Welcome to Flamenco NI

Lower Garfield Street Belfast will turned into a street in Seville for Culture Night this Friday, 23rd September and the historic Barber Shop will host NI Opera who will perform arias every 30 mins from 6pm. In addition FlamencoNI will provide live Flamenco dancing including the very popular fiesta dance – Sevillanas. Get dressed up in your Flamenco/Gypsy best and come down and join us for an evening of fiery fun at the fiesta….

We have a wonderful lineup of workshops for the weekend of 29th/30th January with an introduction to Flamenco singing, an introduction to Flamenco dancing and an intermediate Flamenco dance workshop for the more advanced dancers.  All classes will be taught by Magda Navarette www.boleros.pl who is coming to Belfast especially to teach this workshop. Magda is very busy touring and working on bringing out her new cd so we are very lucky she will be able to teach this weekend.

All classes will be held at the new Crescent Arts Center. The singing Classes will be held in workspace 3 and dance classes in the Helen Lewis studio.

Sign up and pay for workshop using paypal below or for other means of payment text 07746622821.

Class level with price for both days

Singing Class £30.00 Beginner Class £30.00 Intermediate Class £60.00 Total Workshop £115.00 Singing Student £24.00 Beginner Student £24.00 Intermediate Student £48.00 Full workshop Student £90.00

Many thanks to all for your continued support and encouagement throughout 2010. FlamencoNI wishes you a very safe and warm holiday season and a happy 2011.

Don’t forget you can now enroll online for all new 2011 classes offered through the Crescent Arts Centre.

For Beginners go to;

https://crescentarts.ticketsolve.com/shows/126511135/events

and for elementary go to;

https://crescentarts.ticketsolve.com/shows/126511136/events

October 15th, 16th and 17th with Santiago Peña who is coming directly from Spain to teach these workshops. Two levels will be offered in these workshops – a Beginner/Elementary class and an Intermediate class.

The Beginner Class will start on Saturday at 11.30 am and will run from 11.30am – 1.30 on Saturday and Sunday.

The Intermediate Class will start on Friday evening and will run from 6.30 – 8.30 pm. On Saturday and Sunday it will run from 1.30 – 3.30 pm.

Santiago Peña was born in Arcos de la Frontera, a town with strong flamenco roots and traditions, 20 minutes  from Jerez, the cradle of flamenco.  Santiago started dancing at the age of 5, when he won his first trophy for sevillanas. He went  on winning prizes (90 or so) and began dancing flamenco seriously at 12 years of age, performing in a cuadro flamenco with his sister.  He studied first with Chari Zapata and Maria Barba in Arcos, and then with la Chiqui de Jerez and Andres Peña, his cousin – one of the foremost dancers of flamenco puro today- with whom he has also performed.  Santiago has danced throughout the province of Cadiz and in Malaga, Sevilla, Cordoba, Valencia and Barcelona.  He has been teaching flamenco for 6 years.

“When I dance, everything around me stops – I don’t dance, I feel.”  In his teaching, Santiago hopes to inspire students of all levels to love, feel and express themselves in flamenco.
All classes will be held at the Spectrum Centre www.spectrumcentre.com. Please wear flamenco shoes, character dance shoes or shoes/boots with a block heel – no stilettos, sandals or trainers may be worn.

BRITAIN AND IRELAND’S BIGGEST DANCE SHOW IS BACK FOR A SECOND SERIES

AND WE WANT TO SEE YOUR MOVES!

DAVINA MCCALL will once again host the competition where you could win the life-changing sum of

£250,000!

ashley banjo, kimberly wyatt & adam GARCIA WILL RETURN AS JUDGES

FOR YOUR CHANCE TO BECOME

‘GOT TO DANCE’ CHAMPION 2011

AND WIN £250,000

APPLY NOW at:

www.sky.com/dance

Open to ALL ages and ALL styles of dance

***AUDITIONS ARE IN JULY & AUGUST 2010***

If you don’t have internet please call 0207 985 1920

Felipe will again be coming from Spain for this workshop which will be held on 16th May in the beautiful new studio of the Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Road, Belfast www.crescentarts.org.

The beginner dance class will run from 1-2pm, technique class will run from 2-3 pm and is good for all including complete beginners who have had no dance or previous flamenco dance experience.

The Intermediate class will now run from 3 – 5pm and is open to Flamenco dancers with at least 2 years of Flamenco dance experience. We will start a new choreography, Tientos, in this class so for elementary dancers who want to move up this is a good month to start.

Please wear flamenco shoes, character dance shoes or shoes/boots with a block heel – no stilettos, sandals or trainers may be worn.

FlamencoNI and King Street Arts present our first Flamenco Tablao (party) night on Friday April 9th, 8pm. You are invited to come along and party with us.

This is not a formal evening and there will be no dance performance but there will be loads of Flamenco music and opportunities to dance Sevillanas, Fandangos, Bulerias or whatever else takes your fancy.

If you who have never danced the popular Spanish folk dance, Sevillanas, join Maureen for an Introduction Class at 8pm before the night kicks off.

Maureen (Maria Teresa) Connolly is an experienced flamenco dance teacher and has been teaching Flamenco dance for many years. The class is a one hour long and aimed at those who have never danced before or anyone who wants to try Flamenco or learn Sevillanas.

Here’s a little information on Sevillanas:
Sevillanas are a set of dances that form the core of Spanish folk dance. They are danced at ferias,weddings, and many other social events in Spain, and the stepsare the building blocks of flamenco.
Some flamenco enthusiasts insist that sevillanas are not flamenco but the dances are still taught to beginning flamenco students to help prepare them for the more difficult freestyle forms of flamenco.

Sevillanas are danced face-to-face with a partner to sevillana music, which is in three-quarter time. For public performance women often wear the beautiful polka-dot flamenco costumes; the dramaticturns and passes of sevillanas are emphasized by the colorful ruffled dresses. Unlike many folk dances, arm work in sevillanas is just as important and can be just as complicated as footwork. Despite this, you shouldn’t worry too much if you jump into a sevillana only to stumble through it. As with other folk dances, sevillanas are supposed to be fun. Getting to where you’re supposed to be is more important than how you get there.

So if you don’t know Sevillanas already – take the lesson – no partner is necessary but if you know the dance already come along and have fun with it or any other Flamenco dance you want to do.

BYOB, snacks, friends and yourself. Flamenco attire is encouraged and will add to the ambience of our tablao flamenco for the evening.

The cost for the Sevillanas lesson is £8.00 and includes admission to the party. If you wish to only take the lesson it will be £5.00. Admission to the tablao is £4.00.  Sign up using Paypal below or  alternatively, you can pay on the night if you want to just drop in.

Lesson payment

Sevillanas Lesson & Party £8.00 Sevillanas Lesson only £5.00