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Flamenco Got Me Through Career Downtown Eastside

I’ve been thinking a lot about how flamenco and my work were so intricately intertwined. I truly believe I could not have lasted 17 years working in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside if I wasn’t dancing flamenco. Colleagues were often surprised…
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Flamenco Life and Self-Care

I have done various kinds of dancing my whole life, but I started learning flamenco a couple of years ago because I love the combination of feminine flourish and fiery passion that it contains. As I learned more about it I really came to appreciate…
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Studying Online From Prince George

When I moved to Prince George BC I knew that while I was moving to a beautiful place, flamenco classes did not exist. So I decided to offer classes myself. Through a well known dance studio I started to teach courses that were well received…
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Confessions of a Zoom Beginner

Think back to your very first dance class, in which you were probably a hopeful ballerina wearing your very first pair of pale pink slippers. Remember the tall, awkward girl who was always half a beat behind the rest of the class and who was…
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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…
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Flamenco – A Guilty Pleasure

By Elen Ghulam January 20, 2011 This blog is written by my student, Elen, who joined us a few years ago now.  She is a 40 something, white collar, professional, mother of three and tireless blogger with her own website that gets hits…
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My Audition Experience

By Katalina Cruz December 17, 2009 Putting together Solea por Bulerias - November 2009 I remember seeing Kasandra's call for solo auditions in June for our summer El Jaleo de Verano 2009 show.  I was bummed that I couldn't participate. …
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This Thing We Call Bulerias

September 15, 2008 6:00-7:30pm Bulerias por Fiesta Class Observations From The Bench Sitting here on a bench, I can count at least 24 people without moving my head: the largest Bulerías class at Al Mozaico Flamenco Dance Academy in recent…