Learning the absolute fundamentals of flamenco in 15 minutes. You will learn about rhythm (compás), clapping (palmas), arm placement (braceo) and hand movements (manos). ¡Ole! 💃🏻 💃🏻 THE ONLINE FLAMENCO STUDIO ACADEMY: Hands down this...
Learn the basics of counting, accents, hand clapping (palmas) and two fundamental marking steps in the compás (12-count flamenco rhythm). ¡Ole! 💃🏻 💃🏻 THE ONLINE FLAMENCO STUDIO ACADEMY: Hands down this it the BEST online...
Just like the great Mercedes Sosa sings, “Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto,” (Thank you, life, for giving me so much,) I have many things to be thankful for: my husband, my kids,...
Alegrías is such a fun rhythm. It’s a mid to fast tempo with a 12 count compás. The aire is happy and light and danced by both men and women. Many times it’s danced with...
We are drawn to flamenco because it INSPIRES us, and makes us feel ALIVE. But then when we start learning and practicing, it can become a little OVERWHELMING. I’ve been dancing flamenco for 25 (!!)...
We love flamenco. We take classes. We go to shows. We go down that YouTube rabbit hole of wonderful videos. We want to dance like *that* dancer in the video– Concha Jareño, Olga Perfect, Karime...
A student inside my Online Flamenco Studio has asked this question: “What is aire? Do great dancers act out the meaning of the cante lyrics & allow the vibrations from their movements ripple through the...
Learning flamenco is more than learning a bunch of moves. It’s understanding a whole new language! Of course, there’s a whole new dance vocabulary and structure as part of the language. But it’s also the...
I just love hearing people’s flamenco stories. What *was* it that initially piqued their interest? For me, I always knew something about flamenco and was intrigued by it. Not sure how since I’m not Spanish,...
We know that the dog days of summer are coming up. You know what that means- those lazy, hot days when all you want to do is lie down in a hammock, in the shade,...
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