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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…