- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- A stunning actor, flamenco and contemporary dancer, singer, stand-up comedian, author, scholar; her work can be seen in film, television, streaming, in commercials, in theatres as well as other mediums. Tachíria Flamenco (Tachíria CarOlé Acuña Flamenco) has been named the "Top flamenco dancer in America" by the So You Think You Can Dance judges, a Sanford Meisner Film Festival Best Actress nominee, is one of the featured professionals as "Living the Dream" & named a "Flamenco Star" by Sunset Magazine, is an Isadora Duncan Dance Award elite nominee in individual performance, named "One of the funniest stand-up comedians in the Bay Area" by the Contra Costa Times, she performs internationally throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, Canada and the Americas. Ms. Flamenco was one of the first originally chosen artists by Jennifer Lopez to be in "¡Que Viva! The Chosen". She is the artistic director of Tachíria Flamenco's Danza Música Comedia Teatro. Being the fifth generation flamenco & Spanish dancer in a Gitano family legacy, Ms. Flamenco grew up in a flamenco and Spanish dance house hold. Her mother, Flamenco and Spanish dance legend, Carolina Lugo and grandmother taught her dance while various international artists came to live and collaborate with shows. Starting her training in ballet at the age of three, Ms. Flamenco balanced ballet, Spanish dance, flamenco and school before turning professional at fourteen years of age with Rosa Montoya. She later joined Ms. Lugo's company then Ms. Flamenco created her own company at age 18 in Sevilla, Spain, Acuña Danza Teatro which is now called Tachíria Flamenco's Danza Música Comedia Teatro. Tachíria has had the honor of being the flamenco protégé of Pepa Montes in Sevilla, Spain, where she has been living and intensively training every two years since she was invited during a dance tour when she was eighteen. This is the prestigious school from Matilde Coral and Pastora Imperio. She has also studied with many more flamenco greats in Spain such as Torómbo, Esperanza Fernandez, Concha Vargas, Miguel Betanzos, Antonio Vargas to name a few. Ms. Flamenco is a BIPOC, mixed race, Yaqui, two spirit, feminist, survivor of rape, domestic violence, cancer and now a thriver. She is here to help people through her work which relates to the profoundly diverse and complex way of life, art-form, culture that is Flamenco, which she finds the relation to in many aspects of life. With a love for acting, singing, creating plays and constantly being nominated the class clown throughout school, becoming an actor, singer and comedian seemed like a good fit as well so Ms. Flamenco also became a professional actor, singer and comedian at the age of twenty two, after she went through intensive training with various artists and at the University, she has degrees in Dance, Theatre, Music, Spanish from San Francisco State University. While being multifaceted, Ms. Flamenco respects the intricacies of each discipline, as she has studied each one vigorously, has over twenty years of professional experience, is growth oriented, continuously evolving. Her chosen genres are specific to her unique artistic vision and it shows in her work; flamenco is at the core of all of it. Ms. Flamenco has performed with the Shanghai Opera, California Symphony, Golden Gate Opera, Mendocino Symphony, Peninsula Symphony, Caroline's New York, San Jose Improv, Punchline San Francisco, New York Brooklyn Church, The Dungeon of San Francisco, Hurbts Theatre, New Conservatory Theatre, Venetto Quartet, Dos Hermanas Peña, Clube Porto, British Colombia Theatre, Martuni Blues Los Angeles, Rooster T. Feathers to name a few. She has performed with Manuel Betanzos, Pepa Montes, Jim Jarrett, Pedro Ricardo Miño, Ricardo Miño, Antonio Vargas, Carlos Ubillus, Concha Vargas, Jim Parrack Stroy Moyd, Manuel Betánzos, Jesús Herrera and many more.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Dora Terminel
- The featured professional in Sunset Magazine as "Living The Dream" and named a "A star in her own right" by Ann Murphy of the Oakland Tribune News, Carolé (pronounced Carolay) now goes by Tachíria Flamenco. She is a versatile Meisner actor, stand-up comedian, flamenco & modern dancer, choreographer, writer, scholar, activist. She is a Sanford Meisner Film Festival, Best Supporting Actress, Nominee and an Isadora Duncan Dance Award nominee in individual performance. Her work is seen in film, theater, television, commercials, and heard on radio. Ms. Acuña carries on the legacy of her world renowned mother, the master Flamenco and Spanish Dancer, Carolina Lugo. Ms. Flamenco was named "The top flamenco dancer in America" on So You Think You Can Dance, she also warmed up the other auditioning dancers with some stand-up comedy by request of the judges. She was one of the original hand picked chosen artists by Jennifer Lopez to be on Q'Viva! The Chosen. Her artistic works have a focus on social change, she is actively involved with San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR), creator of Tachíria Flamenco's Danza Música Comedia Teatro, is commercially represented by Look Talent Agency. tachiriaflamenco.com & tachiria.com- IMDb Mini Biography By: Dora Terminel
- Race / EthnicityBlack / African American, Hispanic / Latino / Latina / Latine, Indigenous, Middle Eastern / North African
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