6:00 - 7:30pm Fiesta Style Bulerías
City Dance School
32 Otis Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
THURSDAY Evenings (workshop sessions)
6:30 - 7:30pm Beginning Technique
7:30 - 8:30pm Beginning Choreography
Mission Cultural Center
2868 Mission Street
San Francisco CA, 94110
FRIDAY Evenings (workshop sessions)
6:30 - 8:00pm Beg/Inter Technique & Choreography
8:00 - 9:30pm Inter/Adv Technique & Choreography
San Francisco Dance Center
26, 7th St., 5TH Floor (near Market St.)
San Francisco, CA
Please contact Jamille for more information and to register:
Phone (831) 238-2132
E-mail: classes@latania.org
For classes at the Mission Cultural contact them directly at:
(415) 821-1155
More information at www.latania-flamenco.com
Beginning Technique (Thursday evenings)
This class mainly focuses on learning all the basic
techniques such as taconeo (footwork), brazeo
(arm-work), colocacion (form), vueltas (turns),
compass (rhythm) required before learning flamenco
choreographies. Recommended for someone who has never
studied flamenco.
Beginning Choreography
This class is for students that have had at least six months of beginning technique. Through choreography the student begins to learn the basics of the traditional flamenco movements as well as an understanding of the basic flamenco musical styles (palos).
Beginning/Intermediate level (Friday evenings)
This class covers all the basic techniques as in the
beginner class but at a more advanced pace. In
addition to the technique, a choreography will be
taught in which the student will learn the traditional structure for "cuadro" (traditional structure) dancing. At the completion of the choreography there will be a singer so the student can get a full
understanding of the interaction of a dancer with thesinger. This class has guitar accompaniment.Thestudent must have had at least one year of flamenco dance training. Evaluations will be made at the beginning as to
whether the student can be placed in a different class
level.
Intermediate/Advanced (Friday evenings)
This class covers technique at a more advanced level.
Choreographies will be taught that can be performed at
a semi-professional or professional level. Students
are guided to get a deeper understanding of flamenco
dance structure and learn communication skills with
the guitarist and singer. Recommended for intermediate
to advanced students only. This class has guitar
accompaniment. Evaluations will be made at the
beginning as to whether the student can be placed in a
different class level.
Bulerķas (Tuesday evenings)
Bulerķas is one of the most complex palos (rhythms).
Improvisational skills are a must. This class is
designed to train dancers to interact with the
guitarist and singer in a spontaneous way. Steps and
structure are taught so the dancers have a base to
work off. Eventually, the students learn how to
organize their own dance on the spot and improvise
interpreting the cante (song). This gives the students
the skills to really listen to the guitar and singing,
which will also be useful for an overall understanding
of how this art form works in general. A flamenco
dancer must always have bulerķas in their repertoire
to perform. Bulerķas originated as a festive dance. It
continues to be the highlight of fiestas or juergas.
This class is not recommended for beginners, six
months of flamenco technique training is recommended.
Male and female dancers are welcome to all classes and
ages 12+.
PERFORMANCE OPORTUNITIES
La Tania will be presenting the very first annual student show for all her students in May of 2009.
There will be an end of semester performance at the Mission Cultural Center for the Beginning Choreography students at the end of the semester in June and another in December.
Men: Comfortable pants
Women: full, ankle-length skirts are suitable for beginners.
SHOES
Street shoes with a black sole and 1-2 inch heel are suitable for beginners.
Use a shoe with a hard sole, such as a loafer. No soft rubber soles, as found on tennis shoes.