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Pregnancy & Flamenco – The Delicate Flower

“YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO.” I heard this sentiment so many times from even those people closest to me whenever I said that I planned to keep dancing throughout my pregnancy. Horror stories were told to me about swelling, not being able to…
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Birth Announcement – El Chinito

Last pregnancy blog from me! By Kasandra “La China” April 20, 2010 Baby came out before I could blog the last few weeks of pregnancy.  Oh well.  All I have to say was the final 3 weeks was absolutely horrible because I caught a…
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Pregnant Again

Almost 23 weeks, past halfway mark, second trimester! By Kasandra “La China” December 28, 2009 Everybody's sleeping except me.  Again.  I'm always waking up around 3 or 4am these dayz. I am already more than halfway through…
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Flamenco Life after Baby

Thoughts about the last couple of months By Kasandra “La China” July 22, 2008 4:48am At Home Everybody is sleeping except me... What can I say?  My blog productivity is way down because I don't know where my spare time has gone. …
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Pregnancy & Flamenco – Part 4

Thoughts about the third trimester - Months #7 to #8 Still dancing, still teaching! By Kasandra “La China” April 9, 2008 Well, I'm at home in Vancouver, BC again and have been teaching my regular 9 classes a week.  Usually I teach…
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Pregnancy & Flamenco – Part 3

Thoughts about Months #6 to #7 Getting bigger, still dancing! Written by Kasandra from Jerez de la Frontera, Spain March 6, 2008 Last summer, I signed up for a couple of dance workshops at the Festival de Jerez.  The Festival de Jerez…
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Pregnancy & Flamenco – Part 2

Thoughts about Months #5 to #6 Todavia no hay problema! Written by Kasandra La China from HOME, Vancouver, BC February 1, 2008 If you are a dancer considering having a baby or if you are pregnant wondering if you should do flamenco,…
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Pregnancy & Flamenco – Part 1

Thoughts from Months #1 to #4 No sweat! Written by Kasandra La China from Maui, Hawaii January 9, 2008 At the time of this blog, I am approaching 20 weeks of pregnancy, which is the halfway mark to having a baby.  At this point, I'd…
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Finding Balance: Being a New Mom doesn’t mean you can’t do Flamenco!

By Monica Perez-Laurin November 23, 2007 This blog is by Monica, aka La Monica or La Gimpa. She responded to my first flamenco dance poster posted at Coquitlam Spa Lady and she was in my first inaugural flamenco class ever, taught in a…