Our Cuadro
A cuadro flamenco is a term used for an ensemble of flamenco artists (singers, dancers, guitarists, palmeros…) who create the magic that is flamenco. At FLOR, we apply this term to our team, because they too make magic.
In flamenco, there are over 50 styles, called palos. Like the individuals in our cuadro, each palo is celebrated and valued as an important part of flamenco’s family tree. In kind, members of FLOR’s cuadro are given the name of a palo, chosen in alignment with their role, contributions, and uniqueness of being.
María Mazorra
Our Seguiriya (Board Chair)
María was born in Cuba and began dancing flamenco at a young age. Her Spanish grandmother was an avid dancer and exposed her to flamenco music and dance. In NYC, she worked with numerous groups, studying with Mariquita Flores, Liliana Morales, and Bobby Lorca at the Harkness Ballet/School of Dance, later performing with Bobby Lorca as part of the Puerto Rican Dance Theater. In her late twenties, she pursued a different career path and became a physician. Now retired, she is back in school studying to be a Veterinary Technician at YCCC to enhance her volunteer work in Maine's animal shelters. She has also returned to flamenco in the past decade, studying with Lindsey Bourassa, and feels privileged to be part of a growing flamenco community in Maine.
Photo by Arthur Fink
Megan Keogh
Our Tango (Board Secretary)
Megan has performed throughout New England as a dancer with Olas Music and Dance since 2008 and with Lindsey Bourassa Flamenco since 2017. She is trained in ballet, modern, contemporary and flamenco and began dancing at age ten with Festival Ballet Providence through 1996. She is the co-founder and creative director at Pixels & Pulp, a graphic design company based in Maine and lives in Portland with her family and two pups. The minute you meet Megan you’ll feel like you’ve been dropped in an ocean full of energy drink. Not the sugary kind that makes you all jittery and nervous – but the all-natural, organic, vibrant kind that wakes up your senses and brings you wildly back to life. She’s a lickety-split problem solver, a speed of light designer, and a true expert of all things printed, papered, published or produced. On any given Sunday you’ll find her busy in her garden, cultivating, propagating and promoting a more beautiful world.
Randy Ferrell
Our Alegría (Board Treasurer)
Randy is one of Greater Portland’s most trusted real estate agents. After moving from Tennessee, Randy supported himself and his nephew in Portland’s outstanding food scene while attending the University of Southern Maine. After earning a B.A. in Communication, he began a career in advertising that included agency traffic management and new business development. During the purchase of his first home, Randy realized there was a need for a brokerage more centered around the client’s experiences. While many people have the gift of “gab,” Randy has the gift of “ear.” His ability not only to listen but also to hear what his clients are actually saying is a unique asset and skill. He is able to address concerns and is adept at presenting both dilemmas and solutions to his clients while also using his vast resources effectively and connecting networks to achieve the best outcomes for his clients. When he isn’t working, Randy can be found cooking in his kitchen preparing to feed a crowd, getting his hands dirty in his garden, planning his next travel adventure, or learning flamenco dance as one of Lindsey Bourassa’s students.
Photo by Kari Mosel Photography
Brian J. Evans
Our Bulería (Board Support & Advisory Member)
Brian is a Citizen Artist, defined by the Aspen Institute Arts Program as:
Individuals who reimagine the traditional notions of art-making, and who contribute to society either through the transformative power of their artistic abilities, or through proactive social engagement with the arts in realms including education, community building, diplomacy and healthcare.
Mixing disciplines, mixing professions, and mixed race, Brian J. Evans unpacks the “moments of suspension” that reside in the spaces between spaces—convinced that connections exist between us all and it is the responsibility of the Arts to remind us to be holistically human, lest we forget. Courageous vulnerability and intentional equity keep him aloft as he finds ways to give back and add to the communities, mentors, and ancestors who blazed trails and continue to do so! Brian believes it is the responsibility of the Arts to rediscover existing connections within humanity.
Pati Hernández
Our Fandango (Advisory Member)
Pati is a mother, activist, dancer, puppeteer, and Dartmouth College adjunct professor. Originally from Chile, she immigrated to North America in 1983. Her professional focus is the exploration of political and social problems through the arts. She is the creator and facilitator of Telling My Story, a program she developed in correctional facilities and rehab centers in Vermont in 1999 and implemented at Dartmouth College in 2005. From Telling My Story:
Today, the organization has grown to encompass a broader analysis that includes people behind all sorts of social walls and the ways in which linear, authoritative power structures are reified by these walls. Over a decade of work the program has also come to believe in the centrality of voice in challenging and overcoming social stratification. Voice begins with the telling of personal life experience and builds an understanding of issues based on personal experience rather than statistics and stereotypes.
Photo by Elizabeth Thomas
Lindsey Bourassa
Our Tientos (Executive & Artistic Director and Founder of FLOR)
Lindsey is a flamenco dancer, choreographer, teacher, and community builder. She is the founding-director of Lindsey Bourassa Flamenco, co-founder of Olas Music and Dance, and founding executive and artistic director of FLOR. Lindsey received her Master of Flamencology Degree from Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) in 2019 and her Certificate of Professionalization in Flamenco Arts at El Centro de Arte y Flamenco de Sevilla (Seville, Spain) in 2012. She has dedicated herself to the study of flamenco since 2004, predominantly in Sevilla, Spain. In her choreographic work, Lindsey creates flamenco performances that illustrate multifaceted storytelling, often woven together with original, creative prose. Having performed and taught in Spain and throughout New England, she has now settled in her home state of Maine, where her heart feels full to be creating and cultivating Maine’s first prominent and growing flamenco community. Her work on all fronts is inspired by the belief that art ignites magic, cultivates connection, uplifts diverse and uncensored stories, and fosters stewardship of each other and the earth.