Adela Campallo Summer Workshops
Special thanks to Adela Campallo who came to Vancouver to teach with all her passion and coraje. We enjoyed the workshops very much here and hope you come back to share more with us in the future!
The great bailaora Adela Campallo was in…
Bon voyage Michelle Harding!
Michelle Harding is known for her fiery and passionate baile. One of the teachers at Al Mozaico Flamenco Dance Academy she is beloved by our community! We are proud as she is the recipient of a study grant to further her flamenco journey from…
Learning Bulerias Summer 2016
Mini blog about learning bulerias. This week I spent 3 days doing palmas with people from zero knowledge to people with 5 years experience and everybody learned what they did not know about solea, spb, alegrias and bulerias. I feel like palmas…
Motivation & Inspiration
by Kasandra "La China"
July 18, 2012
Motivation and inspiration were never a problem for me in the years before kids. I went to Spain every year for a couple of months to study with great artists, wandered around Spain, drank a lot…
Flamenco It’s Good To Be Back
By Jana Buhlmann
January 27, 2015
I stepped away from flamenco for a year. It felt sacrilegious to do as such, but I could no longer hear myself. And that was a disservice to the words carved under my collarbones. Pecho Arriba. #ChestHigh
I…
Being a flamenca & the reality of having 2 young kids
By Kasandra La China
April 12, 2012
KIDS = MAKES MY BRAIN LOOPY
So I haven't blogged for a really long time. As I look at the time stamps on my blog page, I realize I haven’t written many blogs since the kids were born and for good…
A Lesson in Coraje
How I Learned to Love - and then Miss - Morning Flamenco
By Michelle Harding
April 1, 2012
I am a flamenca. I perform regularly and keep unconventional hours. When Kasandra proposed teaching a flamenco dance class at 10:30 on Monday…
Crack your Own Whip! – Footwork Bootcamp
By Michelle Harding
August 31, 2011
Flamenco is as challenging as you want to make it. It’s very personal. Wherever you decide to set the bar, it will always come up to meet you with a fresh set of challenges and frustrations.
And…
It’s not really possible to learn Manton in a couple days
but ... no pain no gain and no guts no glory
By Kasandra "La China"
July 21, 2011
Congratulations to all Fandangos con Manton Workshop attendees!
On Day 1, everyone was eager with anticipation as dancers twirled their new or borrowed…
Wow it is possible to dance with Abanico in a couple dayz!
By Kasandra "La China"
July 19, 2011
Congratulations to the Abanico Workshop Attendees! Most people had never used the fan before, although most were experienced dancers. Thirty-two eager attendees crammed into Studio B at Hastings…