I’m getting ready to teach a new choreography- Caracoles with a manton (Spanish shawl). I love, love, love dancing with a manton. It’s challenging but so exhilarating. (Update– check out what we did in class...
My students jokingly call the bata de cola the “dress of death” because it can be very challenging. But the allure of this beautiful costume trumps the fear! Now is your chance to learn a few...
The flamenco palo, that is. Some palos (flamenco rhythms) get all the attention: Solea, Bulerias, Alegrias, Solea por Bulerias, Tangos, Tientos, Siguirilla, Guajira, Taranto. But there are so many more that continually vie for my...
Starting to learn flamenco is a funny thing. People that have come to my new beginners classes are either energized or overwhelmed by all the new material. They’ve also always asked if there was a...
At the end of show party for the last student showcase, one of my dancers asked me, “How the heck do you keep choreographing something new for each session?” It’s true, I don’t ever...
Group shot from Rina Orellana Flamenco Academy show, Sept 20, 2014 Our Comunidad Flamenca show celebrating 10 years of my academy was a success! It’s always so intense up until the very end. Does everyone...
Stoking the flamenco fire in El Amor Brujo by Carlos Saura My flamenco dance school’s showcase is coming up, so it’s crunch time in the studio with all of my dancers. This is the last week...
I’ve been presenting my students in showcases since 2005. They started off as rag tag events at a restaurant in Hermosa Beach. Now they’ve evolved into a polished show at small performance spaces...
Don Flamenco says,”Amorcita, por favor, use your core muscles to save your back. And here is $250 to buy yourself a good pair of flamenco shoes.” In my last post in this series I wrote about...
Inge Morath’s portrait of La Golondrina doing a floor backbend in Granada, Spain, in 1954. I bet she drank plenty of bone broth to keep that back supple! Every time I tell someone that I’m a...
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