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Central  Valley  Dance  Festival

Central Valley Dance Presents

Last Updated:May 17, 2008

 

 

Daniel Ocampo

Who I am:

The first classical guitarist in the history of Roosevelt High to play with the String Quartet, where he played Antonio Vivaldi’s 1st movement of Concerto for Lute in D Major, Allegro Guisto. He has taken master classes with Canada’s youngest guitar virtuoso, Dr. Steven Thachuk; Elliot Fisk; Martha Masters; Nicholous Galousses; Hubert Kappel; Ron Borczon; Michael Chapdelaine; Mark Teicholz; Richard Marlo; and internationally recognized Juan Serrano and Dr. Corey Whitehead.

 

Locally, he opened for the flamenco group Puro Flamenco at the Tower Theater, played with the flamenco group Brisa Espanola and performed at the University Presbyterian Church. He currently studies, teaches, and performs flamenco guitar.

 

Daniel attends Fresno State University; winning full scholarship for the Summer Arts Festival in 2004 and 2006. In 2007, he received scholarships to study classical guitar in Florence, Italy and flamenco accompaniment and the flamenco theory in the renowned Festival de Cordoba in Spain, studying with flamenco guitarists, Manolo Franco, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, the elite pedagogue, Manolo San lucar. In July 2007, Daniel went to Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain to study the XVI Curso Flamenco with one of flamenco’sgreatest guitarist, Gerardo Nunez.

 

 

Who we are:

A Mexican "Folklorico" Dance group was formed in May of 2004 by a group of local dancers who branched out to make a dream of having there own dance troupe come true.

 

They perform dances that are representative of the different states in Mexico. Each state has their own style of dress, music and dance. Those traditions are upheld with the costumes that are worn, the steps & styling, the movements that are made with the flowing skirts and the songs that they dance to.

 

They have performed for schools in the Central Valley for Mexican Independence Day, Cinco de Mayo festivals, conferences, birthday's, anniversaries, weddings and can be contacted for local shows.