Carver Cultural Center
Austin, Texas
November 7-8, 2025
A’lante Flamenco is supported by the City of Austin Parks & Recreation Artist Access Program and the Austin Live Music Fund.
Do you believe that music can change the world? Our songs express what is most important to us, what we’re willing to fight for: the land we grew up in, the people we love, communities that give us roots and identities. A love song, a battle cry, a lament, an anthem–music can inspire a movement, unite a people, break down boundaries, or call for change.
In “Flamenco y Revolución,” A’lante Flamenco shares music and dance with a diverse array of artists from our extended musical family:
Los Fandangueros bring their Mexican Son Jarocho, Sari Andoni contributes his Palestinian roots and virtuosic oud playing, and Josh Peters offers Middle Eastern grooves on lavta and trumpet. Each musician and dancer brings their love of their (chosen) culture, plus a willingness to shake up longstanding traditions.
By exploring cultural origins and (re)uniting sounds, songs, and instruments that share family ties stretching over hundreds of years and thousands of miles, “Flamenco y Revolución” closes the distance between Palestine, Cadiz, and Veracruz to create new music that feels very old.
Featuring A’lante Flamenco with Special Guests Sari Andoni and Josh Peters, and Los Fandangueros de Austin!
(See Bios below)
El Migrante
Original Music, choreographed and danced by Miguel Angel Marroquin
Siquisiri
This Mexican son traditionally begins the Fandango. Danced by Miguel Angel Marroquin and A’lante Flamenco.
Skaba ya dumu’ el ‘ein (Pour out, O my eyes’ tears)
Played by Sari Andoni and Josh Peters.
Nuevo Dia
Our adaptation of Lole y Manuel’s revolutionary song, por Solea, with a Bulerias/Muwasha ending! Danced by Olivia Chacon.
La Llorona y La Lloroncita
Played by all stringed instruments: Guitarra flamenca, jarana, requinto, leona, oud and lavta!
De Cal y Canto y Arena (Of Lime, Song and Sand)
Original composition by all the performers made just for this performance! Including Arabic melodies and flamenco Tientos and Marianas.
Me Acuerdo de Ti Mas Veces… (I think of you more often than…)
Beginning with the traditional Petenera, a song with shadowy origins in the new world. Ending with A’lante’s version of Planeta Jondo’s “Petenerus.” Trumpet soloist: Josh Peters.
Soy Fuerte Como el Acero
A reflection on violence and bloodshed through a trio of flamenco styles: Nana, Martinete, and Seguiriya.
Zapateado and Coros
Los Fandangueros and A’lante Flamenco compare and contrast our shared poetic language, based on 10-line verses called “decimas.”
En Medio del Mar Naci
An original piece developed just for this show by all the artists! Based on a traditional flamenco Guajira, with some surprises!
A’LANTE FLAMENCO
Artistic Director: Olivia Chacón
Music Director: Isaí Chacón
Lighting Design: Patrick Anthony
Sound Design: Isai Chacon
Stage Manager: Brady Porche
Isai Chacón: Musical Director, arranger, singer and guitarist
Olivia Chacón: Artistic Director, choreographer, and dancer
Cristina de Llano Porsche: Dancer
Sofia Hurtado: Dancer
Celia Corrales Sellers: Singer
Jose Manuel Tejeda: Guitarist
Justi Trauernicht: Dancer
Sari Andoni (oud): Sari Andoni is an Austin-based musician, known for his virtuosic oud playing and fusion of various musical styles, including Palestinian, Middle Eastern, and jazz. He is involved in several projects, including leading the Sari Andoni Quartet, playing in the band Atlas Maior, and collaborating with other artists on projects that bridge different musical traditions. He has also performed with groups like the Viva Palestina Orchestra and A’lante Flamenco, which blend cultural sounds to create new music.
Josh Peters (lavta and trumpet): Josh Peters is an Austin-based multi-instrumentalist known for his work with the world-music ensemble Atlas Maior, which blends acoustic jazz with Middle Eastern and Latin American influences. Peters is a core member of the group, which was named a “Top 100 release” by The Austin Chronicle and was named “Cultural Ambassadors” by the City of Austin. He plays instruments like the oud, lavta, trumpet, and percussion, and also performs solo and is involved in producing other artists’ music.
and Los Fandangueros de Austin:
Kassandra Silva (jarana, vocals): Kassandra Silva is a Mexican American musician from the Texas borderlands. They have been playing Son Jarocho for 2 years as a way to connect with their grandfather’s Veracruzano culture. They will be singing and playing the jarana for this program.
Miguel Angel Marroquin (Choreographer, dancer, jarana, and vocals): has 25 years of experience as a
professional dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer and dance director in different styles. He was a soloist dancer of the two most important folkloric companies in Mexico: the National Company of Folkloric Dances of Nieves Paniagua, and the Folkloric Ballet of Mexico of Amalia Hernández; he was a member of several independent modern dance
companies in Mexico City; he was part of shows for television and theater alongside several pop stars and actors recognized in Latin America. Living In Cancun participated in countless shows with international themes, choreographing and producing several of them. In 2005, due to the devastation of Cancun by Hurricane Wilma, he retired from dance
activity.
Recently moved to Austin, Texas in 2014, he was invited by the late Rodolfo “Rudy” Méndez to teach
for the folkloric group of Ballet East Dance Company. Since then, he has taught classes and workshops at
Saint Edwards University and Del Valle High School as well.
In 2020 he deepened his knowledge of Son Jarocho by starting as a self-taught musician, and thus he
met Jerónimo Sexton and Jay Strub -experienced soneros based in Austin- and together they started the
Fandango Project in 2023, to promote son jarocho, giving free jarana and zapateado workshops to the
community, thus giving birth to “Los Fandangueros de Austin”, Son Jarocho collective.
Eric Salinas (leona, vocals): Erik is a Texas Gulf Coast native, multi-instrumentalist, community organizer, and spicy food aficionado. He has played jarana with Los Fandangueros since 2023, working to weave son jarocho into the sonic fabric of Austin. Inspired by the sounds of México and beyond, he invokes those elements which unite us all; the sea, the land, love and steadfastness.
Jeronimo Sexton (requinto, vocals): Jerónimo Sexton is a musician, songwriter, and music teacher hailing from Los Angeles and Mexico City. His musical talents blend his passion for Mexican and Latino musics with stringed instruments of various cultures. Tonight he is featured on the requinto jarocho of the Son Jarocho tradition of southern Veracruz.