SUNDAY 11:00-12:00PM

June 6th - July 18th

(No classes June 20th & July 4th)

Those interested in exploring flamenco singing are invited to join us in the park Sundays from 11am to 12pm. This is an informal gathering of flamenco cante aficionados, we are supporting each other as we learn more about vocal technique, flamenco rhythm, cante por bulerias, and more.

Location: Outdoors in SE Portland (address provided upon registration)

SUNDAY 12:00-1:00PM

June 6th - July 18th

(No classes June 20th & July 4th)

Come celebrate the joy of bulerias por fiesta! This session we’ll work on a few palmas accompaniment concepts at the beginning of each class before getting our improvisation circle going. Come give por fiesta baile a try in this fun supportive environment. Oleeee!

Location: Outdoors in SE Portland (address provided upon registration)

100% of registration funds raised by this class will go to reopening Espacio Flamenco Studio when safe.

SUNDAY 1:30-2:30PM

June 6th - July 18th

(No classes June 20th & July 4th)

This class provides an opportunity for dancers to develop their understanding of flamenco language through practical application of solo material. Do our llamadas call? Do our cierres cut? Can we respond to changes in the cante, guitar or palmas? The best way to find out is by giving it a try in this supportive space where we can make mistakes and learn from each other. Participants expect to spend about ⅔ of the class time learning to accompany fellow dancers through palmas and jaleos.

By instructor permission only, please inquire if you would like to join. Limited to 3 participants per class, sign up for each class individually. Sliding scale per class: $15-20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

SUNDAY 4:30-5:30PM

June 13th - July 18th

(No class July 4th)

A mantón (large shawl) is an extension of a dancer's lines, bringing focus to alignment and posture. Learn basic technique for dancing with a mantón, and improve your braceo while strengthening your upper body.

Due to limitations with space, we will not work on overhead tricks.

We'll learn various llamadas, marcajes, and remates to dance bulerias with manton!

MONDAY 6:00-7:00PM

June 7th - July 12th

Guitarists it’s time for marcaje bootcamp! This session we’ll put the elements of Solea por Bulerias and Bulerias that we’ve learned over the last year into practice. The class will start with a short technique warm up and then we’ll pick one or two letras to accompany as a group and individually. New guitarists who have prior experience with either Solea por Bulerias or Bulerias are welcome to join the class.

Location: Brenna’s patio in inner SE Portland (address provided upon registration)

TUESDAY 5:30-6:30PM

June 1st - July 13th

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Reduce, reuse, and recycle…

words to live by not just for our planet but also for bulerias improvisation. We’ll use marcajes, remates, and llamadas learned in our previous ZOOM classes in new bulerias sequences. The first 15 minutes of class are dedicated to improving our palmas technique and accompaniment rep.

New dancers are welcome to join this class, previous experience with Bulerias is required.

TUESDAY 6:30-7:30PM

June 1st - July 13th

Baile por Solea por Bulerias often includes an upbeat and theatrical palo seco section por bulerias. This summer we’ll start working with material for this part of the choreography, and we’ll also put together a longer escobilla that will transition us into our bulerias finale.

New dancers with bulerias experience are welcome to join this class.

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​WEDNESDAY 5:00-5:55PM​

June 2nd - July 14th

This summer we’ll continue our study of David Romero’s Solea choreography, learning the end of the second letra and a short falseta section that takes us into the escobilla.

We’ll begin each class dancing all four sevillanas and footwork warm up.

WEDNESDAY 6:00-7:00PM

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THURSDAY 10:00-11:00AM

Our Garrotin with hat is another choreography from the fabulous David Romero. This summer we'll add a short falseta into the 2nd letra. At the beginning of class, we'll focus on technique (body, footwork, vuletas, etc.) specific to the choreography.

Interested in joining? Videos of the previous sections are available.

​WEDNESDAY 6:00-6:55PM​

June 9th - July 14th

In this continuing flamenco guitar class students will focus on developing material for Solea. We will start to string together longer sections of falsetas and marcajes to create beautiful and unique solo pieces.

Nylon string guitar is required. Previous experience with flamenco guitar is recommended.

WEDNESDAY 7:00-7:55PM​

June 2nd - July 14th

A beginning flamenco dance class that focuses on technique including colocacion (body positioning), braceo (arm movement), footwork, marcajes (marking steps), weight changes, vueltas (turns), palmas (clapping), and jaleos (shouts!).

This session we’ll learn a new choreography por Fandangos. New dancers are welcome to join!

​THURSDAY 5:00-6:00PM

June 3rd - July 15th

In this class we will learn a short choreography por Fandangos over the summer. We will use recorded music, but the material will be applicable to live music. Each class will contain a good portion of technique which will be related to the choreographic material.

THURSDAY 6:00-7:00PM

June 3rd - July 15th

This summer we'll add a short falseta into the 2nd letra. At the beginning of class, we'll focus on technique (body, footwork, vuletas, etc.) specific to the choreography.

Ricardo Lopez's choreography to "La Gran Faena" is more modern and not footwork heavy. The body is the star with lyrical marking that requires release/breath.

Interested in joining? Videos of the previous sections are available.