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 [...]
As many of you know, I perform at a lot of school-shows and lecture-demonstration performances. And one question that constantly comes up is whether we do other types of dance or just flamenco. For quite a while, I identified myself [...]
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, [...]
In the 21st century, with Facebook and Instagram and all the other social media sites, we've gotten used to instant gratification. We post a picture of ourselves, what we're eating, something funny, etc., and immediately at least a dozen people [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
