Kravis Center Presents BENISE, THE SPANISH GUITAR

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Presents

BENISE, THE SPANISH GUITAR  

Tickets On Sale Now 

Benise's The Spanish Guitar has been hailed as "The Latin Riverdance!" A former street musician now a celebrated International guitarist, Benise (Buh-ness-say) and his Emmy award-winning Nights of Fire cast, perform The World Music & Dance Spectacular The Spanish Guitar at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, November 6 at 7 p.m. in the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall.

Benise, along with a full cast of performers, takes the audience on an unprecedented and epic adventure exploring Spanish Flamenco, Cuban Salsa, Brazilian Samba, Argentinean Tango, Indian Bollywood, Parisian Waltz, African drumming, and more. Part of a multi-city tour, this performance coincides with a PBS pledge special and follows a critically-acclaimed performance on Dancing
With The Stars, World Tours in India, the Middle East, and Benise's Royal Caribbean Fan Cruise. Tickets start at $25 and are on sale now. 

A "family friendly" performance for fans of all ages, The Spanish Guitar explores the cultures of the world through music and dance. Benise's enchanted Spanish Guitar becomes a treasure chest of inspiration, brilliantly choreographed dance numbers and orchestral pieces accompany the stories that were sealed inside this magical instrument. The GITANA'S, Benise's female dancers in The Spanish Guitar, were carefully handpicked from a global pool of some of the most brilliantly diverse talent to be found including traditional Flamenco dancers, Broadway dancers, and featured soloists from Madonna, Celine Dion and Ricky Martin. Breathtaking couture fashions complement the exotic Spanish dancing. Benise's band is made up of such world-class musicians as Karen Briggs (Yanni) and internationally renowned Cuban drummer and percussionist Daniel de los Reyes, (Sting, Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira).  

Benise's personal story is as driving and passionate as his music. The guitar found him at age 11; a connection that would begin his journey towards global recognition for his stunning and unique "Nouveau Flamenco" style. Entirely self-taught and unable to read the notes he composes, Benise pulls influence from not just the sound of the performers he once aspired to reproduce, but the very environment around him as he travels the world.  

Benise always redefining the ordinary, started to promote his own concerts, eventually selling-out 2000+-seat theaters, and now bringing his mega stage-hits on the road for multi-city tours. Accompanying the tour is the release of The Spanish Guitar CD and DVD via One World Music and PBS video, which was filmed over three years and across 10 countries. The Spanish Guitar is directed by Raj Kapoor (Josh Groban, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars and Britney Spears) and choreographed by Brazilian-born and Emmy-nominated Alex Magno (Madonna, Yanni, Pussycat Dolls, Ballet Hispanico). 

To purchase tickets visit the Kravis Center box office, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in
downtown West Palm Beach; online at www.kravis.org; or by phone at (561) 832-7469 or (800) 572-8471.

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