![]() ![]() They perform at venues such as weddings, wineries, corporate functions, restaurants etc and most recently at The Lantern Club at Roselands. Pasion Flamenco has a professional group of dancers that perform in venues around New South Wales. Do you provide performance opportunities for your students? Definitely, the best form of improvement comes when dancers perform on a regular basis, putting their hard-earned skills to the test. Final training would require the student to prepare their own choreographies which can only be enhanced by study in Spain with various teachers. It is a structured way of learning this dance form and levels range from Para Ninos (children) up to Teacher Qualification levels. I am the representative in Australasia for Alianza Flamenco which is an international training method currently taught in Australia, Spain, England, Greece, Malta, Italy and Singapore. ![]() What classes and training methods do you offer? Pasion Flamenco Dance Studio offers classes to all ages from 6 to over 60. What made want to open up your own Flamenco dance studio? I had just returned from living in Greece for approximately 13 years (being of Greek origin) and having lived and studied in both Greece and Spain I decided to return to my second homeland and family with new husband in toe to open my own studio and share the knowledge I had learnt through my training and flamenco company work. This combined with open classes in various flamenco rhythms provides students with a solid foundation to continue in flamenco growth. I use a training method called Alianza Flamenca which is a methodical way of learning flamenco techniques, gradually increasing in difficulty, length and knowledge of ‘compas’. I pride myself in preparing students with correct techniques in footwork, castanents, manton (shawl work), bata de cola, and abanico (fan) to start their flamenco journey. ![]() Where can one learn how to dance Flamenco?Īt my school of course! Pasion Flamenco Dance Studio. I then moved to Greece and sought out flamenco schools where I trained as a base but constantly travelling to Spain for long stints of living and studying in Spain with master teachers at Amor de Dios in Madrid, Granada, Sevilla, Cadiz and Jerez de la Fronteria in Andalucia. When and where did you learn how to dance Flamenco? I started in Australia attending every class I could afford with Antonio Vargas. Since then I have had many inspirational teachers in Spain studying with Juana Amaya, Marolo Marin, La Tati, Paloma Gomez, Domingo Ortega, Carmela Greco and Antonio Canales. What inspired you to dance Flamenco? Initially it was Antonio Vargas at The Mill at Newtown – I attended one of his classes as something to do and the flamenco germ set in for life. What is Flamenco dancing? Flamenco Dancing is an art form expressed through dance to try to express life’s experiences and deepest emotions by using body movements and facial expressions complimented by a number of years of technical training. ![]()
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