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My Student Show Review

My Student Show Review

Sep 24, 2014

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

Stoking the Flamenco Fire

Sep 15, 2014

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...

What I’ve Learned After 10 Years of Student Shows

What I’ve Learned After 10 Years of Student Shows

Aug 19, 2014

    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...

How to Dance Like a Champ or Preventing Flamenco Dance Injuries Part 2

How to Dance Like a Champ or Preventing Flamenco Dance Injuries Part 2

Jul 29, 2014

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...

How to Prevent Flamenco Dance Injuries, Part 1

How to Prevent Flamenco Dance Injuries, Part 1

Jun 14, 2014

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...

In Honor of Flamenco Mamas

In Honor of Flamenco Mamas

May 8, 2014

This is me with my kids after a student show a few years ago. Check in the mirror to see what I’m hiding behind my son. As I said, wine helps things. Salud to ALL the...

Flamenca Got Back! Or Another Way to Get Stronger Flamenco Footwork

Flamenca Got Back! Or Another Way to Get Stronger Flamenco Footwork

Apr 2, 2014

I had to take a picture of my butt in the studio I saw my new shelf. Yes, I’m flaunting my back side. Saying that I had “junk in my trunk” was never a personal...

Flamenco Kids

Flamenco Kids

Feb 18, 2014

La Niña Flamenca de Disneyland Flamenco is a cultural dance even though it has been elevated to the world stage. Children learn it and live it in the kitchens at home with their family playing...

Flamenco Shoes Blues

Flamenco Shoes Blues

Nov 22, 2013

I actually don’t have as many shoes as I thought! Get me to Flamenco West! Unless you can go to Spain, buying flamenco shoes is such a hassle. You know your size and style and...

Finding a Room of One’s Own

Finding a Room of One’s Own

Sep 13, 2013

My shoes are always waiting near my portable dance floor under my couch. Er, I mean dance studio. I remember back in my college days having to read “A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia...

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