Leilah broukhim biography

  • Sephardic Persian flamenco dancer Leilah Broukhim was born in New York and has been based in Spain since Leilah graduated from Columbia University.
  • Leilah Broukhim is a singer-songwriter and flamenco dancer born and raised in New York City.
  • Leilah Broukhim is a singer-songwriter and a flamenco dancer, born and raised in New York City.

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    Flamenco Powerhouse Leilah Broukhim Brings LA Debut of DEJANDO HUELLAS (TRACES) to The Soraya

    After her wildly popular debut, flamenco dance dynamo Leilah Broukhim returns to The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (formerly Valley Performing Arts Center) with Dejando Huellas (Traces), a personal story about her own Jewish and Persian heritage. Broukhim's furious flamenco footwork exalts the Spanish art form, while her emotional expression tells the tale of a woman searching for meaning and identity. Dejando Huellas makes its LA debut after performances in Paris, New York, Madrid, and Copenhagen.

    "Leilah Broukhim is the quintessential 'Music Knows No Borders' performer, as her background displays a diverse and complex heritage," said Thor Steingraber, Executive Director of The Soraya. "Her appearance in with Compañia Flamenca José Porcel was so emotional and electric that we were thrilled to have her back, especially with this deepl

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    Meet the New Yorker who moved to Spain to become a flamenco dancer

    But after being inspired by a flamenco class while studying film at Columbia University she arrived in Seville in with plans to spend no longer than a year learning more about the art.  

    Needless to säga, she stayed a lot longer than that and built up a career as a dancer on the tablao circuit before launching her own projects.

    “When inom first started out, there really weren’t many utländsk dancers at a professional level,” Broukhim explains. “It wasn’t that it was closed off to anyone outside Spain, it just wasn’t the norm.”

    But since flamenco was inscribed on Unesco’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in , the art has seen a surge in popularity and it has become much more common to see foreigners studying flamenco here.

    “It wasn’t that those in the flamenco en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film weren’t welcoming, I just felt inom had to work harder as it’s not part of the culture inom was brought up with. I had to prove to mys

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    The week ahead in L.A. dance, Jan. Leilah Broukhim, Circa Contemporary Circus and more

    Dejando Huellas (Traces) Flamenco dancer Leilah Broukhim explores her Jewish and Persian heritage in this L.A. premiere. The Soraya Performing Arts Center, Nordhoff St., Northridge. Sun., p.m. $$78 ()

    Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo All-male troupe puts a comical, cross-dressing twist on classical ballet. Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Cal State Long Beach, Atherton St., Long Beach. Sun., 2 p.m. $ ()

    Rosewood Micaela Taylor + The TL Collective mix hip-hop and contemporary dance in this work about faith, art and identity; part of “Dance! at the Odyssey ” Odyssey Theatre, S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. Sun., 2 p.m. $ ()

    Il Ritorno Australia’s Circa Contemporary Circus blends dance, acrobatics and opera in this show inspired by Monteverdi’s “Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland).” Musco Center for the Arts, Chapman University, 1 University Drive,