Berdolé Flamenco
THE Management and Production COMPANY
Berdolé is a management and production company that creates live flamenco programming for performance, as well as outreach for audiences of all ages. Works focus on the traditional elements of flamenco together: guitar, song, dance, and rhythmic hand clapping. Live concerts feature some of the top professionals in flamenco in Spain and the United States of America, as well as local artists in Atlanta. The name “Berdolé” comes from the Caló dialect. Caló is spoken by the Roma (gitanos) who settled in southern Spain, and it has a presence in flamenco song lyrics. Berdolé translates to velero in Spanish, which means ship – or airplane – in English. The name Berdolé fuses cultures through time, considering that seafaring vessels first connected the Americas with Spain and every Atlantic crossing forever changes flamenco.
THE OWNER & DIRECTOR
Flamenco dancer Julie Galle Baggenstoss is the director of Berdolé Flamenco Management and Production. She has produced flamenco programming across the U.S.A., since 2004, partnering with local presenters to bring some of the most important artists to American audiences, including the companies of Manuel Liñán, Alfonso Losa, EntreFlamenco, and Juan Paredes. She has performed and choreographed flamenco with the Atlanta Opera, Georgia State University’s School of Music, Home Depot, Coca-Cola, Visa, and at universities and museums from the Southeast to the Midwest. She is a member of Emory University’s Dance Program, where she teaches flamenco as part of the university curriculum. Julie is a former instructor of the Atlanta Ballet, and works as a teaching artist for the Fulton County Schools Teaching Museum in Atlanta and ArtsNOW, based in Georgia and South Carolina. Julie is a published scholar in flamenco history, having presented research and her methodology at universities in Spain, Mexico, and the U.S.A.
Learn More
Website: berdole.com
Facebook: @berdoleflamenco