and clear". _Sarah Halzack, WASHINGTON POST
Photos: J.Beaudoin
The
ensemble operates with two casts of musicians and flamenco-dancers, one
based in Barcelona, one based in New York. For the full-production, two
New York based tap-artists are added. Depending on the size of the shows being booked, the company uses some of the cast, or the full-group.
Artistic Director, visual-artist, performer, choreographer, poet: Roxane Butterfly
Musicians/ Barcelona cast: Martin Melendez (bass, cello), Javier Gavarra (flamenco guitar), Moulay Sherif (darbuka, ùd, guimbre, vocals, bendir), Terrence Butler (flute), Xumo Nounjo (percu, voice, trumpet), Frederique (piano)
Musicians/ NYC cast: Damon
Banks (bass), Espiritu Gitano (guitarra flamenco), Sinan (ùd), Graham
Haynes (cornet), Peter Basil (cajon, darbuka, snare).
Dancers/ Barcelona cast: José Manuel Alvarez / Raùl Ortega (flamenco)
Dancers/ New York cast: Ali
Bradley (tap, african-dance, vocals), Claudia Rahardjanoto (tap)/ Lisa Latouche (tap), Sol
(flamenco)
Light-design: Carolyn Wong (NYC) 
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