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How it all started..
Originally from Alberta, Rae Bowhay began her dance studies with Joy McIlwain from the Calgary City Ballet and at Grant MacEwan Collage. She moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to study with Charles Edmondson (Horton/Lewitsky technique), and worked for Christensen Dance Company (off-shoot of the industrial dance niche) and Collage Dance Theatre (site-specific dance). In 1995, she moved to NYC to study Graham and Limon, and then settled in Montreal in 1996. Rae worked for several independent choreographers while initiating her own choreographic pursuits. Her desire to work with live music led her to flamenco, so she applied to the Canada Council for the Arts and got a ticket to Spain where she studied with renowned artists such as Manuel Reyes, Belen Maya, Domingo Ortega, Javier Cruz and Juana Amaya. 
my mentor Charles Edmondson
à Los Angeles, California FLAMENCO
Rae's transition into flamenco has lead her through a long and eclectic career as both traditional and contemporary flamenco artist. She has collaborated with incredible musicians from around the world (Caroline Planté, Oscar Guzman, Richardo Garcia,Marcos Marin, Juan Carranza..) and performed extensively throughout Quebec (TOHU/Festival Classique des Hautes-Laurentides/Camp Musical du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean/XIIe Sommet de la Francophonie), and across Western Canada at numerous folk festivals. Rae is also a well-known performer in all of Montreal's Spanish centres and restaurants (Centro Gallego/Casa Galicia/El Gitano/Sala Rossa/Club Español de Quebec) since 2001. Invented folklore
As artistic director, choreographer and often co-composer, Rae has been creating and sharing her imaginary folklore since 1997. From intimate poetic fantasy to progressive 'rock band', Rae and her wonderfully inspiring collaborators have created a truly unique aesthetic and sound that reflects their own imagined and actual territory. These works have been presented locally at Tangente/Studio 303/Sala Rossa/ Casa Del Popolo, at Toronto International Dance Festival, and internationally in Scotland (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), India (Interface contemporary arts festival) and China as part of an intercultural exchange. Awards +
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flamencoSELLO with guitarist Caroline Planté
invented folklore
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