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SURVIVED.
A MASSIVE FIRE
RIPS THROUGH A
DOWNTOWN DANCE STUDIO. AS YOU
CAN SEEN
FROM SKY 7 - IN
DECEMBER, THE FLAMES
TOTALED THE BUILDING,
THAT ONCE WAS HOME TO
NEW MEXICO'S NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO.
BUT AS KOAT
ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER
LAURA THOREN TELLS US,
THE INSTITUTE IS
FINDING A NEW HOME ON
CENTRAL NEAR
UNIVERSITY.
SHE'S LIVE THERE
WITH DETAILS.
WHILE THAT FIRE
DESTROYED THE PHYSICAL
BUILDING - IT DID NOT
DESTROY THE INSTITUTE
OF FLAMENCO'S ACTUAL
BUSINESS.
I'M TOLD DANCE
CLASSES CONTINUED AT
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
AROUND TOWN.
AND TODAY A
DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED,
THE INSTITUTE WILL
REOPENING ITS "OWN"
FLAMENCO FACILITY IN
THIS BUILDING BEHIND
ME.
A MASSIVE FIRE
TORE THROUGH THE HEART OF
DOWNTOWN
ALBUQUERQUE LAST
DECEMBER.
SEEN FROM SKY 7
--
FLAMES POURED OUT
OF THE NEW MEXICO
INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO.
ANY NAT
ON THAT DAY
ACTION 7 NEWS SPOKE TO
DIRECTOR MARISA
MAGALLENEZ
ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE
TO LOSE THE STUDIO
"SHE" WORKED SO HARD
TO BUILD.
"Oh its devastating
..."
TODAY -- 9 MONTHS
LATER --
"So we'll have
studios, our
administration...."
MAGALLENEZ IS SHOWING
ACTION 7 NEWS THE
FLAMENCO INSTITUTE'S
BRAND NEW HOME.
THE 38-HUNDRED SQUARE
FOOT SPACE IS
CENTRALLY LOCATED ON
ROUTE 66.
ITS A MILE AWAY FROM
THE ORIGINAL BUILDING
ON GOLD STREET...
"We found this and
said it's perfect - it
still allows for
synergy and proximity
to all our
collaborators."
INCLUDING THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW
MEXICO.
AFTER THE FIRE -
THE UNM DEPARTMENT OF
THEATER AND DANCE
OFFERED ITS FACILITIES
SO FLAMENCO STUDENTS
COULD CONTINUE TAKING
CLASSES.
MAGALLENEZ STILL WANTS
TO KNOW HOW AND WHY
THE BUILDING WENT UP
IN FLAMES.
SOT
we want that closure,
we want to know what
happened.
9 MONTHS AFTER THIS
DEVASTATION -- THE
ALBUQUERQUE FIRE
DEPARTMENT TELLS US
THE CASE IS STILL
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
I'M TOLD THIS
WILL BE THE FLAMENCO
INSTITUTE'S TEMPORARY
HOME FOR THE NEXT 3
YEARS.
IT'S STILL
LOOKING FOR A
PERMANENT RESIDENCE TO MOVE INTO
AFTER THAT.
LIVE ON CENTRAL
NEAR UNIVERSITY.
LAURA THOREN KOAT