Mojácar Flamenco Workshops

Along with our ongoing classes and private lesssons, we also offer intensive workshops for dancers and guitarists focusing on specific flamenco forms.

Dance Workshops

When:
TUESDAYS from 8:30 to 9:30pm

Where:
Pointe by Pointe Dance Studio
1315 Fairs Oaks Avenue, Suite 104
South Pasadena, CA 91030

How Much:
$52 for 4 weeks; $100 for 8 weeks

Next 8 week session for Beginning Level:
Tangos Gitano 12/2/08 through 1/7/09

To reserve your space or for more information, email Katerina at: katerinatomas@sbcglobal.net

 Guitar Accompaniment Workshops

When:
TUESDAYS from 7:30 to 8:30pm

Where:
Pointe by Pointe Dance Studio
1315 Fairs Oaks Avenue, Suite 104
South Pasadena, CA 91030

How Much:
$80 per 4-week session

Next Session:
Alegrías 11/18/08 through 12/9/08

To reserve your space or for more information,
email Stephen at: stephen@mojacarflamenco.com

Become proficient in this ongoing series with flamenco footwork, palmas, contratiempo (counter rhythms), braceo (armwork), turns, and more in these essential classes.

Learn choreography for Bulerías de Jerez, Tangos Gitano, Sevillanas & castanets and Soleares in these exciting new Beginning level classes.

Learn traditional and Gypsy styles and peak performance techniques.

Become flamenco!

This ongoing series of workshops teaches guitarists the art of flamenco accompaniment. Students learn to accompany both cante (singing) and baile (dance).

You'll learn the underlying form for each of the major flamenco forms and the guitarist's role at each point in each form.

The focus is on hands-on experience. You'll work with a singer and dancer one-on-one and in a group, learning to catch the aural and visual cues that are essential to good ensemble work:

Previous Workshops
In our last workshop, we worked on a complete beginning bulerías.

Here's the bulerias we worked on. Watch for the footwork sequence at the end.

In our four-week Technique Workshops we used a tango to work on fundamental flamenco technques.

Here are slow and at tempo versions of the opening sections of the tango we worked on.

SLOW

AT TEMPO

Check out our great films from the summer Festero workshops!

July 27th: In our final class of this series, the group finished two letras and a cierre for the Bulerías:

and the first two coplas of the Sevillanas.

July 6th: We finished the first copla of Sevillanas and reviewed our Bulerías.

June 29th: We introduced the first two variations for the first copla of Sevillanas and added a transition and a llamada to the second letra to our Bulerías.

June 21st was our third workshop session. We worked on two opening llamadas, two letras, and a desplante llamada for Bulerias:

From the June 14th workshop: Bulerias:

opening rhythm, llamada, letra, desplante llamada

From June 7th workshop: Bulerias:

opening rhythm, llamada and letra

When? Saturdays, 3:30 - 5:00 PM,

June 7th through July 26th (8 Weeks)

Where? Pointe by Pointe Dance Studio, 1315 Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 104, South Pasadena, CA 91030

How Much? $100 for the series, or $15 per class ($3 for guitar accompaniment per class for dancers and singers)

Who can come? All skills levels of dancer, singers and guitarists are welcome, from beginning to advanced.

For more information contact Katerina (dance, singing) or Stephen (guitar).

Sevillanas:
The sevillanas is a beautiful dance for couples (bring your sweetie if you wish. Otherwise a sweetie will be provided.)

It's the one dance everybody does at the famous Féria de Sevilla - the spring fair in Seville, Spain. We'll learn all four coplas.

Everyone will learn to sing each copla as dancers learn to dance and guitarists learn to accompany.

Bulerías:
Buleriás is closely identified with the city of Jerez de la Frontera. It's the dance that closes most flamenco shows as dancers,singers and even guitarists step forward to throw out a few steps.

Dancers, guitarists and singers will learn what to do at each point in this exciting dance including the entrada (entrance), llamadas (cues), desplante llamadas (dance cues), letras (songs/dance choreography), escobillas (footwork sequences), and salidas (exits).

Download the Workshop Flyer here.