About Rosal Ortega

Rosal Ortega, a native of Santa Barbara, CA. comes from a long line of dancers beginning with her grandfather Juan Cota and mother Irene Rosita Cota Tuttle.  Destined to dance, Rosal took her first dance lesson at the age of 6.  She had a passion for Spanish Classical and Flamenco dance and at 12 traveled to Seville, Spain.  At 13 and in Seville she began dancing professionally.  Rosal has studied and performed in Spanish dance companies as a featured artist with Clarita Corona and Arte Flamenco, Roberto Amaral, Cruz Luna, Luisa Triana, Juan Talavera's Flamenco Bravo, Paco and Yolanda Arroyo’s Flamenco, Flamenco  and for the past 12 years has performed on-going in the Los Angeles area in performances directed  by Yvette Garcia "La Sole" .  She has starred in many Flamenco venues in California and across the Mexican border.  She has toured the United States performing in many concert halls.  Rosal headed her own dance company and toured Japan for 6 months.  She performed in Reno, Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas as a featured member of the Spanish Dance company with Cuchi, cuchi girl, Charo. Rosal also sings Flamenco and teaches and is excited about her beginner Flamenco dance programs!