BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CRISTINA HEEREN
President

Cristina was born in New York in 1943. She majored in Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and at the same time studied acting at the prestigious Herbert Berghof Studio. She later worked as a film-editor and studied singing in Paris. In 1991 she started the production company Pureza, and in 1992 the stage production El Flamenco es Vida came to life and was succesfully performed in Spain, in the U.S. and in France. Since 1993 Cristina Heeren has dedicated most of her time to the creation and establishment of a Foundation commited to the conservation and teaching of traditional flamenco in all of its aspects.

FERNANDO IWASAKI
Director
www.fernandoiwasaki.com

Fernando was born in Lima in 1961. He is a Writer, Historian and specialist in the management of Non Profit Organisations. He worked as a professor at the Catholic University of Lima (1983-1989), then was Director of Cultural Affairs of the San Telmo Foudation in Seville (1991-1994). He is the author of thirteen books such as Libro de mal amor (2001), El Descubrimento de España (1996), Inquisiciones Peruanas (1994), Extremo Oriente y Perú en el siglo XVI (1992), and Tres Noches de Corbata (1987), among others. He is the director of the literary review Renacimiento.

PEPA SÁNCHEZ (Sevilla, 1973)
Academic Coordinator 

Pepa majored in Hispanic Languages and Literature at State University of New York, and specialist in Flamenco History. She studied Communications at the University of Sevilla and worked as a scriptwriter and documentary maker. At the Cristina Heeren Flamenco Foundation she is responsible for the academic coordination of the school and the theoretical courses.

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