The classes will be held in Seville between September and October 2004,
to coincide with the Festival Bienal de Flamenco

Flamenco-world.com, June 2004

Taller Flamenco increases its commitment to teaching, to coincide with Seville's 2004 Biennial Festival. The Seville-based school, situated in the heart of the barrio de La Alameda, offers four workshops during September and October, with leading names from the flamenco dance scene, aimed at advanced level students. Ángeles Gabaldón, Rafaela Carrasco, Pastora Galván and Belén Maya will make up the elite teaching staff. The academy will also organize special courses entitled ‘Estaciones Flamencas’, ‘Cursos con Mucho Arte’ and ‘Combinaciones de Arte’.

Ángeles Gabaldón, the bailaora sevillana who made her solo début with ‘Inmigración’, will give the first of the workshops. Her course, which focuses on flamenco dance 'por seguiriyas', will run from 13th to 17th September 2004. Rafaela Carrasco takes the baton a few days later with a tarantos course. The bailaora from Seville, whose first creation ‘La música del cuerpo’ received acclaim at the Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid, gives her classes from 20th to 24th September. The next workshop will study tangos, under the watchful eye of Pastora Galván. The bailaora, who'll perform alongside Israel Galván at the 2004 Festival de Alburquerque, will give this course between 27th September and 1st October. It's Belén Maya's job to round off this series of high-level dance workshops. And she'll do so with a dance class 'por alegrías', scheduled to run from 4th to 8th October.

Ángeles Gabaldón (Photo: Daniel Muñoz)

Other flamenco courses

Besides the workshops scheduled to coincide with the 2004 Festival Bienal de Sevilla, Taller Flamenco offers a wide range of special courses, both in flamenco and in Spanish, and catering for all levels of ability. First there's the classes entitled ‘¡Cursos con mucho arte!’ whose aim is to bring together students of all levels and from all over the world between 30th August and 10th September 2004, and between 13th and 24th September, to study flamenco dance forms and technique as they enjoy the offerings at the Bienal.

Then, in November (from 1st to 12th and from 15th to 26th) there'll be a new edition of ‘Combinaciones de arte’, combining classes in baile flamenco, guitar or technique with Spanish language classes. In addition, ‘Estaciones flamencas’ – flamenco seasons - promises three sets of courses each two weeks in length, to coincide with winter (from 1st to 12th March), spring (from 7th to 18th June) and summer (from 2nd to 13th August). The subject material will be Spanish; flamenco dance and technique; and compás and palmas.

More information and enrolment: www.tallerflamenco.com

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