Antonio el Pipa directs the 2009 Flamenco Seminar in Havana. From September 21st to 27th, the Cuban capital hosts the seventh edition of the Flamenco Seminar, which is organized by the Junta de Andalucía in collaboration with the Cuban National Ballet Dance Institute. The training program includes workshops on baile, cante, toque and compás which, with fifteen hours of class each, will be taught by the Jerez-born bailaor himself and by the members of his company, which has been on tour over the past few seasons with shows such as ‘De tablao’. The seminar concludes with a final students gala scheduled for September 27th at Havana’s Gran Teatro. Artists like Mario Maya, Cristina Hoyos, Israel Galván, Rocío Molina, Gerardo Núñez, Alfredo Lagos, Segundo Falcón and Diego Carrasco have already taken part as maestros in previous editions of this encounter between the cultures of Cuba and Andalusia.