Service Description

Flamenco Foundations is a class that teaches what I consider to be the rudimentary skills for building your dance and musical training in Flamenco. Whether you are in flamenco for recreation or profession the training should be the same. The goal in the training is to be able to learn and explore all the movements of the upper body, hands, turns and traveling patterns as it relates to the dance. As well, understanding that a dancer is a musician in flamenco and learning how to do all aspects of the footwork in direct relationship to the rhythms and choreographies. Finally, it is essential to understand the context of flamenco in relation to the culture in and outside of Spain. Most importantly, flamenco dancers need to be independent. That means being able to dance on their own and collaborate with live musicians. I like to think of this as dance ecology. Understanding the structure of the song, dance and rhythms will empower your dance and you! The classes are 1.5 hours long as we need this time to work on the different aspects of your dance ecology. There are three levels. Level 1 is for people just starting out and or have some experience in flamenco dance and would like to revise fundamental technique. Level two will look at strength and endurance training in the footwork and also develop the ideas of contractions and line development in the body that is so powerful in Flamenco. Also the sequencing of movement and footwork will become more intricate. The third level is for people who have been dancing for a few years and are able to do contra-tiempo in footwork, Turns and more sophisticated traveling patterns. As well, a big focus is on speed and endurance in footwork and overall understanding of the song in relation to the dance and music. All levels use castanets as part of the training but not necessarily the choreographies. All courses must be paid in advance of the first class via e-transfer to carmen@carmenromero.ca to Confirm your Registration.  Gracias