Early morning. Pull myself out of bed. Stumble to the bathroom. Splash some water on my face. Get dressed. Grab my bag with my costume and shoes, and my castanets--did I remember to pack my castanets last night? I hope [...]
I've been a bit un-inspired in my blog writing recently, hence no blog posts for a bit too long. So I thought an interesting topic would be inspiration to dancers and choreographers. The past few months, I've been so busy [...]
When we get to a new theater, one of the first things we ask is, "How is the floor?" It's kind of like asking how the weather is. If one of the dancers has a chance to see the stage [...]
Just a couple weeks ago, the winners of the Carlota Santana Choreography Prize at the Choreography Certamen in Madrid came to NYC to set a new work on the company. The residency lasted two weeks and they set a new [...]
Something that fascinates me about flamenco is the syllables that dancers use to sing the rhythms we make with our feet. When dancers break down steps to teach someone or show a musician, we tend to not just do the [...]
The dance world is tough. Being a dancer is grueling and stressful, and anything but easy. So why make it any harder than it already is? Having great compañeras makes it a bit easier...Sharing a space the size of a [...]
One of the best bits of advice I've received was after my last class with Andrés Marín before leaving Spain. I'd spent the last ten months or so studying at his studio, Flamenco Abierto, in Sevilla with the funding of [...]
When I don't have time to write a blog entry it's usually because I am so busy and so immersed in these so-called flamenco adventures. That, or my mind is a jumbled mess outside of the stage or studio. Recently, [...]
Most flamencos know the frustration when an audiences tries to clap along with the complicated flamenco rhythms. This ocurred last night during the opening number of the performance, an intricate seguiriya rhythm. I thought to myself, uh-oh, hopefully they can't keep [...]
Here's a question we've received a couple of times at school shows: are you family/related? Or the title of this post, which we got after the show in Kilmarnock, VA. I laughed a bit at that question, but it really [...]
