2009 Guajiras Schedule

ALL TUITION IS NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-TRANSFERABLE.

ALL TUESDAY CLASSES HELD AT SEVERAL DANCERS  CORE. WEEKEND INTENSIVE HELD AT DECATUR BALLET & GUITAR DECATUR.  ALL VENUES ARE IN DOWNTOWN DECATUR.

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Note, this will be a small workshop, so spaces for guitarists, singers and dancers are extremely limited.  

This 10-week session kicks off with a weekend intensive taught by Marija Temo, who plays flamenco guitar, sings flamenco and can also dance flamenco.  WOW! All this in one person?! Yes, and to you it means: Marija can teach you how to use in a live flamenco setting (AKA cuadro) the steps, chords, songs, technique, etc. that you have spent time learning.  Thus, you gain the knowledge needed to become an accompanist - as a dancer, a guitarist or a singer - in flamenco.   

We'll have her for two days on July 18 & 19 to get introduced to guajiras, a love-infused  palo with origins in Cuba, as well as Spain.  She'll teach the guitarists how to do their thing while the dancers and singers watch, taking in knowledge *about* how to play guitar, but not necessarily learning to do it themselves.  Then, Marija will teach the singers how to do their thing, again with the guitarists and dancers looking on.  Then, the guitarists, singers and dancers (who already have a bag of tricks from weekly class), will get together for a "cuadro class," in which they'll work together to create flamenco in the live environment.  We'll all be equipped for the cuadro class, because we've cross-trained (albeit on a broad level) by watching the "other classes."  And, yes, if you want to learn to do more than one thing,  you can!  Take this opportunity to learn to dance - and sing - guajiras.  Or play - and dance - guajiras.  or play - and sing - guajiras.  Or go for the Marija Temo approach and set your sights on all 3! (smile) 

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Following the intensive, we'll continue practicing, as a group, Marija's lessons in weekly Tuesday night classes, plus we'll add to it until we have a full piece that we will perform in Sept. and Oct.  This is not a flamenco dance class - it's a flamenco class.  Dancers will use a fan and should provide their own fans.  Inquire for assistance with ordering a fan.   (NOTE: Performance is NOT a requirement of the course.)  Tues. classes meet at 8-9:30 PM at Several Dancers Core.  Inquire about directions & free parking.

Tuition for the 10-week course + the intensive is $250.  Sorry, there is no partial tuition.  There will be live accompanists in Tuesday classes.