💫Welcome to a brand new year.💫
Let’s start things off by celebrating some happy flamenco memories from the past year.
Below I share some of my favorite flamenco experiences from 2025. I would love to hear about some of your favorites too!
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Below enjoy ten classic flamenco dance clips,
One for (almost) every decade of the 20th century.
You'll see Rosario y Antonio, La Argentinita, José Greco, Vicente Escudero, Sarita Heredia, Lola Flores, Antonio Gades, Laura del Sol, José Antonio, Manuela Vargas, and some very old footage of gitanas from El Sacromote including La Chata la Jampona.
Get to know Emilio Ochando!
Emilio and I jumped onto Instagram and did a quick live upon his arrival to Portland this evening.
Check it out here
Check out Emilio Ochando rehearsing with Yoel Vargas for Flamenco Vivo’s Quinto Elemento:
Flamenco class should be fun.
If we don’t enjoy the learning process we get blocked and struggle.
Find teachers who inspire you,
I asked Cristina Hall to tell me about her creative process:
“It’s always very different…
When I asked Cristina Hall what piece of advice she could offer flamenco dance students she told me she didn’t like giving advice “because I think it’s all relative; who am I to say anything?”
Still, she was willing to recommend the following:
First she encouraged listening to a lot of music,
There aren’t many people from outside of Spain who would tell you they knew they wanted to dedicate themselves to flamenco before even having taken their first class.
But that is what happened with Cristina Hall.
Here are five classic clips in celebration of El Día Internacional del Flamenco,
A day to celebrate, honor and raise awareness about the art of flamenco.
No time to watch right now?
Bookmark this post to come back to when you’re in need of some flamenco inspiration.
My dad has always been my biggest fan.
He regularly showered me with compliments, deserved or not.
He believed in me from the very beginning of this flamenco endeavor.
He believed in me during the times I didn’t believe in myself.
Flamenco lovers from throughout the US and Canada gathered for what was an incredible flamenco weekend with Mercedes Ruiz and Santiago Lara.
Here’s a summary of our workshops with these two incredible flamenco artists in images:
Enjoy this sneak peek into tech rehearsal with flamenco dancer, Mercedes Ruiz.
In the clip she dances to the guitar of Manuel Morao, a prominent guitarist from Jerez de la Frontera whose company she danced with when she was just six years old!
Below find fifteen flamenco baile and cante videos in celebration of El Día Internacional Del Flamenco,
A day to celebrate, honor and raise awareness about the art of flamenco.
Enjoy the following live Q & A with flamenco dancer, singer and cajón player, Manuel Gutierrez, where he shares all about his love of collaboration, performing, improvising, and teaching:
One of the best, and sometimes unexpected, gifts flamenco gives us is friendship.
I’ve met and become friends with many incredible people along my flamenco journey;
I know you have as well.
It’s the first day of the new year, which means it’s time to reflect.
Let’s start with celebrating our happy flamenco memories from this past year!
What flamenco moments stood out for you?
Here are some of my favorite flamenco experiences from the past year.
The great Manolete, Manuel Santiago Maya, passed away on September 12, 2022.
I have often wondered if the teacher with the bastón in that first flamenco video I saw that called me to this art form was Manolete, as he was so well known for his bastón…
In Manolete’s honor,
Here are ten videos in celebration of El Día Internacional Del Flamenco,
A day to celebrate, honor and raise awareness about the art of flamenco.
Don’t have time to watch all of the videos now?
Bookmark this page to come back to when you need some flamenco inspiration.
It is with deep sadness that I share with you that on May 24th, 2022, my mother passed away.
To honor my mom’s memory, I want to tell you a bit about the role she played in my flamenco journey.
My mom had an enormous impact on my life, as most mothers do…
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“I never made a conscious choice to pursue flamenco. I was born in a place (Jerez) and into a family where flamenco was a natural part of life,” - David Lagos
Enjoy this brief video interview to learn more about one of the foremost flamenco singers of today, David Lagos, winner of the Premio Andaluz del Flamenco,