Performance Abrepaso Flamenco tablao with Alex Conde (guest jazz and flamenco pianist, composer, producer and educator coming from Madrid, Spain), Marija Temo (singer), Patrick Duke Graney (percussionist), and Alice Blumenfeld (dancer). Looking forward to this unique collaboration! Thank you Alice Blumenfeld!
February 15
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Bop Stop 2920 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216-771-6551
Flamenco Structure & Application with Marija Temo (for all level dancers, guitarists, and singers learning together)
4 weeks, Thursdays: 1/9, (1/16- skip), 1/23, 1/30, 2/6
7-8p.m Structure- Alegrias
8-9p.m Application -Alegrias or palo of your choice
Fee: $70 per wkshp or package of 4 wkshps $250
Location: The Studio – Independence, 6928 Hillside Rd, Independence, OH 44131
Payment: Venmo: @Marija-Temo-1 or Zelle info@marijatemo.com and label OH wkshp (to avoid fees, click on friends & family and avoid goods and services)
No refunds
Questions: contact info@marijatemo.com
Description: A four week flamenco workshop series with dancers, singers, and guitarists learning structure and application together. Dancers learn aspects on how to effectively convey llamadas, mark salidas and letras, position your body that asks for a falseta, communicate your tempo and rhythmic pulses, and effectively go from the 1 to the 12 in an escobilla or subida. Guitarists learn how to accompany dancers and singers with proper strumming patterns and chords with these topics, and singers learn how to effectively and communicatively sing the letra in this interactive experience. Note: All disciplines can focus more on the interactive and application process if they have pre-learned steps, guitar, or singing material but not essential.
Marija’s Communication Course was offered for 10 years consecutively at the University of New Mexico International Flamenco Festival, at the Toronto International Flamenco Festival, and reviewed in magazines such as Flamenco USA, Flamenco International (London, England), and Dance Magazine.
This 7 week course will give a confident way to execute bulerias por fiesta in a live setting with any dancer, guitarist, and singer. A breakdown of an essential format used in bulerias will be taught. An added opportunity, this course invites dancers, guitarists, and singers individually or combined to present live or in video any part of your choreography, accompaniment, and letra (verse). A coaching will be given in revealing the understanding and improvements needed to execute your steps, letra, and accompaniment clearly. Looking forward to helping build your knowledge and confidence in performing bulerias.
Topics include in this order:
Rhythmic patterns
Typical fundamental rhythmic patterns that are used in all disciplines and how to recognize them and accompany them.
Entradas and Falsetas
The singers intro. Learn what to convey and listen for in order to know when to enter, follow, and close.
Llamada (Call)
The types of rhythmic calls used, their purpose, and where they are placed
Letra (verse)
A typical letra (verse) with a breakdown on it’s structure, what to listen for in order to follow it, and how to anticipate if a singer will make a change.
Desplante (Calll)
A type of rhythmic call used, its purpose, and where it is placed
Pataita (small footwork or climactic section)
Salida (the dancer’s exit with a singer’s specific melody to exit. How to dance, call the singer in, accompany and end.
Final wkshp day: Run the structure, putting the pieces together.
Theme: Flamenco letras for all non-singers & singers
Course Description: Estribillos in Tangos, Bulerías, and Other Palos with Marija Temo
Learn some flamenco letras.
Learn some vocal technique: how to breathe and support your singing, develop good sound and control, and a general range on where you sing to tell your guitarist where to play
Learn the rhythm and structural melody notes in order to execute with clarity and leadership.
For all those interested in flamenco dance, guitar, and singing, this live forum is to provide a platform to discuss topics of your choice, ask questions to the group, problem solve together, share your experiences, or just sit back and listen. Grab your lunch or a coffee and join “Let’s Talk Flamenco”!
Participants: I welcome your topics and questions on the fb event page. All questions are welcomed from the simplest to more advanced such as:
What is a palo and how do I start learning flamenco?
How do I practice when I don’t have a flamenco community to work with?
How can I improve my skills when I only have recordings or method books?
How do I make the material I learn from workshops work with dancers, guitarists, and singers?
How do I get the guitarist to hit the correct chords when I sing?
How can I respond to cante without getting stuck in my choreography?
What do I change in my playing to better accompany a dancer?
