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How much discipline do you need to dance flamenco?

How much discipline do you need to dance flamenco?

May 3, 2023

You *must* be disciplined to dance flamenco. You must practice consistently and diligently. If not, then you must not truly love flamenco and have the passion that it takes to dance it with any proficiency....

Bulerías…. the Holy Grail of Flamenco

Bulerías…. the Holy Grail of Flamenco

Mar 16, 2023

I can’t tell you *how* many times I hear students lamenting how they want to be able to go out and do a little pata’a por Bulerías (that means a little dance, a little something.)...

Stuff I Always Tell My Flamenco Dancers

Stuff I Always Tell My Flamenco Dancers

Mar 13, 2023

I just held my annual student showcase and it was the best one ever. I know, I know, I say that every year, but this time it *really* was!! Why? The soloists had a deeper...

Flamenco Dance Basics | Footwork Drills

Flamenco Dance Basics | Footwork Drills

Dec 26, 2022

Syncopated picado footwork technique with Rina Orellana. ¡Ole! 💃🏻 💃🏻 THE ONLINE FLAMENCO STUDIO ACADEMY: Hands down this it the BEST online flamenco dance education out there- a true “University of Flamenco!” You will unleash...

Flamenco Dance Basics | Compás (12-Count)

Flamenco Dance Basics | Compás (12-Count)

Dec 12, 2022

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...

All about Alegrías, the happy palo of flamenco

All about Alegrías, the happy palo of flamenco

Oct 6, 2022

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...

How to Create a Consistent Flamenco Practice

How to Create a Consistent Flamenco Practice

Aug 21, 2022

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...

What is “aire”?

What is “aire”?

Aug 7, 2022

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...

Learn Flamenco with your EARS

Learn Flamenco with your EARS

Jul 31, 2022

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...

Thoughts on Dancing Tablao

Thoughts on Dancing Tablao

May 24, 2022

I had an amazing weekend workshop with students from my Online Flamenco Studio flying in from all over the country and even Canada, as well as some of my local dancers. We worked on Tablao...

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