Comments for RINA ORELLANA FLAMENCO https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/ Company & Academy Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:45:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 Comment on Bulerías…. the Holy Grail of Flamenco by Luciene https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/bulerias-the-holy-grail-of-flamenco/#comment-25521 Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:27:10 +0000 https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/?p=7237#comment-25521 Muito obrigada, adorei as preciosas dicas!!

]]> Comment on The Mind, Body and Soul of Flamenco by Auzen Alves https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/the-mind-body-and-soul-of-flamenco/#comment-20167 Sat, 23 Sep 2023 20:27:19 +0000 http://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/?p=6125#comment-20167 Belo comentário!!

]]> Comment on Struggles and Enlightenment in the Flamenco Journey by Lisa https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/struggles-and-enlightenment-in-the-flamenco-journey/#comment-16459 Fri, 11 Nov 2022 21:31:41 +0000 http://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/?p=4517#comment-16459 This is so helpful Rina! My main struggle has always been finding a place to practice. COVID actually forced me to get some portable wood floors to practice at home and get over upsetting my neighbors (I’m in an upstairs apartment!). I gave my neighbors my phone number and encouraged them to call me if my practicing was disruptive. Surprisingly, they’ve never had to call! I still stress about it, but not like I had been and I just remind myself that they’ll let me know if it gets too loud. This has really helped me to be able to practice more often!

]]> Comment on What’s Your #1 Challenge In Flamenco? by ram rivas https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/whats-your-1-challenge-in-flamenco/#comment-15408 Sun, 21 Aug 2022 15:56:59 +0000 https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/?p=7734#comment-15408 My biggest challenge, after the death of one of my first flamenco guitar teachers, a good friend, is finding other local flamenco guitarists (southern California) interested in and/or reasonably competent in the old traditional country-gypsy flamenco, otherwise known as pueblo flamenco, to jam, trade notes, and learn from each other. It seems like most guitarists are just interested in razzmatazz rock n roll modern flamenco-sounding guitar. Very few know anything about the late geniuses like Diego del Gastor, Melchor de Marchena, Perico del Lunar, Pepe Habichuela, the current extant Dieguito de Moron, Paco and Juan del Gastor, Paco de Amparo, etc. I’ve known some of them, having traveled through Moron de la Frontera, Granada, Sevilla, Cordoba (where Manuel Reyes built me my dream guitar), Madrid, Malaga, hobnobbing with gypsy flamencos. etc. Download anything you wish from flamencoGitano com and enjoy! You might not like some of it- or maybe you will, really old stuff from weddings, baptisms, flamenco bars, street performances, from the Golden Age, plus an almost complete collection of the old Jaleo newsletter, published decades ago in San Diego. My gift to the flamenco world. Oh, read Donn Pohren’s great books on flamenco, published back in the 60s. Enjoy! Ole ole!

]]> Comment on The Ultimate Guide to Flamenco Shoes by Mary McCourt https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-flamenco-shoes/#comment-14699 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 10:39:33 +0000 http://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/?p=4533#comment-14699 This is really useful information. Very informative. 🙂

]]> Comment on The Dancer’s Guide to the Structure of Flamenco by rina@rinaorellana.com https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/the-structure-of-flamenco/#comment-13702 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:47:20 +0000 https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/?p=7507#comment-13702 Cathy- yes, generally. The letra of Bulerias/Tangos ends, then the dancer does a desplante or llamada to the corner to indicate to the singer to sing the estribillo. 😉

]]> Comment on The Dancer’s Guide to the Structure of Flamenco by Cathy White (member) https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/the-structure-of-flamenco/#comment-13701 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:31:07 +0000 https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/?p=7507#comment-13701 Within the “Complete Structure of A Dance,” does the desplante to the corner occur at the end of the Bulerias/Tangos/Macho fast verse and before the estribillo where the dancer dances off the stage?

]]> Comment on The Ultimate Guide to Flamenco Shoes by rina@rinaorellana.com https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-flamenco-shoes/#comment-12449 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:30:10 +0000 http://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/?p=4533#comment-12449 In reply to Irina.

fantastic!

]]> Comment on The Ultimate Guide to Flamenco Shoes by Catherine M. White https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-flamenco-shoes/#comment-12448 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:14:36 +0000 http://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/?p=4533#comment-12448 I also totally endorse John Silva at Flamenco West listed first under your Resources. I have hammer toes and he was able to custom-make my flamenco shoes with a higher toe box to accommodate my feet so well that I can dance for hours in them without pain. His zapatero in Seville was the only artisan I could find who could do it. It was expensive but very worth it for me.

]]> Comment on The Ultimate Guide to Flamenco Shoes by Irina https://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-flamenco-shoes/#comment-12446 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:04:48 +0000 http://www.rinaorellanaflamenco.com/?p=4533#comment-12446 I LOVE Senovilla shoes, altho they will wear out faster than some other brands, but they really fit well (for me, anyway) and you don’t have to “brake in” – they are perfect from the first day. I have “difficult” feet, and I almost ruined my feet wearing the beginners’ style for the first year dancing. I had a terrible pain and had to stop in the middle of the class a couple of times for a break. Senovilla shoes were a game changer. Also, getting mine from Flamenco West.

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