About Portland Flamenco Events

!Ay! !Que bien lo pasamos siempre!

Portland Flamenco Events provides a broad flamenco experience of Community, Instruction & Performance.  Flamenco baile & sevillanas [flamenco and folkloric dance], palmas [rhythm through hand-clapping], live cante [singing], access to cajón and flamenco guitar instruction, juergas [flamenco parties], student shows, workshops with visiting master artists from Spain and around the world & performances within the Pacific Northwest.

We strive to make flamenco accessible to you, having fun along the way.  I am Laura Onizuka, founder of Portland Flamenco Events.  Please use this site as a resource to learn about flamenco happenings here in Portland, Oregon and about flamenco in general.  Stay tuned as the site continues to evolve! 

I’m here to learn and to share what I’ve come to know about flamenco.

Somehow I identify with this form of expression.

It helps me to see myself.  It allows me to get in touch with parts of me that I didn’t know I could.  It introduces me to great people.  It is completely FUN!

I do this flamenco thing because I love…

learning about it
studying it
doing it
enjoying it with others
what it does for my body, my soul, my brain
the challenges it presents to me on sooooo many levels
that the more I learn the more I realize how much I have yet to learn...endless challenge   

I will never be española; I will never be gitana.  I will always just be Laura and feel and express this incredible art form, flamenco, in my way.  Through flamenco, this arte from Spain, I discovered that I feel very me when doing it, when experiencing it.  ¡Me siento muy Laura y me encanta eso!  And I invite you, if you desire, to join me in feeling and expressing it in your way.  Flamenco is not exclusive; if it speaks to you, you can access it.

Thanks so much for visiting.  Muchas gracias por pasar.  Perhaps you’d like to dance or sing, perhaps you’d just like to watch or maybe even just read about flamenco.  Find out about doing any and all of that here.  For up to date info, join the e-news here.  And, for stories, interviews, articles and such, subscribe to the blog!

And Now for a bit more about PFE and how it came into existence…