Sabrina Avilés

(dancer and choreographer) began her study of Spanish folkloric dance in 1978 in her mother’s native Dominican Republic. She continued her training in flamenco dance with Ramón de los Reyes and Omayra Amaya in Boston and Spanish classical dance with Clara Ramona. She also has studied abroad with Manolo Vargas in Mexico, and continued her studies in Spain with Manolo Marin, Maria Magdalena, Ciro, Juana Amaya, and La China, among others. She was a member of Omayra Amaya’s Flamenco Sin Limites, and has been a member of the Spanish Dance Theatre in Boston since 1988. Sabrina also has extensive teaching experience. She has taught flamenco for over 18 years at most of the area’s dance schools and studios, which include:

• Amaya Dance Studios (several locations in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, MA)
• Ballet New England (Portsmouth, NH) (current)
• Boston Ballet School (Boston, MA)
• Boston Conservatory (Boston, MA)
• Boston University (Boston, MA)
• Brookline Community Center for the Arts (Brookline, MA)
• Cape Cod Dance Center (Cataumet, MA)
• Concord Academy (Concord, MA)
• Festival Ballet (Providence, RI)
• Fred Astaire Dance Studios (Boston, MA)
• Tony Williams Dance Studio (Boston, MA) (current)
• Spanish Dance Theater (Boston, MA)
• The Dance Complex (Cambridge, MA)
• Wheaton College (Norton, MA)

Sabrina has performed extensively in New England, as well as in New York City and the tri-state area. Since 2002, she has been performing twice a month at a local Spanish restaurant, “Tasca.”

Along with her flamenco career, Sabrina has also had a parallel career as a filmmaker, working on documentaries and educational videos. Recently, she produced two national PBS documentaries.

She currently works as a freelance filmmaker, dancer/choreographer and consultant in the arts.