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Flamenco For Beginners

Highly trained and acclaimed Flamenco Dancer and Teacher,Gloria Maria, is your Instructor. She studied at (a) the Academia de Baile Flamenco de Manuel Betanzos in Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain, (b)the National Flamenco Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and
(c)for years under the guidance of World Class Flamenco Guitarist, Juan Serrano. If you listen and follow her helpful advice, you will learn how to do colorful, basic, beginning, technical moves that
comprise the Flamenco dance. This includes:

COMPAS - the rhythm or rhythmic measure of the music.
EL MARCAO - marking with a specific dance movement to
the COMPAS.
FLOREO - expressing and marking dance movement with
hands and fingers to the rhythmic measure.
LLAMADA - a call or sign for the singer or guitarist
to enter into the mix of the number.
BRAZEO - Circular, diagonal, lateral and vertical arm
movement to the COMPAS.
TACONEO - Flamenco footwork
PATA DE MULA – “Foot of a Mule,” a colorful, hard foot
step to the music.
BRINCOS – Hopping as part of the dance to the Flamenco
rhythm.
Gloria Maria's Flamenco instruction is followed by
footage of her gracefully performing, accompanied by
Palmist Rosalina, itself a treat for dance lovers
and students of the dance..