Berkeley, California, USA - Spain's most famous contemporary flamenco star, Sara Baras, will bring her powerful, passionate dances to Cal Performances at Zellerbach Hall on Saturday, February 12 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 13 at 7:00 p.m.

Twice honored with Spain's most prestigious dance award, the Premio Nacional de Danza, Baras has been hailed world-wide for her passionate intensity and elegant spirit.

Performing with her company, Baras will present the Bay Area premiere of her graceful suite of dances, Sueños, which returns to flamenco puro, the finest and most essential form of the art. The Diario de Jerez newspaper writes that Baras is "imbued with spicy grace by the salt mines of her native land, her arms and hands turn the dance that she interprets into velvet."