Oleaje Flamenco creates electrifying, passionate and uplifting Flamenco productions that transmit the authentic heart of Flamenco under the artistic direction of dancer Amelia Moore.  Oleaje Flamenco produces shows with some of the best flamenco talent around.

Amelia’s love of movement and dance began at an early age with ballet, tap and jazz classes, and at 15 years old she fell in love with Middle Eastern dance and began her intensive studies under her mentor Susan Evans. At the age of 17, Amelia began performing professionally as a dance soloist and playing flamenco palmas with the World Music group Children of the Revolution, with whom she performed internationally for 12 years for audiences of up to 30,000 people and danced in a PBS special. Additional milestones of her pre-Flamenco career include graduating with a BA in Spanish with a Minor in Dance from the University of Washington, earning a 500hr Yoga teaching certification from Annie Carpenter of SmartFLOW Yoga, and performing as an invited dance soloist in both Istanbul and Cairo with the renowned Turkish percussionist Burhan Oçal.

In 2006 she began her Flamenco studies in earnest, and in 2009 she decided to devote her life to the pursuit and development of this incomparable art form. As a Flamenco artist, her credits include producing shows under the name Oleaje Flamenco and performing in shows as an invited dancer with great artists including Luis de La Tota (percussion), Israel Heredia (guitar), Jesus Montoya (voice), Ricardo Garcia (guitar), and Jose Moreno (dance, percussion, voice). Highlights also include performing as a dance soloist in Arizona Theater Company’s reimagined musical Man of La Mancha in their 2017-2018 season to popular acclaim, receiving a MAC award nomination for her dance role in the play. More recently, she has had the honor of performing as an invited dance soloist with the legendary guitarist Antonio Rey.

She studies regularly and intensively with the world’s top Flamenco artists and credits her beloved mentors with her growth over the years as an artist, including Maria Bermudez ‘La Cha Cha’, Belen Maya, Encarnacion Jaeger and Sara de Luis.

Along with her colleagues Eve Salonen and Jackie Maclin, this year she launched Northwest Flamenco Academy and is also co-director of the non-profit organization Espacio de Arte, which is dedicated to promoting Seattle community access to the Spanish flamenco cultural traditions of dance, music and singing.

Jed Miley is a Flamenco guitarist, composer, producer and teacher based in Seattle. He began playing Flamenco guitar in 1996, after hearing a recording of Sabicas. In Seattle, Jed was lucky to find Marcos Carmona as his first Flamenco guitar teacher and later worked in La Pena Flamenca de Seattle with Rubina Carmona. In 2003, he moved to New York where he worked professionally for several years, playing at prestigious venues including Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Joe’s Pub, Caramoor Festival, Jacob’s Pillow and various tablaos. In 2009, Jed joined Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana and performed, toured and acted as a teaching artist with the company for three years

 Jed has studied extensively in Seville, Spain at La Fundacion Cristina Heeren with Nino de Pura, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, and Pedro Sierra. In addition to playing traditional Flamenco, Jed is known for stretching harmonic and melodic structures with his Flamenco fusion projects and collaborates with artists such as Alfonso Cid, Elena Andujar, Miguel Vargas, and Sara Erde. In 2011, Jed travelled to Spain as a producer of the documentary, “Hola, Flamenco” that aired at the Philadelphia independent film festival in the summer of 2012. He recently finished producing a Flamenco/Jazz fusion album for the guitarist Nathan Herrera, Sueños, which was released in January 2012, and his own Flamenco Rock band Dientes de Caramelo released their debut album, Pulpo, in March 2012. Since returning to Seattle, Jed has been working on creating his new recording studio, Pinche Studios, which opened in 2013.

Daniel Azcarate is a powerhouse singer and guitarist who has been living and breathing Flamenco since he was 15 years old. His dedication to Flamenco led him to study and perform Flamenco in Sevilla for 4 years. He has toured in Japan many times as well as in Canada and the US, including a recent two month residency in Santa Fe, NM. He has a natural talent, musical ear and insatiable passion for Flamenco which has led him to be considered as one of the best American born Flamenco singers. He was also one of the original founding members of Oleaje Flamenco.

Eve began her relationship with movement and dance in Finland as a young girl, focusing primarily on aesthetic group gymnastics. In addition to training and competing in aesthetic group gymnastics, she spent many years studying ballet technique and jazz dance. As her gymnastic career came to an end in her mid 20’s, Eve was swept away by flamenco. After many years of dedicated practice, she started working and performing with Finnish flamenco artists. Over the years, Eve has studied with many famous Spanish flamenco artists. She also served as a board member for Helsinki Flamenco Association for two years.

Now living in Seattle, Eve has made flamenco her profession. Always striving to improve and grow, she continues her Flamenco education both in the United States and Spain. Her specialties are the use of Flamenco props such as the bata de cola, abanico and mantón. Eve collaborates with many Seattle-based flamenco artists and groups, teaching and performing regularly. Along with her colleagues Amelia Moore and Jackie Maclin, this year she launched Northwest Flamenco Academy and is also co-director of the non-profit organization Espacio de Arte, which is dedicated to promoting Seattle community access to the Spanish flamenco cultural traditions of dance, music and singing.

Yume Terai is one of Japan’s emerging professional dancers, having recently finished her 2016 tour Sueno Flamenco in Japan. Originally from Fukui, she began her dance studies at the age of 8 with classical ballet. Her thirst for knowledge and adventure took her abroad to Australia to study when she was 18 years old, and there she received a BA in Contemporary Dance and Theater design. At the age of 20 she found flamenco and discovered her true passion. From 2008-2013 Yume lived and studied in Spain intensively with renowned dancer Pepa Martinez, and from 2013-2015 she studied at the Fundacion Cristina Heeren in Sevilla. After graduating, she began actively performing at venues in Sevilla such as La Flamenqueria, Pena Nino de Alfalfa, Bar Puerta Sol and La Caja Negra.

Originally from Havana, Cuba, Samir Osorio has nearly 20 years of experience singing Flamenco from his beginnings as a singer with the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. After emigrating to Miami and working as an in-demand tablao singer, he has become known as one of the few singers in the U.S. who can capture the raw essence of the Flamenco sound and feel. Now living between Seattle and Cuba, he works regularly as a soloist and with Oleaje Flamenco.