Spain 2011

Guest Post – Embracing Bulerías: Challenge and Progress in Andalucía

Below Diana Welch, Oregon photographer, writer, videographer and flamenca shares one of her experiences with bulerías last Spring during her time in Jerez.  Reading her story brought back memories of practicing with her in the living room, kitchen, wherever we could make it work.  I also remember that she took a bus for about an [...]

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Transitions

So my biggest issue with bulerías when I got to Jerez was the transitions.  Well, ok, that’s not really true, my biggest issue after fear.   But about the transitions, it was like all of a sudden I couldn’t see them. And I didn’t know what to do. It was my first time in Ana María [...]

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A Few Cositas About Bulerías

Ok, so getting back to bulerías… I already told you about how I happened to get hooked on bulerías.  And there are many stories to go along with that.  Both Happy Tales (like seeing El Torta perform in Jerez last April…in a place I wasn’t supposed to be, but where I went anyway) and Horror [...]

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And it’s Fear, Yet Again

I guess you could say I was kind of consumed with fear during my time in Jerez.  I did things anyway, but I also didn’t do things. Below is an excerpt (with some side notes) written during my first week alone there.  For those who are new to this blog, I had been in Jerez [...]

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So Here’s the Thing About Sevillanas (& my weird way of explaining them)

Summer (and it’s still summer) has been fun and funny in Sevillanas class, and I mean funny in a good way. Funny laughing a lot while dancing with partners… And trying to remember what step to do when while looking directly at someone as opposed to looking at yourself in the mirror Or doing the [...]

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Being in Class with Mercedes

“I want to be in class with Mercedes ALL of the time.“  That is what I wrote in my journal on April 13.  But let’s go back in time. I came back to Jerez on Friday, March 25 and began investigating classes to take. But I secretly didn’t want to go to any. A week [...]

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Marco Flores – Una Entrevista

Find out what Marco Flores had to say in March during the 2011 Festival de Jerez about his life as a flamenco dancer.  (I have a lot to thank this guy for – Aside from being a wonderfully inspiring teacher, Marco helped make it possible for me to travel to Spain this year.  – ¡Muchos [...]

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Lessons from First Graders y Más

Ok, so I’m not in Flamenco Land anymore, but here is más o menos what I’ve been up to in Portland flamenco-wise during the month of June, followed by a little taste of what my friends were busy with in Jerez. Getting Back to Regular Classes I was beyond excited to begin teaching again, inspired [...]

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Sevillanas are Back

I am very excited to be teaching Sevillanas again.  And, I am newly energized after recently having danced them at the Fería de Caballo in Jerez,  In fact, my time there inspired me to teach Sevillanas al estilo de Jerez.  Perhaps you’re wondering what that means.  Perhaps you’re worried about what that means.  Perhaps you’re [...]

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Guest Post – The Mystique of Jerez

GUEST POST This article comes to you from Diana Welch, Oregon photographer, writer, videographer and flamenca. Reflections on her time in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain in April.   May 31, 2011 When I first heard that Laura was going to be in Spain for a few months, I wanted to be there, too. Images [...]

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