Learn How to Dance the Flamingo!
Improvising in the Thursday “Cuadro” class. Oh, sorry. I mean, “How to Dance Flamenco” Well, actually, I mean “How to Improvise Your Own Dance” AKA “WTF You’re Supposed to Do in a Solo” This entry...
Hot Avant Garde and Experimental Flamenco
I am amazed at the super wide range of dance styles within contemporary flamenco. On the one hand you have the super traditionalists who are funky diva flamencos like Saray de los Reyes, La Farruca,...
No More Flamenco Dance Injuries!
I don’t see very many flamenco dance injuries in my class. When I do, it’s usually from beginner students for various reasons. But it’s usually from poor fitting shoes that lead to faulty technique. Sometimes...
Flamingo or Flamenco Gift?
It’s that time of year again when all us flamencos start slipping secret messages through our kids’ letters to Santa. We dream of a cornucopia of flamenco supplies, shows and trips to Spain. We can dream!...
The Soloist is Never Alone!
“Tablao Flamenco” by Fernando Botero You know this cuadro is backing her up! So, you have your solo. It’s choreographed. You know it inside and out. Maybe you even allow yourself some breathing room for...
The Men of Flamenco
One of my members in my Online Flamenco Studio, a male, asked me if I had any videos showing the proper hand movement for men. I don’t…yet. You see, I usually teach women because that’s...
My Favorite Funky Diva Flamencas
I remember when I was living in Madrid, I would go every day to a dance studio to practice before heading over to my flamenco classes. The studio was called Arte Jondo in the Embajadores...
La Nueva Generación: the next generation of flamenco dancers
It’s so exciting to see young kids dance flamenco. Of course, for those of us that started dancing flamenco as adults, we feel a pang of regret. Ooooh, I wish I had started flamenco earlier.If...
5 Ways to Strengthen Your Feet Outside of the Studio
Do you want to improve your taconeo in flamenco? Besides going to the studio to pound out some escobillas (in compás!!!!), try these exercises next to the copy machine, while waiting in line for coffee, or...
Getting Older and Dancing Flamenco
One of my favorite dance video clips is from a wonderful scene from the classic movie “Los Tarantos” with the flamenco Goddess Carmen Amaya. In it she plays the matriarch in a Romeo and Juliet...
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