Four Broad Ripple High School juniors selected for the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages in France this summer will be the beneficiaries of a program of Dance presented on Saturday, May 30th, at 5:30 p.m. in the Gene R. Poston Auditorium at Broad Ripple High School. Bethany Herring, Joshua Price, Victoria Eder, and Dylan Richardson will spend two months in France living with French families, taking daily classes, and speaking only French. The students have been raising funds for the trip since they were notified in April of their acceptance to the program.

The primary performer, donating her time and services for the performance, is noted Flamenco and Zumba instructor and the director of the Flamenco dance group FlamencÓle, Ms. Erica Dominquez. Ms. Dominguez currently teaches at the Russian Ballet Academy of Indiana and the Jordan Academy of Dance. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, she moved to Indianapolis in 1996. Her training was in classical ballet, jazz, tap and flamenco at the Academy of Siudy Quintero. Two of Erica's most noteworthy flamenco performances were the opera Carmen and Asi Baila España en America, as a soloist in a Siudy Academy presentation. She was invited to perform the opera Carmen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and performed in private concerts around the city. She also played the lead character in La Danza del Fuego with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Venezuela under the direction of Aldemaro Romero. Information about MS. Dominguez's summer classes can be found at ericadominguez.com .

Erica and her students have performed at various events in Indianapolis, including The Peggy Dorsey Concert at Clowes Hall, Fiesta Indianapolis, Children's Museum of Indianapolis, JCC Theatre, BARcelona Tapas Restaurant and at various central Indiana schools and venues around the state.

Dances in Saturday's program will include Sevillanas w/ castañuelas, Fandangos, and combination of flamenco and Latin dance Tickets will be available at the door, and the suggested donation to attend the concert is $10, but any amount will be accepted. For further information, contact Sandy Reiberg at 693-5722.