Flamenco dancer Pastora is an elegant, powerful dancer with graceful bodywork and impressive footwork.
She lived in Algeciras, Cádiz and regulary travels back to Spain to work and develop her dancing. Recently she performed in the Peña Flamenca de Conil, in Tablao Flamenco Almedina in Tarifa, in El Limbo in Algeciras, in Sotogrande. Pastora has her own academy Pastora Flamenco, based in Amsterdam, but she also teaches in Den Haag, Haarlem, Rotterdam, in Spain and abroad.
Pastora was formed by many different masters in Madrid at Amor de Dios, in Seville at the academy Matilde Coral, every year at the Festival de Jerez, in private coaching with Noelia Sabarea. She was selected for public masterclasses with great masters Farruquito, Rocio Molina, Israel Galvan, Olga Pericet, and Isabel Bayon, organised by the Dutch Flamencobiennale.
Pastora participated in the documentary ‘The Luthier’, and was a guestdancer in the Dutch TV program Rembrand on NPO1. She made several theatreshows, like with the singer Antonio Carrasco. Every year she tours with the dancer Noelia Sabarea from Algeciras. Pastora was invited to perform with flamenco artists such as Pepe de Pura, Juan Jose Amador, Luis Amador, Felipe de Algeciras, Paco Javier Jimeno, Ana Fargas, El Shuster, Fran de Algeciras, Messi, Lola ‘La Chiri’.
Pastora is a certified and experienced teacher and worked several years at the academy Noelia Sabarea in Spain. Pastora gave workshops to adults and children in different countries, in Holland in Muziekgebouw aan t IJ and in various theatre academies.
In 2020 Pastora was invited to be a member of the Escuela Flamenco de Andalucia, a flamenco institute in Malaga. She received their quality certificate, a recognition by masters such as Javier Latorre, La Truco.
In her performances and classes Pastora works together with different musicians from various countries. She loves to connect with people through flamenco.