Educational Presentations for Children and Adults
Flamenco Amazement is a lecture-presentation with active audience participation, featuring Marija Temo as a flamenco/classical guitarist, flamenco singer, and dancer. This program can also include an additional flamenco dancer. Flamenco Amazement is offerred to Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, Colleges, Library Programs, Retirement Programs, Children and Adult Music Series Programs.
Temo traces the lineage of how flamenco began and demonstrates emotions explored through some of the flamenco forms. She explains and shows the different types of fiery strumming patterns and techniques used in flamenco guitar playing as well as some of the rhythms used in flamenco music. Temo also discusses the technique of flamenco singing and dance and demonstrates them. Audiences participate in learning flamenco handclap rhythms and shouting flamenco words of encouragement. They also learn to sing a flamenco melody accompanied by Temo, try a few dance steps with costume props, and accompany one another with flamenco handclap rhythms.
Flamenco Amazement has been presented in venues such as the Backyard Theatre at Strathmore Hall (Bethesda, MD); the Harmony Hall Concert Series (Fort Washington, MD); the Prince George’s County Libraries; Revere Middle and High School (Bath, OH), Westminster College, (Westminster, MD); The Siena School (Silver Spring, MD), The Wakefiled School (The Plains, VA), St. Albans School (Washington D.C.), and in the US and abroad.
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FLAMENCO AMAZEMENT PRESS QUOTES
"...Marija Temo wowed Revere Middle and High schools students with her flamenco/classical guitar/dance demonstration. She had her audience of energetic teens singing in Spanish, tapping their shoes and clapping their hands at the passion and rhythm of the music." - The Bath Country Journal, Bath, OH
"The session culminated with several boys volunteering to perform a simple song and dance on stage. The students, who wore coloreful attire for an authentic flamenco look, were accompanied by the rhythmic clapping of the audience." - The Bulletin, St. Albans School.
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