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A native of Osaka, Japan, Sachiko “La Chayí” Nishiuchi is a Twin Cities-based Flamenco dancer, teacher, choreographer and organizer. She has received recognition and grants from Minnesota State Arts Board, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota SAGE Awards for Dance, and New York State Flamenco Certamen. She has presented her original dance works at the Walker Art Center, the Southern Theater, and the Intermedia Arts. Sachiko is the recipient of a 2017 McKnight Dancer Fellowship, administered by the Cowles Center and funded by the McKnight Foundation. She was a resident artist of Zorongo Flamenco under the guidance of director Susana Di Palma from 2003 to 2009. She lived and studied the art of Flamenco in Seville, Spain from 2010 to 2015 which became the foundation of her current dance and work. Sachiko is a certified STOTT PILATES® instructor.
Ross "El Vecino" is a lifelong musician with a passion and curiosity for music that has taken him around the country and the world. He plays for dancer Sachiko “La Chayí” and Zorongo Flamenco Dance School. He has studied Flamenco in Madrid, Spain with El Entri, Jesus de Rosario and Killino Jimenez. In Sevilla, he has studied with Juan del Gasor, “El Perla,” Javier Heredia, and Luis Peña. He obtained his artistic name “El Vecino” from his maestro Juan del Gastor.
Drawn to dance from an early age growing up in Tokyo, Japan, "Eva" Makiko Laabs began her flamenco study with Susana di Palma at Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre in 2008. As a company apprentice, she performed in numerous Zorongo productions between 2014 and 2020. Since the pandemic, she has immersed herself in the study of flamenco cante online with Javier Heredia and La Rhina in Seville, Spain. She enjoys sharing her love of the art form with fellow compañeros of the Twin Cities Flamenco Collective.
Trevor May began his studies of flamenco in Seville, Spain. Studying at the “Fundación Cristina Heeren de Arte Flamenco” gave him a pure foundation of guitar accompaniment for flamenco singing and dance. For over 20 years he has been playing guitar as a professional around the Midwest, most notably with Zorongo Flamenco in the Twin Cities. He played as a principal guitarist in various flamenco theater productions including Deborah Elias Danza Española’s “Flamenco Pure & Strong”, “Las Flamencas”, and Anda Flamenco’s “Doña Quixote”. His passion has provided him the opportunity to play for many world-class flamenco artists such as the esteemed dancer Manolete. Mr. May now plays with a variety of artists in town to keep the tradition of flamenco alive for all audiences.
Grace ‘La Gracia’ Holthaus was born in Buffalo, Minnesota. Early on, Grace trained at On Stage School of Dance and received her B.A. in Dance and English from the University of Minnesota Morris. As a flamenco dancer, she trained and worked with various flamenco companies and artists, including: Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre, Michael Hauser, Sachiko ‘La Chayí’ Flamenco, Deborah Elias Danza Española, and Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Artist Development Program. She had the honor to dance in Carmen directed by Mill City Opera (2018). Recently, she was a finalist in the Flamenco Certamen USA produced by Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana and performed at the Bruno Walter Auditorium in New York. As a choreographer, Grace debuted two original pieces through Zorongo Flamenco productions Zorongo Majas: In and Out of the Box and Requiem for Lost Dreams. Grace continues to work as a freelance dance artist and create contemporary flamenco-inspired choreography.
Anna Kokayeff began dancing in her late 30s. She started studying at Anda Flamenco (where she is currently a company member) in 2016, and also studies at Zorongo Flamenco and with Sachiko ‘La Chayí’. When she is not dancing, she enjoys opera, volunteering at a neonatal kitten rescue, and following Illinois basketball. Her performance will be dedicated to her late cat, Felix.