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Puela Lunaris was
born Maria del Pilar Sanchez Herrera in a millenary village in
Southwestern Spain that has been a crossroad of cultures and
civilizations since prehistory.
Even though Puela Lunaris grew
up in the ruins of a Moorish castle, immersed in the traditional
Flamenco culture, she realized her passion for the art, much
later in life, while working as an entertainment producer for
Univision in Miami. She thoughtfully gave up a successful career
in commercial TV, to become a full time dancer. Soon after that,
she decided to use her professional expertise as a producer in
the service of dance and cultural diversity.
In 1994, she
created the Dances
of the World Society as a network for individuals
and organizations to Rescue World Dances in Danger
of Extinction by documenting them audio-visually in their natural
environment.
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After 13 years devoted
to researching, teaching and performing internationally, Puela
Lunaris is an accomplished performer/lecturer/writer/producer
and the founder of several self-development systems including:
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Puela Lunaris TV appearances include those
of Spain's national television networks (TVE,
Canal Plus, Telecinco, Antena 3, Canal Sur), the R.A.I. (Italy)
as well as Univision, NBC,
CNN and PBS in the U.S.A
As a dancer, some of Puela Lunaris most memorable
performances took place in: Teatro de la Villa (Madrid), Universidad
de Sevilla and Teatro Central (Seville), The International Babylon
Festival, at Alexander the Great's Throne Room, in the ancient
city of Babylon (Iraq), the off-Broadway show: Goddessdance (New
York City). Members of the Royal Jordanian family were delighted
by her performance in Amman. She has also performed for Former
Vice-president Al Gore and Dr. Deepak Chopra at the Alliance
for the New Humanity in San Juan (PR).
Ms. Lunaris has served as a consultant for the New
York City Center Education Department to develop a curriculum
to teach Flamenco in the schools. Besides being a teaching artist
with NY City Center, Puela Lunaris has taught at Peter Gabriel's
W.O.M.A.D. Festivals, The Performing Arts Network in Miami Beach,
The Centro Andaluz de Danza in Seville, The Escuela Popular de
Múscia
y Danza in Madrid, The New York Open Center, The Juilliard School,
and The Instituto Cervantes in New York City.
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