OLE! FLAMENCO

Ole! Flamenco was founded by Behnaz Khusrokhan Bhandare.  Behnaz started dancing at the age of 4 at the School of Classical Ballet and Western dance in Mumbai. She has a Bachelors in Dance from Denison University, USA. Post college she moved to New York, where she danced with various dance companies including World Dance Fusion Company, Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, Mezclado and Camara Modern dance Companies as well as the Surati Classical Indian and folk dance company. She also spent a year in Sevilla, Spain where she did an intensive advanced level flamenco course and performed with the Christina Heeren Foundation. She has performed in various places all over the world including Mumbai, New York, Seville, Washington DC and Anchorage, Alaska.

Adela Naranjo Saja is originally from Cadiz, Spain, and has been living in Mumbai over the past year, teaching Spanish as a foreign language in a school. She has been dancing with the Ole Flamenco for 1 month and already feels at home in the studio! She learnt the basics of Flamenco during her childhood in Cadiz and then recently had an opportunity to conduct a workshop in “Sevillanas” (a variant of Flamenco) with an NGO in Orissa. Adela finds it really heartening that both Indians and Spanish enjoy their dance and music, and is looking forward to more shows with the Olé! Flamenco Dance Company.

Anamika started her dance career at the age of 7 years and has always been open to discover various styles. She is currently a teacher with The School of Classical Ballet and Western Dance. She started her dance career with studying Kathak and went on to exploring different styles like jazz, contemporary, ballet, hip hop, house, funk, urban, dancehall, street stilettos, salsa, bachata and Bollywood. She began to study ballet in 2008 and has successfully passed several examinations with distinctions and highly recommended results. She has also done the I.S.T.D Modern dance examinations and has received the Bronze and Silver Jazz Awards with honours. She has also trained with the 'Shiamak Davar's Institute for the Performing Arts 'for 5 years and with Ashley Lobo's 'The Danceworx' for 2 years.