What's the scope and content of flamenco dance classes for beginners? 💜

"Beginners" for flamenco is a long but very tasteful period! Please be patient, give yourself couple of months and see the miracle happening!  Learning flamenco requires motor skills entailing technique and separated movements (head, arms, hands, torso, waist, hips, legs and feet) which work simultaneously with a mime language that requires artistic expression and rhythm. You will be learning to flamenco way of moving and doing lots of coordination practice. 

Main focus areas are:

Arms: The typical flamenco movement executed using the arms. The movement flows and originates from the centre of the back between the shoulder blades. 

Hands: The hands are moved in circular movements both forwards and backwards.  

Hip movement: Movements that imply pelvic and hip shifting with respect to the upper part of the body. These can be lateral, circular, forwards, backwards or even a combination of these movements. 

Footwork: The action in which the dancer stamps on the floor following the rhythm of the music. It varies depending on both the part of the foot employed to hit the ground and the executed movement. 

Good news! Your flamenco dance teacher is also a yoga instructor! 😉

Being a flamenco dance teacher and yoga instructor at the same time, I make sure you learn the tools to take good care of your muscles and spine. In my flamenco classes I teach you how to effectively warm up and strech, also how to focus on the muscles we actively use while dancing. Because a good dancer is the one who knows how to use her/his body!  ❤️

Just make the first attempt, wear your flamenco shoes, step on the dance floor and let the miracle happen.  

Ole!  

Dilek

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Regarding flamenco shoes and clothing, here is my suggestion list. You can check and decide from where to order. 🥳 Orders from Spain may take time around 2 months but they are good quality. There are also quicker solutions, some options from NL/Belgium/Germany.

https://www.zapatosdebaileflamenco.com/ https://begonacervera.com/ https://www.calzadosenovilla.com/en/ https://www.lunaflamenca.net/ http://www.gallardodance.com/ https://www.casaflamenca.de/ https://www.readytodance.nl/c-4335072/schoenen-met-spijkers/ https://www.modaflamenca.nl/winkel/ https://www.danswinkel.nl/begona-cervera-flamenco-dansschoenen-m04-cruzado-i