American Choreographer Kristina Cobarrubia debuted at San Diego Opera in last year’s Don Quixote, where she contributed as Assistant Choreographer. She has studied Flamenco for over twenty years, on the West Coast and in New Mexico, along with visits to Spain. Cobarrubia danced with Flamenco Olivar (2004-2008), Companía Antonio Vargas (2001), the Solera Flamenco Dance Company (1990-1993), and her own co-production with Las Chicas de Coral (1996). Presently, she is the Director of Flamenco Arana, where she choreographs and dances for concerts, private shows, and festivals, including the Eveoke Celebrate Dance Festival and the San Diego Nations of Dance Festival. She teaches Flamenco dance for Flamenco Arana and for California Ballet. She also has a B.A. from University of California San Diego (Magna Cum Laude), and an essay of hers, “Madre de Baile,” was published in Mamaphonic: Balancing Motherhood and Other Creative Acts in 2004.