Festival de Jerez 2011 offers over 1,000 places for its flamenco dancing courses

Beginners’ courses for seniors are the novelty in this edition, which is to be held from February 25th to March 12th, 2011 in Jerez (Cádiz, Spain)

Registration opens on September 1st, 2010 + information at www.festivaldejerez.es

Complete schedule Flamenco dance courses Special courses for seniors Palmas and compás workshops More information & registration*

Flamenco-world.com, July 2010

The offer of Festival de Jerez’s flamenco dancing courses grows year after year. The next edition, which will take place from February 25th to March 12th, 2010 in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz, Spain), reaches a total of 1,070 places, sixty more than the previous year. During the two weeks of the festival, and at the same time as its show schedule, 44 courses will be held at different studios in the city taught by veteran maestros such as Matilde Coral, Merche Esmeralda and Blanca del Rey, as well as by young instructors of the likes of Joaquín Grilo, Belén Maya, Ángel Muñoz, Alicia Márquez and Olga Pericet, among others. The courses are split up into four levels and have a length of between 10 and 15 hours spread out over 7 days. For the second year, the program also includes two choreography workshops taught by Javier Latorre, which results will be shown on Sala Compañía stage; and four compás and clapping workshops. The novelty of this fifteenth edition is ‘¡Que me quiten lo bailao!’, four special beginners’ flamenco dancing courses for senior students. Registration, which includes attendance to the shows at the Teatro Villamarta, will open on September 1st, 2010.

2010 Festival de Jerez course (Photo Daniel Muñoz)