Linda Machado

Linda is a professional Flamenco and Spanish dancer who has performed in concert halls, theatres, museums, restaurants and night clubs throughout the Southwest. A former member of Daniel de Córdoba Bailes Españoles dance company, Ms.Machado performs regularly with master Flamenco guitarist Ricardo de Cristóbal in the Flamenco dance company Un Corazón Flamenco.

A second-generation Portuguese-American whose family hails from the Azores, Ms.Machado has begun a journey back, exploring her Iberian roots, with a goal to preserve and promote as much of the rich Iberian culture as possible. She does this through her cultural website Iberia...Ole!

Ms.Machado was introduced to Spanish Dance by Daniel de Córdoba and went on to study Flamenco with many well-known national and International Flamenco artists including Javier de la Torre, Omayra Amaya, Antonio Hidalgo, Yaelisa, Monica Bermudez, Lydia Torea and Joaquin Enciñas. Ms.Machado spent several years as an artist with Young Audiences of Greater Dallas, conducting numerous school programs and residencies throughout Texas and was associated with the Northeast Tarrant County Arts Council as a Flamenco instructor and she is a selected Roster Artist for the Arizona Commission on the Arts.