Anna’s Work
Performer
“I want to live like the woman you were on stage. She was unapologetically herself; raw, sensual, fierce and feminine.” -audience member
When Anna found flamenco she found her life’s work. For her there is nothing more challenging or more rewarding than performing flamenco. Flamenco performers experience a transformation each time they perform. Anna invites the audience to join her on that journey of transformation. Anna’s deep understanding of the history and culture behind each style of flamenco dance and song makes her style a tribute to the art form, yet her diverse training and experiences infuse her flamenco with a modern, lyrical flavor that is entirely her own.
Teacher
Anna’s flamenco workshops and classes are simultaneously dynamic, fun, and deep. Her training as a therapist and her 20 plus years teaching movement have given her a skill set that makes her flamenco classes much more than just learning a passionate, bold and sassy new art form. With her sensitive but steady guidance you will start to cultivate your authentic flamenco as you learn the techniques of movement and musicality of flamenco.
Whether you are a beginner, trained dancer or a dancer who hasn’t danced in years, you will time you work with Anna. She believes that flamenco is more than technique and she is adept at tailoring each class to address each individual in a group.
Anna uses humor, acting, history, language skills and so much more to enhance her student’s experiences. Her students always learn more than just steps.
Producer
Anna has dedicated her life to flamenco; learning, teaching, living and delving into flamenco as a practice for healing. Because of her husband’s career, Anna often finds herself living in places where there isn’t much flamenco. Never one to back down from an obstacle, Anna has become a producer of flamenco. She founded the annual Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival in 2018 and is currently working on two new projects to bring to audiences in New York and Maryland.
About Anna
Anna Librada Georges is a dance educator, performing artist and producer. She has taught percussive dance, flamenco, modern, world dance and yoga throughout the United States, Spain, Italy and Japan. Anna was a featured soloist at the 2010 world premiere of Earthbeat! at Jacob’s Pillow’s Doris Duke Theatre and has performed at innumerable venues throughout the Northeast as varied as The Great Hudson River Revival to the Joyce Theatre and Symphony Space in NYC. Anna is a longtime member of Vanaver Caravan Dance and Music Company. She has studied Modern under company members from Paul Taylor, Pilobolus, Jose Limon, Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey dance companies. In 2004 Anna moved to Spain, her father’s homeland, to immerse herself in flamenco. She studied with renowned dancers La Presy, Ivan Vargas and Fuensanta “La Moneta” in Granda and in Sevilla with Isabel Bayon, Manuel Betanzo and Andres Marin. In 2009 she was invited to teach and perform in Fukuoka, Japan with the Iberia Club, Flamenco Academy. Anna founded the Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival in 2018. The Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival is a dance festival dedicated to building community through the cultural art of flamenco. Anna teaches and performs regularly in the Hudson Valley, NY. and is a bilingual International Baccalaureate Examiner for dance. She holds a BA in Dance and Arts Management from Emerson College and a Masters of Social Work from Yeshiva University. She lives in Maryland with her husband and daughters.