Melissa Cruz - DanceVersity Instructor
Melissa Cruz taught Flamenco dance at the DanceVersity World Dance Camp, August 2011.
Melissa began pursuing dance under the
guidance of Rosa Montoya, with whom she trained intensively
in flamenco and Classical Spanish Dance. As a member of Ms.
Montoya's professional company, Bailes Flamencos, she worked
in the Bay Area's best venues with flamenco's premiere
artists. Her continued studies took her to Spain and upon
returning to the US, she toured and performed with several
companies including most notably Madrid's acclaimed Noche
Flamenca. In March 2007, she debuted as Artistic Director
for "Flamenco en Vivo" at the Hobby Centre in Houston,
Texas. In September 2007, she presented this program again
as Artistic Director with the Azahar Dance Foundation in San
Francisco at Fort Mason's Cowell Theater. Currently, she is
a soloist for the San Francisco-based company Caminos
Flamencos and recently served as Adjunct Faculty at the
University of San Francisco teaching flamenco. For the past
two years, she has been a featured soloist in the San
Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.
Web site: melissacruz.weebly.com
Photograph by RJ Muna
