This cutting-edge work will incorporate live music, original choreography and improvisation by some of the most important Flamenco artists of this era. The music will be composed, arranged and performed live by Ballet Flamenco La Rosa's world renowned guitarist and singer, danced by the company's stunning dancers.

The World Premiere, full evening length work, uses Flamenco music and dance as a language to tell the story. The music and lyrics, which will be created and arranged drawing from traditional, as well as contemporary and original material to be interpreted by 16 artists from Spain, Latin America and the U.S., under the direction of Ilisa Rosal, BFLR's Founding Artistic Director.

The magnificent novella by D. H. Lawrence explores the conflict between youthful desire and societal constraints. The story centers on Yvette, a young woman living in a stifling rectory dominated by her overbearing grandmother, aunt, and father. The narrative highlights Yvette's longing for freedom and passion, embodied by a gypsy man who represents a life of vitality and sensuality in stark contrast to the oppressive environment of her home. The gypsy’s arrival evokes Yvette's suppressed desires, leading her to fantasize about escaping her mundane existence.

The tension between the vibrant energy of the gypsy and the stagnant moral world of the rectory, invites us to reflect on the complexities of desire and identity, frustration and hope, fulfillment and loss. Exploring the nature of love, the impact of societal expectations and a family struggling to find it's footing in a changing world, is a perfect vehicle for Flamenco's intense passion, elegant power and exquisite expression of the human soul.

 Ballet Flamenco La Rosa is dedicated to continuing Flamenco's rich legacy, while also creating original creative work to continue the art form's development. The company maintains and respects the complex and deep tradition of Flamenco's  roots, which are 

multi-cultural and interdisciplinary, having been born in the multicultural society of Medieval Andalusia, Southern Spain, where Europeans, Arabs, Jews, Africans and Gypsies co-existed in a Golden Age of learning and culture which has become known as the "Convivencia".

In addition to its Concert Season, the company offers diverse classes year 'round in Dance, Music and Theatre, Classes are online and in-person, and include Flamenco, Ballet, Modern/ Contemporary Dance, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Salsa, Tango, Haitian Dance, Belly Dance, Stretch and Barre, Movement for Rehab and Aging, Acting in English and Spanish, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Music Writing, Song Writing, Creative Writing and Yoga at its North Miami studios for students of all ages and levels. Scholarships and work exchange opportunities are available in order to allow students to attend, regardless of ability to pay tuition.

This International professional company is dedicated to Flamenco as an ever evolving art form. Under the Artistic Direction of founder Ilisa Rosal, Ballet Flamenco La Rosa (BFLR) presents Flamenco dance in a theatrical setting expanding the art form beyond traditional limits to reach and enlighten students and audiences with its beauty and magic. Based in Miami, and made up of artists from the U.S., Latin America and Spain, BFLR has performed to sell-out crowds and received critical acclaim in the artistic mainstream and the “Tablaos” (Flamenco Clubs) of South Florida since 1985. BFLR enthralls audiences with performances throughout its concert season. The company's school offers regular classes in many styles of dance, music and theatre, in order to educate and train artists and arts lovers of all ages, levels and backgrounds. The private and public sectors as well as government grants consistently support the company’s impressive work. A non-profit organization, BFLR implements programs to increase awareness of this art form, and the arts in general, from lecture/demonstrations in public schools, libraries and community centers, to performances at festivals and public and private events. In addition to its regular concert season and national guest appearances such as at The Vail International Dance Festival, the company has been invited to perform at major local events such as Ocean Dance, Pow Wow, Arts a la Carte, Miami Dance Sampler, Miami Dances, The Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler, Coconut Grove Orchid Festival, Miami Beach Arts Festival, The Miami Beach Dance Festival, The Miami Dance Festival and The Florida Dance Festival. With their outreach program of classes and performances at diverse schools, they are committed to educating the community to create more sensitivity and cultural awareness.

With unique cross-cultural collaborations, International Guest Artists and a superb Flamenco repertory, this is one of the only U.S. companies dedicated to the development and presentation of the Art of Flamenco. Combining sophisticated theater, traditional Flamenco and original choreography allows the company to present a consummate theater experience. Their groundbreaking work traces the connection between Flamenco and other styles of music and dance. Their collaborations, from Jazz/Tap/ Blues, to Country, Middle Eastern, Irish, African, Sephardic, and Indian styles, offer the opportunity to see different cultures’ art forms taken to new heights. This, in addition to their dramatic Flamenco Ballets, gives the company a powerful repertory that appeals to wide audiences.

This company works with internationally renowned Guest Artists to further develop its repertory and style and provide Guest Artists with a vehicle on which to create new works. Workshops give opportunities for deeper knowledge about this unique art form. In its dramatic Flamenco Ballets, interpreting classic universal themes, BFLR joins drama and dance. Intense and intriguing works use Flamenco as an idiom to express ideas that are not necessarily part of the Flamenco tradition. The result is extraordinary. These works include Las Mujeres de Troya, inspired by Euripedes' The Trojan Women, featuring a Middle-Eastern dancer as Helen of Troy, Herodias, inspired by a novel by Gustave Flaubert, and incorporating Middle Eastern music and dance and Flamenco, and Encuentro, a spectacular Middle Eastern and Flamenco Ballet featuring the legendary Manolete, Las Brujas de Salem, inspired by Arthur Miller's The Crucible, featuring Manolete and 40 dancers and musicians from Spain, Latin America and The U.S., Celtic Callings, in collaboration with the Breffni Irish Dancers, Rey Lear and La Dama Macbeth, inspired by Shakespeare’s King Lear and Macbeth, Cleopatra y Cesar, inspired by Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra, Directo al Corazon and La Casa de la Muneca, inspired by Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler and A Doll's house, Senorita Julia and El Padre, inspired by Strindberg's Miss Julie and The Father, La Gaviota, inspired by Chekhov’s The Seagull, Verano y Humo and Deseo, inspired by Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke and Streetcar Named Desire, and El Conde Dracula, inspired by Bram Stokers’ Dracula.

We addressed the Covid challenges by streaming works from past seasons online, and creating several new works designed specifically to be presented online: Flamenco on My Own, Me Duele el Aire and Flamenco Granaino. Recent Seasons included Noche Flamenca at the Miami Beach JCC, Alma Flamenca at The Miami Beach Bandshell, Travesia, inspired by Eugene O’Neil’s Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Koubek Center, Cielo y Arena at Sanctuary of the Arts, Cuadro Flamenco, Bailaora Soy and Fiesta Flamenca at The Miami Beach Bandshell, Callejon Flamenco at The Koubek Center.