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Sunday, February 21, 2010
NEXT FLAMENCO SHOW!
Cuadro La Tempestad will be performing at Cafe Byblos Restaurant on Wednesday, February 24th, beginning at 8:30pm. Please
call 713-899-3771 to make reservations or click here for more info!
11:18 am cst
Saturday, February 13, 2010
February 2010 Newsletter!
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UP FOR 2010! SUMMER 2010 -
THE FIRST EVER HOUSTON FLAMENCO FESTIVAL:
- ARTISTS FROM SPAIN - WORKSHOPS IN THE AUTHENTIC GYPSY STYLE
OF FLAMENCO FOR CANTE, BAILE, & TOQUE - PERFORMANCES & JUERGAS
June 11-13, 2010 - Belly Dance Certification
Workshop with Ansuya. Registration now OPEN! www.bellydanceintexas.com
October 9-10, 2010 - Belly Dance Workshop with Suhaila Salimpour. Registration now OPEN! www.bellydanceintexas.com
| 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
Available for:
Flamenco
Performances Spanish Dance (Regional & Classical) Performances Belly Dance (Solo, Duet, Trio & Troupe)
Performances
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!
January was an active month of dance! We started off with our new monthly Sevillana night &
ended the month with a bang at Houston Press' Artopia. An AMAZING night! Thanks so much to Houston
Press for inviting Cuadro La Tempestad to be part of the performing arts line-up & thanks so much to everyone for forwarding
all the photos of the event. We'll be posting them up soon! February, although short,
has much to offer too. Please enjoy reading through what we have upcoming, & let us know if you have any questions.
For constant updates, please join our Facebook pages - DEL ESPADIN FLAMENCO & SPANISH
DANCE ACADEMY or SORAYA & LA ZAMBRA - links located on the home pages of our sites listed below or over on the left-hand
side of our newsletter. 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.
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| MONTHLY
SEVILLANA NIGHT! 1ST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH!
 You asked for it! We listened! The first Wednesday of every month will be Sevillanas Night at
Cafe Byblos. Sevillana Night Cafe Byblos Restaurant 6134 Richmond Ave.
Houston, Texas 77057 8-10pm; FREE Sevillana lesson at 9pm NO COVER
Come dance Sevillanas all night long! Don't know how to dance Sevillana??? That's ok! Lesson at 9pm.
Large wooden dance floor...plenty of good food & wine! Come dressed in costume if you like! ALSO, short performance
by Solo Sevillanas! First Wednesday of every month! Photos by Scott
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| STUDY FLAMENCO PURO IN SPAIN PROGRAM UNDERWAY!
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.
Session begins Monday, March 22, 2010 through Friday, March 26, 2010.
To
download information flyer, please click here.
For more information, please call (713) 977-3900.
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| CLASS SCHEDULE Time
to make good on those New Year's resolutions! Registration open for flamenco & belly dance classes.
Dance
not for you??? How about singing? Please click the photo to check out our full class schedule including Cante.
FLAMENCO (for full class schedule, please click here):
ADULT BEGINNER: Monday mornings 11am-12:30pm Wednesday evenings 7:45pm-9:15pm Saturday
afternoons 3pm-4:30pm
INTERMEDIATE 1: Tuesday evenings 6:45pm-8:15pm Saturday mornings 11am-12:30pm
INTERMEDIATE 2: Thursday evenings 7:45pm-9:15pm Saturday afternoons 3pm-4:30pm
ADVANCED: Monday evenings 7.45pm-9.15pm
BELLY DANCE (for full class schedule, please click here):
BEGINNER 1: Wednesday evenings 6:45pm-7:45pm Thursday evenings 7.45pm-8.45pm Saturday afternoons
12pm-1pm
BEGINNER 2: Tuesday evenings 6:45pm-7:45pm
INTERMEDIATE: Thursday evenings 6:45pm-7:45pm Saturday mornings 11am-12pm
ADVANCED: Monday evenings 7:45pm-9:15pm
To register online, please click here.
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| 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)
Soraya & La Zambra
Belly Dance Troupe (Egyptian-style Cabaret belly dance & gypsy fusion belly dance) (Photo & design by Bhavin &
Lionlight Images)
Performance Dates:
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
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT - SORAYA
AT SHISHA EXPRESS! 9511 Westheimer Show begins at 9pm Hookah rentals - $9 FEBRUARY
24, 2009 - FLAMENCO AT CAFE BYBLOS CUADRO LA TEMPESTAD 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
Photo & design of Cuadro
La Tempestad & La Zambra Belly Dance by Bhavin & Lionlight Images | |
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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.
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| 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
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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. | | | |
5:45 am cst
Sunday, February 7, 2010
ARTOPIA!
Houston Press' Artopia was AMAZING!!! Thanks so much to all who came out to enjoy the event & special thanks to Houston
Press for inviting Cuadro La Tempestad to be part of the performing arts line-up. Photos coming soon!
9:45 pm cst
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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
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