INVITED ARTIST
Flamenco at the Shop is dancer Tracy Cumberbatch’s love letter in film and dance to her dad’s auto shop which also held an important space for her flamenco dance studio. “It’s not a glamorous space, but my parents carved out a small section in the back mechanic bay to build a make-shift dance studio for us to use and make as much noise as we needed.” For more than a decade, Combie’s Auto has become a place for the Calgary flamenco community to come together and share their love of flamenco.
Concept by Tracy Cumberbatch
Direction, camera and editing by Rosanna Terracciano
Dance and improvisation by Tracy Cumberbatch
Song by Hedi Graja. Guitar by Michael Boyle. Palmas by Marilyn Malinsky. Choreography by Sonia Olla and Bonnie Stewart.
Fiesta crew: Marcela Antoniou, Michael Boyle, Francesca Canalizo, Tracy Cumberbatch, David Matyas, Marilyn Malinsky, Maria Regner, Rosanna Terracciano
Filmed at Combie's Auto, Calgary, Canada
Special thanks to Francis Cumberbatch, Canada Council for the Arts, DJD Dance Centre Creative Residency Program
SCREENINGS & AWARDS:
Black Actors Film Guild Canada, Canadian Black Screen Awards
WINNER for Best Dance Performance (solo), Tracy Cumberbatch
Brampton City Hall; Brampton, ONTARIO, CANADA; Feb 15, 2025
MorFlix, University of Calgary Movement Research Festival (MoRF)
(University Theatre; Calgary, CANADA; Nov 30, 2024)
Wild Dogs International Screendance Festival
Honorable Mention
(ONLINE screening from Calgary, CANADA; Sept 13-15, 2024)
(DJD Dance Centre; Calgary, CANADA, Sept 15, 2024)