Interested in booking one of our performing companies for an event? Or would you like to host
an event at our studios? GNO, Showers & BDay Parties with a belly dance lesson, maybe??? For more information, please
call 713-899-3771
Instructors Maria Del Espadin, Tempestad, Soraya are also available for workshops, seminars & lecture/demonstrations.
Need a Flamenco or Latin Guitarist for your next event? Call Guille - www.guillermoserpas.com
Saludos & Marhaba!
October was a busy & exciting time for us here at Del Espadin Flamenco
& Soraya's School of Belly Dance. We had the pleasure of hosting Ethan & Javier of Arte y Pureza for another
amazing performance & workshop; Cuadro La Tempestad had the great honor of being invited to perform at the Consular Ball
honoring Spain this year & performing at MECA's Dia de los Muertos Festival; Solo Sevillanas & La Zambra Belly
Dance Troupe were a huge hit at the first Sugarland Mediterranean Festival receiving standing ovations & performing encores;
and, of course, classes have been in full-swing.
Please take your time reading through our newsletter highlighting
these past events & what we've got planned for the future. Feel free to contact us with any questions or requests
for more info!
Special thanks to all our students & their families, & to all the supporters of Del Espadin
Flamenco & Soraya's School of Belly Dance. Without you we would not have the opportunity to continue preserving
Flamenco Puro & the art of Belly Dance here in Houston.
Muchisimas gracias & Shokran!
Maria
Del Espadin, Tempestad & Soraya Del Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance Academy Soraya's School of Belly
Dance
SPECIAL THANKS TO
ETHAN & JAVIER OF ARTE Y PUREZA!
Javier Heredia & Ethan Margolis
of Arte y Pureza (Sevilla, Spain) returned to Houston this October for another peformance & workshop at Del Espadin Flamenco
& Spanish Dance Academy.
As always, their performance was outstanding & their workshop was
highly informative, giving the students of DEF&SDA true insight of Flamenco Puro.
CUADRO LA TEMPESTAD
AT CONSULAR BALL 2009 - TRIBUTE TO SPAIN
Houston's Consular Ball this year
honored Spain & as part of the entertainment line-up for the evening's festivities, Cuadro La Tempestad was invited to
perform Flamenco. Other entertainment included La Tuna (direct from Spain, pictured above) & Houston Ballet.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE ZAMBRA WORKSHOP THIS PAST SUNDAY!
On November 8, 2009, Tempestad/Soraya taught a workshop focusing on the Zambra for both flamenco & belly dancers.
We had a great turn-out! Thanks to all the participants & SPECIAL THANKS to Guillermo Serpas, our guitarrista, for accompanying
the workshop! Workshop will be repeated in the Spring of 2010. Stay tuned for updates.
GYPSY REVELS HOLIDAY PARTY - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13TH!
On December 13, 2009, Del Espadin Flamenco & Soraya's School of Belly Dance will host its second annual
holiday party - the Gypsy Revels! Please come dressed as your favorite gypsy - by country - Turkish, Romani, Spanish,
Indian - or by person - Carmen Amaya!
WHEN: Sunday, December 13th 4pm-7pm WHERE: Del Espadin Flamenco
& Spanish Dance Academy & Soraya's School of Belly Dance 3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160 Houston, Texas 77057 COST: $10 admission, $6 for Kids 11 & under
There will be costuming, dancing, plenty of Gypsy music,
tarot readings, & refreshments. BYOB.
For more information, please call 713-977-3900.
Upcoming Performances
Del Espadin Flamenco & Soraya's Belly Dance is the home of four separate performing companies:
Cuadro La Tempestad (authentic gypsy-style Flamenco performing company) (Photo by Lionlight Images)
Solo Sevillanas
(Regional Spanish Dance performing company)
Del Espadin Baile Espanol (Classical Spanish Dance & Flamenco Estilizado
performing company)
The performing companies have many shows coming up in the next few months.
Here are some of the highlights (full performance calendar with show details can be found at www.flamencospirit.com & www.bellydanceintexas.com):
EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT - SORAYA & LA ZAMBRA AT CAFE BYBLOS!
Show begins at 9:30pm
Byblos
Belly Dance Night Special - $5 Margaritas
NOVEMBER 12, 2009 - SORAYA @ Urban Green Fundraiser
in Hermann Park - 7pm. For more event details, please click here.
NOVEMBER 14, 2009 - LA ZAMBRA BELLY DANCE TROUPE - Aga Khan Foundation Parntership Walk in
Sam Houston Park, Downtown Houston - 3pm. For more event details, please click here.
NOVEMBER 15, 2009 - SOLO SEVILLANAS - Woodlands' Children's Festival at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell
Pavillion - 1:30pm
NOVEMBER 18, 2009 - FLAMENCO AT CAFE BYBLOS CUADRO LA TEMPESTAD with Special
Guests, SORAYA & LA ZAMBRA BELLY DANCE TROUPE Cafe Byblos Restaurant 6134 Richmond Ave. Houston, Texas
77057 Cover $6.00 Cafe Byblos FLAMENCO NIGHT SPECIAL - $5.00 Margaritas To make a reservation, please call
713 899 3771
NOVEMBER 21, 2009 - CUADRO LA TEMPESTAD Woodlands' International Winter on the Waterway Festival 3:30pm For more information, please click here.
STUDY FLAMENCO PURO IN SPAIN!
Del
Espadin Flamenco is proud to announce its new Study Flamenco Puro in Spain program in collaboration with the artists of Arte
y Pureza of Sevilla, Spain.
In March of 2010, registered students of DEF&SDA will have the opportunity to travel
to Andalucia, Spain to study Flamenco with world-renowned artists of the authentic gypsy style of Flamenco.
Weekly sessions offered. Travel booking coordinated by DEF&SDA.
Carrying on a generations-old family tradition, Maria Del Espadín and her daughter, Tempestad, bring
decades of teaching & performing experience to their students.
Regardless of the constant commercialization
and modernization of Flamenco, Mama Flamenca and La Hija Flamenca (as affectionately called by their many students) strive
to preserve the authenticity of Flamenco and to present Flamenco to the public as the gypsies of Andalucia intended Flamenco
to be. To learn true Flamenco...not only as the music & dance that it is, but also as a way of life...this Flamenco
family invites you to come observe a class or try one out at no expense upon registering with the Academy. We invite you to
experience first-hand what it is that sets Del Espadín Flamenco & Spanish Dance Academy apart from all others!
All new registrants can try out their first Flamenco class for free. Please visit www.flamencohouston.com & print the coupon from the home page to present at time the class is taken. Coupon applies to only first Flamenco
or Belly Dance class. All other classes and/or workshops are excluded from this promotion.
Photo of Maria
Del Espadin & Tempestad by Bhavin.
Thank you for your time & support promoting education of Flamenco Puro & Belly Dance
in the Houston community!
Sincerely,
Del Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance
Academy, Inc. & Soraya's School of Belly Dance
FREE CLASS
All new registrants can try out their first Flamenco or Belly Dance class for free. Please
visit www.flamencohouston.com or www.bellydanceintexas.com & print the coupon from the home page to present at time the class is taken. Coupon applies to only first Flamenco or
Belly Dance class. All other classes and/or workshops are excluded from this promotion.
A short documentary on our school. Hope you like it!
Special thanks to all the students that made this film possible! & special thanks to Eya & Corrinne. Corrinne - you
are an amazing videographer! Thank you so much! Del Espadin Flamenco & Soraya's School of Belly Dance
Saludos
a Todos!
Message from Tempestad:
First & foremost, I would like to thank all who supported
me in my return to the tablao since my car wreck last December. It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces and to
welcome new ones to the Houston Flamenco family. I will forever be grateful to all those who stuck by me through this
very trying & difficult time in my life. Your support, loyalty & encouragement for me to get back on my feet
meant the world to me!
Special thanks to my family...most importantly, Mama Flamenca!, because without Mama
none of this would be possible for not only me, but for so many of us who adore flamenco!...to all of our AMAZING students...it
makes me so proud to see you LIVE flamenco...to Lucia & Val for being our special guests at such a significant event,
& to all our wonderful aficionados & friends!
NOW on to new things!!!
Cuadro La Tempestad will
be back at Cafe Byblos on Wednesday, July 29, 2009! We are very excited to be introducing two new flamenco artists to
Houston. Guillermo Serpas, guitarrista, will be joining the Cuadro, & Marisol Monasterio will be making her cante
debut!
Please join us at Cafe Byblos on July 29th to welcome Guillermo & Marisol to the tablao!
Muchisimas gracias y abrazos a todos! Tempestad www.flamencospirit.com www.flamencohouston.com
Del
Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance Academy, Inc. 3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160 Houston, Texas 77057 713 977 3900
Cuadro La Tempestad
Wednesday, July 29th, at Cafe Byblos Restaurant
Introducing
Guillermo Serpas, guitarrista, & Marisol Monasterio in her cante debut!
Cafe Byblos Restaurant
July 29, 2009 8pm 6134 Richmond Houston, Texas 77057 Cover $6.00 For reservations,
please call 832 251 0505 For more event info, please call 713 899 3771
