Flamenco Classes
Flamenco Dance Class Santa Cruz Schedule 2012
Written by Marianna
FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES in Santa Cruz, California
With Marianna Mejia
Ongoing Schedule 2012
FLAMENCO ROMANTICO STUDIOS
Flamenco Classes for beginner/intermediate
Saturday 11AM-12:30PM Bulerias
and Thursday 6:30PM - 8:00PM Emphasis on Footwork technique, palmas + Bulerias por Fiesta
Flamenco Classes for intermediate/advanced - WEDNESDAYS 6:30-8PM- Soleá
No Flamenco Classes
Saturday Feb 3 - February 17, 2012
Classes Resume
Saturday February 18, 2012 at 11 AM.
Hope to see you there!
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Technique, Bulerías Dance & Palmas
Class Multi-level – includes beginners
Saturdays 11:00AM-12:30 PM
Thursday evenings 6:30-8 PM - Focus on Footwork technique
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Technique, Soleá, Bulerías, Tangos, & Palmas
Class Multi-level – Intermediate-Advanced
Wednesday evenings 6:30-8 PM - Soleá and technique
All hour-and-a-half group classes:
$ 60 for a 4 classes taken within a 4-week period
or $20 drop-in fee.
Private lessons available on request.
Classes presented by Flamenco Romántico
in the Flamenco Romántico Dance Studio
Hidden Valley Road, Soquel, (Santa Cruz county) CA 95073
For more info and to enroll: 831-216-6072
www.flamencoromantico.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Live music in all group classes
Dance classes in Soquel (Santa Cruz). We love Flamenco. What a workout.
Paypal payments must be received before you arrive for class!
Comments from our Flamenco students
" The little one ... was also really very sad that we didnt go (to class last night). She wasn't
all that much into Flamenco and after she saw you do the Solea, she told me: "Me gusta
mucho NUESTRA clase de Flamenco, Mami....mi maestra es muy bonita y me gusta
mucho la musica!" I couldnt be happier!!!" Aymeth R.
"I LOVE taking flamenco classes with you, Marianna! The live music and your joyful presence make me thrilled to learn this most passionate dance with you. Thank you!" Serina T.
"Maestra ... I can't tell you enough what an amazing teacher you are and love, love, love (did I say love?) you style and teaching methods!" Aymeth S.
"Dear Marianna, I am so enjoying your Bulerias class! I appreciate your willingness to review previously-taught steps and to answer all our questions. It is a good for us to hear your encouragement, as it inspires us to practice, learn and express more through dance." Laura S.
"Thanks for such a fabulous class - I truly enjoyed it. Looking forward to Thursday!" Cathy N.
"Thank you so much again for the beautiful gifts from Spain. You are a wonderful teacher and a beautiful soul! Tonight was great - Óle!! XOXOXO." 9/09 Daniella S.
"Flamenco class truly feeds my soul.” Marcie W. “I’m loving your classes – there is so much to work on, and it’s a good (safe) place to grow. Everyone – you, Freddie, James, Aaron – you all know so much and are so supportive. I am looking forward to joining the Wednesday group.” Daniella S.
“Marianna, Hi! Thank you soooo much for yesterday's class! It was PERFECT!!!” Amanda S.
Thursday evening Flamenco Bulerias dance class
Written by Marianna
Thursday evening mixed-level Flamenco Bulerías dance class from 6:30 – 8:00 PM.
The class will have live music.
We will be working with palmas and understanding and recognizing the Bulerias rhythms, as well as with the dance itself.
The class will include technique and will be focused on fiesta style Bulerías. Includes a footwork technique session.
Cost: $60/4 classes within a 4-week period or $20/drop-in. To register: call or email us or send note on Facebook or do it now.
Paypal payment must be received before you arrive for class! You can also pay with cash or check at the first class.
Location: Flamenco Romantico Poolside studio Hidden Valley Road, Soquel, (Santa Cruz county) CA 95073 (831) 216-6072
Olé Flamenco,
Marianna and Federico "Freddie" Mejia
Classes Update - 2012
Written by Marianna
Flamenco Romántico Dance classes in Santa Cruz with Marianna Mejia
2012
SIGN UP FOR YOUR CLASSES NOW
No Flamenco Classes
Saturday Feb 3 through Thursday February 16, 2012
Classes Resume Saturday February 18, 2012 at 11 AM.
Live music. Lots of fun.
Hope to see you there!
BULERIAS Class on Saturdays 11 AM - 12:30 PM with live music
Technique, Bulerías Dance & Palmas Class – to live music
Multi-level – includes beginners
The Bulerías class is appropriate for beginners as well as more advanced students. Emphasis on learning the compás (rhythm) and on good
technique.
Learn how to dance Flamenco Gypsy Bulerías at parties and feel comfortable when you are doing it. !
BULERÍAS & Footwork Technique Class
THURSDAY Evenings 2011 6:30-8 PM -
Start any time that we are here - Live music
Footwork Technique emphasized, Bulerías Dance & Palmas Class – to live music
Multi-level – includes beginners
The Bulerías class is appropriate for beginners as well as more advanced students. Emphasis on learning the compás (rhythm) and on good technique.
Learn how to dance Flamenco Gypsy Bulerías at parties and feel comfortable when you are doing it!
SOLEA review & Tangos choreography on
Wednesday Evenings 2011
6:30-8 PM to live music and sometimes with singing
Technique, Soleá & Tangos Dance & Palmas Class – to live music
8-8:30 PM Soleá Catch-up class $5/class
The Soleá class will continue work on and polish Concha Vargas' choreography of the Soleá. We are also be learning a version of Angelita Vargas' Tangos.
Hidden Valley Road
For more information and to enroll: 831-477-2825 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Wednesday 6:30-8 PM Solea – Intermediate/Advanced Soleá review & Tangos
Wednesday 8-8:30 1/2 hour add-on class to learn the Soleá
Thursday 6:30-8 PM Beginner & Intermediate Bulerías and footwork technique.
Saturday 11:00 AM-12:30 Beginner & Intermediate Bulerías
All our group Flamenco Dance classes have live music.
$60/4 classes within a 4-week period, or $20/class drop-in Multi-level classes.
Private lessons $50.00/class
Can Pay with Paypal or at first class. (Paypal payment must be received before you arrive for class!)
Email us HERE . Or call for more information (831) 477-2825
Hope to see you at all the classes,
Marianna and Freddie Mejia, Flamenco Romántico
Comments from our students
Written by Marianna
Comments from our Flamenco students
" The little one ... was also really very sad that we didnt go (to class last night). She wasn't
all that much into Flamenco and after she saw you do the Solea, she told me: "Me gusta
mucho NUESTRA clase de Flamenco, Mami....mi maestra es muy bonita y me gusta
mucho la musica!" I couldnt be happier!!!" Aymeth R.
"I LOVE taking flamenco classes with you, Marianna! The live music and your joyful presence make me thrilled to learn this most passionate dance with you. Thank you!" Serina T.
"First, I want to tell you that when I first re-met you back in October of 2010 I thought you were a very beautiful woman (physically speaking because I had no clue you were a beautiful inside as I already know). 
Then, when I saw you dancing Bulerias in spurts of time, I thought: "My goodness.....que bella y distinguida dama!"
"Thanks too for a great class - you are a wonderful teacher and it was a very encouraging evening. I feel so blessed to have been spending the night with you, Madeline, and James with all of your knowledge and talent! See you soon." Cathy N.
"I appreciate all that you do in transmitting the dynamic art of flamenco dance." Laura S.
| "Thanks once again for making classes fun, comfortable, easygoing and very instructive. I sense that you care about your students' progress and love sharing your art, which creates a nurturing atmosphere conducive to learning. " Laura S. |
"Saludos Maestra!
"Your classes are the best! I'm grateful to have you as a teacher." Cathy N.
"Thank you for the great classes this week. I am loving the Solea. ..." Kathryn M.
"Thank you for sharing Marianna. Class was marvelous tonight!! I love both the Tango and Solea - you're a great teacher!" Cathy N.
"Maestra ... I can't tell you enough what an amazing teacher you are and love, love, love (did I say love?) you style and teaching methods!" Aymeth S.
"Dear Marianna, I am so enjoying your Bulerias class! I appreciate your willingness to review previously-taught steps and to answer all our questions. It is a good for us to hear your encouragement, as it inspires us to practice, learn and express more through dance." Laura S.
"Thanks for such a fabulous class - I truly enjoyed it. Looking forward to Thursday!" Cathy N.
"Thank you so much again for the beautiful gifts from Spain. You are a wonderful teacher and a beautiful soul! Tonight was great - Óle!! XOXOXO." 9/09 Daniella S.
"Flamenco class truly feeds my soul.” Marcie W.
“I’m loving your classes – there is so much to work on, and it’s a good (safe) place to grow. Everyone – you, Freddie, James, Aaron – you all know so much and are so supportive. I am looking forward to joining the Wednesday group.” Daniella S.
“Marianna,
Hi! Thank you soooo much for yesterday's class! It was PERFECT!!!” Amanda S.
“Dear Marianna,
Thank you for your warm welcome to this amazing form of expression. It is very special for me and I can hardly wait for next week. I am intending to come. It feels so much like part of my healing journey.
When I was a child my father brought back a Flamenco 'outfit' from Spain, a ruffled dress with large white circles on a red ground, a mantilla and castanets. I would dress myself in this and imagine dancing. I was a shy child and yet somehow this resonated with me. Going to Spain with my family on holiday I felt strangely at home, not the little 'English' girl I seemed to be.
I wondered if my daughter's attraction to Flamenco came through me, through something I had never explored in myself. In the last seven years or so I became fascinated with Sephardic music and song, the legacy of the Jews of Spain and Portugal. It has a similar soul to Flamenco and they share common roots, Moorish and Gypsy. I even wonder if my Romanian grandfather was descended from Sephardic Jews. His parents were buried in Spain and we do not know why.
In traveling this path with cancer I try to listen to the
'grandmothers', to my intuition about where healing lies. Sometimes their instructions are so simple, what to eat or who to call as an ally. It felt so right to be there in your beautiful studio yesterday. Your teaching was so whole and I am amazed that I left having a real sense in my body of some of the pieces that weave into this dance form, this prayer form. I am smiling as I write this and grateful and glad. My body and soul thank you.
Blessings,” Alison/Alie
“Hi Marianna,
What a great class last night – thank you so much. I’m really liking Wednesdays...” Daniella S.
“Hi! It was great to see you both again, and dance! I really had fun, although my toes feel hammered. Freddy looks remarkably well and is back to criticizing all of us, so he can only be on the mend.” Paula R.
“… there are things I definitely miss about your classes. That's why I'm writing to you, to tell you, I believe I WILL be back in your studio … in the future.
… p.s. We started working on Bulerias today, and it was almost too easy for me! Thanks to you, Federico, and the other musicians at your studio, of course. As soon as she clapped out the first measure, I remembered it instantly and effortlessley, much to my delight and surprise”! ~ Diana N.
James MacColl, Flamenco Guitar Instructor
Written by Marianna
Staff - Residential Flamenco Santa Cruz California
Flamenco Romántico is pleased to introduce our resident theory Flamenco guitar instructor, James MacColl. He is available for both teaching and performing. His students, when ready, are invited to play along with Federico’s students at our Wednesday evening dance class. You can get more information by calling 831-325-9621 or by writing to James at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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