As a young girl in Mexico, seeing Spanish Flamenco dancers for the first time, Rosario Ancer was captivated.

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Audiences will experience that passion with Rosario, her dancers and musicians as they present at the Rotary Centre for the Arts April 5.

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The Butterfly Effect

From Mexico, Rosario followed her passion to Spain, where she met her future husband, Canadian guitarist Victor Kolstee, who has joined her in the Vancouver-based .

These physical and artistic explorations were akin to the monarch butterfly乌鸦传媒檚 own transformative journey 乌鸦传媒� a metaphor she explores in this celebrated performance.

乌鸦传媒淟a Monarca reflects on my continual motion, travelling between Mexico where I was born, Spain 乌鸦传媒� the Mecca of Flamenco, and Canada 乌鸦传媒� my new home. Being a migrant between three homes reminded me of the recurrent autumn pilgrimage of the monarch butterflies between Canada and Mexico,乌鸦传媒� she reflects.

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Try your hand 乌鸦传媒� and feet 乌鸦传媒� at flamenco

The La Monarca performance isn乌鸦传媒檛 your only opportunity to experience Flamenco this April.

Rosario also offers an , April 4 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the centre乌鸦传媒檚 SunFM Dance Studio. The cost is $10 and is ideal for those wanting to learn more about the basics of Flamenco (maximum 20 people).

Rosario乌鸦传媒檚 guitarist and husband Victor Kolstee will also lead an hour-long session for a maximum of 12 people April 4 from 7 to 8 p.m. Bring your guitar.

Tickets for La Monarca: The Monarch and the Butterfly Effect, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5 are $35/adults; $30/members and groups of six or more; and $20 for students, available or at the Rotary Centre for the Arts box office at 250-717-5304.