Santos Salon Series with Noche Flamenca’s Martin Santangelo

About the Speakers, Noche Flamenca

About Martín Santangelo, Artistic Director
Martín Santagelo founded Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca with Soledad Barrio. He studied flamenco dance after moving to Madrid from New York City where he had studied jazz with ‘Luigi’, tap dance and theatre. Martin’s teachers included ‘Ciro’, Paco Romero, ‘El Güito’ and ‘Manolete’ among others. He has performed throughout Spain, Japan and North and South America with María Benitez’s Teatro Flamenco, Lincoln Center Festival of the Arts and Paco Romero’s Ballet Español. He also appeared in Julie Taymor’s “Juan Darien” at Lincoln Center. He choreographed and performed in Eduardo Machado’s “Deep Song”, directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett as well as a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Denver Theater Center. He has directed and choreographed “Bodas de Sangre”, “The Lower Depths”, “La Celestina”, “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Antígona” amongst other international productions. He has collaborated with many artists including Lee Breuer, Luis Valdez, and Jerzy Grotowski.

Charles Santos has served as the Executive Director and Artistic Director of TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND since 2001. In his role, Charles oversees all aspects of TITAS including curation, programming, contract negotiation, and financial management. His skilled artistic vision has brought brilliant international artists to Dallas, accompanied by extensive community engagement to our community. Under his guidance, Santos has established TITAS and the City of Dallas as significant entity on the international cultural landscape. Prior to TITAS, he founded the Austin Festival of Dance and served as the Managing Director/Development Director for Eos Orchestra, Producer for Dancers Responding to AIDS-BC/EFA, and Managing Director/Producer of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.