Flamenco Lessons for Professionals

In these classes we study different palos (flamenco rhythms / styles), seeking clean footwork, speed, ease and flexibility in the movements. Whether destined for a large or small stage performance, the same types of movement exercises are used.

These are two hour classes that go from Monday to Friday and are divided into two parts:

Technique for body

In the first hour we work primarily on the body, exercising legs, waist, torso, arms and neck (the entire body). In this warm up we take account of the possibilities of each student, and proceed accordingly into the class.

Afterwards, we practice the exercises and variations that have been worked on, and depending on the palo or rhythm used, we give them a choreographic sense.

This class gives each student the possibility to express herself totally through her own body, within the language of flamenco.

Technique for feet

In the second hour, the work is focused more on the feet:
The warm up consists of a few simple exercises for feet combined with arms, where we search for coordination, expression and subtlety in the sound.

This is a fairly easy class, whose goal is primarily to work towards the precision of the sound and the movement, as well as strength, subtlety and endurance.

These classes give the student the possibility to assimilate specific movements and be able to improvise, using them naturally, organically.

These general classes can be divided into a 1 two-hour class or 2 one-hour classes. In these classes we usually work on the following styles of flamenco: buleria, alegria, tangos, tarantos, tientos, soleá, soleá por buleria and seguirilla.

In this class we work on the contact between the dancer and the shawl, trying to attain perfect balance.

Using the technique for arms, we try to bring the shawl to life, making it dance. We can achieve this by the strong placement of our bodies accompanied by the suppleness and flexibility in our movements.

In this class we learn to search for the precise amount of strength needed for each movement and this way the shawl will dance to the rhythm, marking the accents and ends of the music or cierres.

The classes last two hours and are given twice a week.

The bata de cola is a long train of a dress / skirt.

In the same way as the shawl, the train of the dress, the bata, requires specific exercises and movements so that the dancer can control it and make it dance. The bata must become a part of the dancer’s body and for this we must strengthen our legs and our backs; this way we can avoid that the bata drags behind us or swallows us up!

These are individual classes where the student chooses what she wants and needs to improve: choreography, direction, technique, orientation...