The Northampton Center for the Arts often hosts interesting and innovative work, and June 14 brings that venerable locale a combination of old and new that ought to prove quite enticing. On the Valley dance scene since 1998, Ines Arrubla is a flamenco dancer who's studied in Spain and has choreographed works in Europe and America. This time, she brings a full troupe of dancers called Las Chicas to the Center for the Arts. The event is called Flamenco Aficion, which means something along the lines of "a penchant for flamenco."
The evening will begin with music by an instrumental trio called Jumbo Jembo, made up of Amherst High students Julio Neijens Arrubla, Daniel Hegner and Aaron Noble. Their music is epic in its scope and ambition, echoing the instrumental sprawl of early prog-rock and tempering the whole with a dash of Latin sounds.
