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August 01, 2005
Taller Flamenco Seville, Day Three
After not getting lost on the walk to the school (another achievement as I usually even get lost walking a straight line), I met the front office staff and they introduced me to the people in my choreography lesson. My timetable is busy; it is after all an intensive course, but pleasant enough and my fellow students are from all over the world.
Spanish is the only language we all have in common and although we speak it to varying degrees of fluency we manage to communicate quite well! Taller flamenco is really friendly and by the end of the day we all know each other by name.
Every day we get technique with Esther Velez, choreography with Lidia Chamero and David Sola teaches us Spanish lessons. David Moran “El Gamba de Jerez” will be teaching us Compás and Palmas (rhythm and clapping) on Wednesdays and Fridays. Our choreography is Bulerías and the class of just eight of us means that Lidia has lots of time to work with each of us individually. We are learning the choreography to taped music, paso by paso; taconeo (footwork) first, arms and hands later. Then, whenever she thinks we are ready, Lidia gets us to speed up the dance (Bulerías is a very fast dance) and then we try dancing what we have learned to the music.
Photo log starts here: Seville August 2005 and ends here
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