Estefania Ramirez

began working as a dancer at 17 and debuted at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England. She toured nationally with Pablo Rodarte's Dance España as principal dancer. Contracted by Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco, she toured extensively in the U.S. and Canada performing at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, and PBS's Evening at the Pops conducted by Keith Lockhart, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and Mezzo- Soprano Denyce Graves. She also shared the stage under Benitez in events in Santa Fe with artists such as Carol Burnett, Lauren Bacall and Tim Curry. She relocated to Spain in 1997 where she studied extensively with many of the grand maestros including studies with Mario Maya, Jose Galvan and Javier Cruz. She worked with artists such as guitarist Rafael Rodriguez, Maestro Jose Galvan and shared bills with Luis ‘El Zambo’, Miguel Poveda, and Tomatito. She worked as a dance professor and movement theory specialist for the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Education creating K-9 dance curriculum for Public Schools in Spain.

 

In May of 2018, Ms. Ramirez was presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY debuting “Mujeres Valientes” Ramirez is one of the only American-born dancers with over than 14 years of establishment as both a dance artist and educator in Spain. She was credited as the leading force of flamenco dance soloists by the Women in Dance International Conference in 2019 in Philadelphia. She created the flamenco dance interpretation curriculum in conjunction with the artist development program for the Center for Flamenco Arts NYC. She was an Artist Leadership Cohort participant in NYC in early 2023 and received the Creative Artist Fund from Creative West in 2025.