FLAMENCODANZA 

Aylin started her training in flamenco dance while an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts student at Sussex University, UK (2000-2003). She was first introduced to flamenco by attending a concert and started travelling to Andalucía, South of Spain, to become familiarised with the origins of the artform.

During years 2009-2015 she trained at the Centro de Flamenco y Danza Española Amor de Dios and other academies in Madrid, taking private classes with renowned flamenco masters, while continuing her studies in other dance forms such as ballet and contemporary. She participated as a dancer with flamenco and jazz-fusion guitarist Raul Mannola´s Sextet for over a decade, performing with more established ensembles in Spain.

In 2018 Aylin relocated to Barcelona to pursue a MA in Dance. After obtaining her Master´s in Dance at the Institute of the Arts Barcelona/ Liverpool John Moores University in 2019 she started working on her duo show “Flamencodanza”, featuring dance and guitar, obtaining the award “Best Show of Dance and Physical Theatre Hollywood Fringe 2022”.

The show has toured extensively from 2021, performing over 450 shows internationally. She has organized 12-15 tours of several months duration, touring in Europe, the UK, the USA and Oceania, for up to 6 months annually.

Flamencodanza has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe since 2019, performing a full season of 25 shows at the festival since 2024.

She relocated to NYC in September 2024, where she continued performing with “Flamencodanza” in New York (NYC, NJ, Beacon), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scranton), Florida (Orlando, Ft. Myers, Tampa), Chicago, Washington DC, California (Los Angeles), and Massachusetts (Boston and the New England area), while also collaborating as a dancer with Flamenco Boston. She co-created a flamenco-bolero fusion show with NYC based flamenco guitarist Anthony Tran, soprano Isabella Lamadriz and percussionist Mauro Corona, premiered at the 5th Latin American Performing Arts festival in Orlando in September 2025. She performed with her duo show Flamencodanza in collaboration with flamenco guitarist Anthony Tran at the Timucua Arts Foundation’s World Music Festival in Orlando in May 2026.

She has taught workshops in USA (NYC, New Jersey and Scranton), the MOVEIT show in London, the Auckland performing arts center (NZ), and the Institute of the Arts Barcelona.