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Learning Flamenco and Spanish in Seville

Taller Flamenco offers Estaciones de flamenco three times a year in March, June and August. They hold other special courses and workshops at all levels throughout the year (there’s a great one in September to coincide with Seville's big bienal flamenco festival and if you want you can even do both during the duration of the special courses.

Estaciones is an intensive flamenco course with a fairly casual and unstructured Spanish lessons. If you want to combine structured, intensive or just more Spanish with your flamenco, Don Quijote Language School is a short walk away and provides excellent daily lessons in an open environment. For a more laid back holiday you could take group Spanish classes at Don Quijote along with their tri-weekly flamenco lessons. There are also loads of local flamenco teachers with good reputations who usually teach new choreographies from the beginning of each month. Many, such as Mercedes Ruiz, are internationally famous.

However, the higher levels of these classes are very demanding and you won’t get Taller Flamenco’s friendly atmosphere. All schools and teachers are listed in the free magazines available in bars and restuarants, and there are always posters advertising flamenco courses on the wall of the “Asociacion Cultura Antigua de Seville” on Calle San Luis.

Hotel Alfonso XIII is easily the best hotel in Sevillle, a less expensive hotel close to the school is Hotel Patio de la Alameda and both Taller Flamenco and Don Quijote can help with lodgings.

Posted by carole at August 13, 2005 11:55 PM