Karen Ruimy

She has produced dance shows called Flamen'ka at Casino de Paris, Flamen’ka Nueva at Folies Bergeres, Cabaret Flamen'ka at La Cigale, Sangre (directed and choreographed by Redha Benterifour; opened at the Riverside Studios),[13]), Zik’r (co-produced and co-written by Martin Glover; performed at the World Sufi Spirit Festival in Jodphur, India),[14] ZIK'r (also created with Martin Glover; performed at Sufi Sutra Festival in India), the Marrakech Biennale, Sadler's Wells Lilian Baylis,[15] Union Chapel,[16] La Linea Festival at The Peacock Theatre, and When Jazz Meets Flamenco in Sadler’s Wells, London.

[17] Ruimy has released the following albums: Essence de Femme,[18] and Come With Me, which were recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios with Justin Adams.

[20] In 2021, she released Black Coffee, a trajectory into jazz territory featuring six tracks sung in English and French, with legendary producer and Grammy awards winner Phil Ramone and Martin Glover and producer-musician Tim Bran.

[21] In 2022, Ruimy co-created and performed House of Flamenka with dance director Arlene Phillips, and choreographers James Cousins and Francisco Hidalgo.

[24] The concept behind the show is set in a fantasy world of a Goddess of Music and Dance who adores collecting beautiful objects – depicted by the 22 dancers and musicians.

[27] In 2015 Ruimy signed an open letter by the ONE Campaign to Angela Merkel and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, urging them to focus on women as they serve as the head of the G7 in Germany and the AU in South Africa respectively, which will start to set the priorities in development funding before a main UN summit in September 2015 that will establish new development goals for the generation.