Holly Shaw has performed as a soloist with Yaelisa and Caminos
Flamencos off and on for several years at the ODC Theatre, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Cowell Theatre, and most recently
in Orange County with the Pacific Symphony orchestra. She has danced in the Edinburgh Arts Festival, was a starring
guest artist in "Flamenco Forever" at L.A.'s Fountain Theatre, performed with several companies in the SF Ethnic
Dance Festival, and was also a telvision host for Festival Revue in Edinburgh, Scotland. Getting an early start
at 16, she earned her Screen Actor's Guild status by starring in the ABC Afterschool Special, Love Hurts.
Shaw’s training includes study with such flamenco masters
as Belen Maya, Juan Ogalla, and Yaelisa, as well as contemporary and modern dance study with Ben Levy, Ramon Ramos Alayo,
Butler University Fine Arts Program, and acting with Andrew Utter and the Mother of Invention Acting School in Los Angeles.
Her ethnographic interests have led her to study dance in Bali, Indonesia, Egypt, Spain, Scotland, and India where she has
studied the Balinese ceremonial dances, oleg tambulilingan, the baris warrior dance, and the Sapera dance with the Kalbeliya
"Gypsies" of Rajasthan.
A generous and rhythmically astute teacher, Shaw teaches several
different styles of dance including belly-dance, American tap, flamenco, and hip hop to both children and adults as part of
ongoing local classes as well as presenting specialized workshops as a guest artist nationwide.
