There's this amazing thing that happens when you travel almost every day, you lose every sense of time and place. Is it Monday? Or Wednesday? Where were we yesterday? What did I eat for lunch today? It all just seems [...]
The curtain rises and Isaac steps into the pool of light downstage in silence. His feet graze the floor as his sharp turns signal the beginning of Mujeres, the first piece in the show. Gaspar's guitar begins with a slow [...]
On Sunday, we finally had a day off. Woohoo! So what do we do on a day off? Sleep in, do laundry--hooray, no more stinky rehearsal clothes!, pack the company suitcases, pack our own suitcases, run errands, and before we [...]
Photo from Mujeres during the fall 2013 tour. In Spain, I worked on my technique, my arms, clarity in my footwork; my compás greatly improved; my knowledge and understanding of the cante greatly improved. In NYC I go to the studio [...]
"Ouch! My body....Uf! My feet...Ugh, my face!" That was my roommate's reaction when she got up this morning, and I'm not going to lie, I went through those exact same words in my mind when I woke up, got out [...]
Today we began rehearsing at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center. Flamenco Vivo is lucky to be one of the resident companies here. It's a beautiful campus complete with a performance space and several dance studios along with dormitories for the company.A [...]
How do you pack for a month long tour that includes weather with lows predicted in the single digits (upstate NY) and highs around 80 degrees (Palm Beach, FL)? This is how: This was my room while I was in [...]
A well-worn pair of my flamenco shoes. Other than our bodies, the shoes we wear are our most important tool of the trade and a musical instrument. They are works of artisan handicraft on top of that. My very first [...]
A couple of years ago when I decided to fill in my job on Facebook and Linkedin, I decided to refer to everything I do as "freelance," and hence labeled myself a Freelance Flamenco Dancer. At the time, I had [...]
Whenever I am learning a new piece for a performance, there seems to always come a moment when I just wish the steps could magically become ingrained in my body through osmosis from the teacher/choreographer to me. Unfortunately, that's not [...]
