This workshop explores flamenco through the festive palos (styles), focusing on rhythm, structure, and improvisation. Ideal for beginners and experienced dancers alike, we’ll work on building confidence with simple steps and using familiar movements to create spontaneous pataítas—so you can dance confidently anywhere, whether at a party or on stage. We’ll also cover footwork, body coordination, and turn technique to refine your movement and expression.
Guitarist: Anthony Tiriti Tran
Singer: Lisa Amaya
Cost: $30
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What is the legacy of the genre/form/style you are teaching?
Flamenco is an eclectic art form originating from the cultural melting pot that was in Andalucia, blending the influences of the Spaniards, Moors, Sephardic Jews, Indians, and Gitanos.
What background, training, and or relationship do you have with this style/technique/class subject?
Cristina Candela is a Flamenco dancer born in Madrid who started to dance in Granada around 1999. After debuting with Ester Marin company in 2005 she moved back to Madrid where she continues learning in Amor de Dios with teachers including Concha Jareño, Rafaela Carrasco, Manuel Liñan, etc.
Her career has developed mostly in Tablaos such as El Patio andaluz, Tarantos, and el Palacio Del Flamenco in Barcelona. She has traveled abroad dancing at La Venta del Toro in Istanbul, el Cortijo in Germany or Alegrias la Nacional and Terraza 7 at New York City among many other places. She has been the headliner in festivals such as Gstaad Yehudi Menuhin fest in Switzerland or Ankara international flamenco fest with her own group.
She is also a performer and dance screen filmmaker, her videos have been featured in festivals around the world, such as Miami Screen Dance Festival and festival de Cine Danza di Modena (Italy). As a performer she is part of laboratorio de investigación del flamenco directed by Juan Carlos Lerida with whom she had performed in Romería de Montjuic and Mundos Paralelos (performance pieces done in Barcelona.)
Her experimental piece NANA, created between Miami and Barcelona and has been performed since 2021.
During this year she has a grant at Santa Monica art center in Barcelona to research performance and how to use it as a social tool.
She is currently based in NYC where she performs in traditional flamenco and flamenco and jazz fusion projects.
Finish this statement: I am passionate about teaching this style because…
…it is my life.
How can students learn more about this offering?
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Website: https://www.clararamona.com/
Contact Information
antonio@flamencoboston.com
