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 [...]
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 [...]
Today was all about breaking things apart in my flamenco adventures. Breaking out of a boxed-in way of rehearsing and studying flamenco, and breaking down what flamenco is. It started in the studio: I spent a long time deconstructing my [...]
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 [...]
Thinking back on this year, it feels like there must have been at least a few years packed into the last 365 days. I could measure the year by the number of miles I flew on airplanes, the number of [...]
Late night sound check with Yiyi, Gaspar, and Javier, qué pedazos de músicos! 1. Hang up your costume, and even if someone says they're going to hang it up for you, you'd better just do it yourself ASAP.2. When you're the [...]
