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Performing on stage is part of Emmy Grimm鈥檚 DNA.

The Santa Fe-based flamenco dancer grew up learning the medium and has become a professional dancer.

Grimm, known on stage as La Emi, kicked off the season on July 5. It will run through Oct. 8, in Santa Fe.

She鈥檚 spent months planning for the season.

鈥淧reparing for these seasons is always jam packed. This year we have brought on an operations manager to expand and strengthen our organization,鈥� Grimm says. 鈥淥ur preparation ranges from rehearsing, mentally preparing, creating new ideas for the performance and getting the word out about our series! There are always a lot of moving parts, but when we get to do what we love, it compensates for every minute of hard work.鈥�

Grimm says this season will have guest appearances by Vicente Griego.

鈥淲e will also have singer, Daniel Azcarate, originally from Los Angeles, and guitarist Eloy Gonzales from sa国际传媒官网网页入口,鈥� she says. 鈥淲e have two rotating featured male soloists, Carlos Menchaca, from San Antonio, Texas, and Fabian Sisneros, from sa国际传媒官网网页入口. We also will be featuring three female core dancers: Janira Cordova from Santa Fe, Cienna Chavez from sa国际传媒官网网页入口 and Tessa Torres from San Antonio, Texas.鈥�

Grimm says the performance features a variety of numbers that highlight both danza Espa帽ola (a culmination of flamenco, ballet and folklore) and traditional flamenco.

鈥淭hese choreographies will be a variety of group numbers, trios, duets and solos,鈥� she says. 鈥淲e will also feature numbers from Vicente Griego鈥檚 band, ReVoZo Rumba Flamenca, on the performances where he is featured. There is also a highlighted guitar solo. Several of the choreographies are choreographed by world renown artists, Gala Vivancos de Barcelona and Eloy Aguilar de Granada.鈥�

To set the scene for the flamenco performance, Grimm and her team have upped the ante with lighting and stage prop ideas with Kyra Murzyn.

鈥淭he male dancers will be performing new solos and I will be rotating between three different solos,鈥� Grimm says. 鈥淲e have also brought in new costuming for some numbers.鈥�

Grimm began learning flamenco as a child under the direction of Mar铆a Ben铆tez.

As an adult, Grimm continues to run her flamenco studio, EmiArte Flamenco, where she is teaching the next generation of dancers.

When she鈥檚 not dancing in Santa Fe or around New Mexico, she continues her journey learning from the flamenco masters in Spain.

鈥淭here is always so much to learn. On this last trip, where I spent six weeks in an intensive study with my teacher, Gala Vivancos, in Madrid, Spain, I learned one of the most important lessons there is to learn,鈥� she says. 鈥淭he beauty of this journey is that you never arrive at your destination, you need to fall in love with the process.鈥�