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Covid Blog Day 36 – Life of a Flamenco Dancer

I guess 36 days warrants a thought blog. Yes, I know I owe a decade’s worth of blogs so I must be in an introspective state to get this far. We are in the middle of a great pandemic. World pandemic. I didn’t even know it was possible to…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…