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
CUADRO
LA TEMPESTAD on CBS' GREAT DAY HOUSTON with DEBRA DUNCAN - THIS FRIDAY at 9am
On Friday,
August 27th, Cuadro La Tempestad will be featured on Great Day Houston as part of the show's special "Around the World
in 60 Minutes". Please check it out! We go live on Friday at 9am!
FALL 2010 OPEN HOUSE this SATURDAY!
OPEN HOUSE FOR FALL 2010 FLAMENCO, BELLY
DANCE & MEXICAN FOLKLORIC CLASSES
REGISTRATION
AT DEL ESPADIN FLAMENCO & SPANISH DANCE ACADEMY & SORAYA'S SCHOOL OF BELLY DANCE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28TH --- FROM 3pm-5pm
On Saturday, August 28th, from 3pm to 5pm, Del Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance
Academy & Soraya's School of Belly Dance will welcome new and returning students who wish to register for the Fall 2010
Class Schedule starting Tuesday, September 7, 2010.
ALL ATTENDEES WHO REGISTER FOR CLASSES WILL RECEIVE A 25% DISCOUNT OFF THE ONE-TIME ONLY REGISTRATION FEE OF $40.00!
Please stop by for
demo classes in Flamenco & Belly Dance! Also, presentations by Solo Sevillanas performing company!
The academy offers programs designed to take students from their first basic classes through a full course of study
in the dance genre of their choice. Following a structured sequence of training, students acquire technical skill, stamina,
discipline and appreciation for the art.
The studio offers classes in a variety of genres:
Flamenco (Dance, Singing, Guitar & Theory), Regional
Spanish Dance and Classical Spanish Dance (Classes include technique, choreography and castanets. This year a number
of new classes will be added to the existing classes for Children, Adult Beginners, Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, Advanced
Technique & Choreography and "Juerga" classes.)
Flamenco Guitar
Belly
Dance (Classes include belly dance technique, rhythm study, toning & conditioning exercises, choreography, using
finger cymbals, veils, etc. Levels include Beginner 1 Entry Level up to Advanced.)
Condition & Tone Fitness Class for Dancers (Class open to students
& professionals of all genres of dance. Emphasis on strength- & core-building, & body conditioning for dance.)
WHEN
& WHERE:
Saturday, August 28, 2010 3pm-5pm
Held at Del Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance Academy 3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160 Houston, Texas 77057 713-705-8701 713-899-3771
Can't get to the Open House??? Online registration available! Please click here!
For more information, call 713-899-3771 or send an email to la.tempestad.baila@gmail.com.
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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.
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
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!
The summer
has begun & is already almost over! We are half through our Summer Intensive Program and enjoying every minute of it.
As we wind up the current program by Tuesday, August 17th, we are eager to begin the Fall Class Schedule in September and
onto the many events planned for the rest of the year. Highlights include:
- belly dance workshop with Suhaila
Salimpour - first ever Houston Flamenco Festival - Skype classes - PLUS new day classes added to the schedule!
This summer has also been very eventful. We were honored to have the lovely Ansuya back for another belly dance
certification workshop. Also, a group of our flamenco students participated in the annual Bay Area Flamenco Festival headlining
Bailaora, Manuela Carrasco, & Cantoar, Agujetas, in San Fransisco. Here's a sampling of what some of our students had
to say about both events:
"A one in a lifetime opportunity to see the master in front of you, teaching you
not only the technique but the emotional essence of her incredible immortal solea. I've realized that I went to San Francisco
not to comprehend the patterns of her dance or sequences of intricate steps but realize how much gypsiness one must have and
how one should command it to execute a dance such as traditional solea. What was also pleasant to find out is that Manuela
shares the same philosophy that Maria del Espadin and La Tempestad have been teaching us. Manuela, La Reina y La Diosa, kept
commenting on arms, posture, facial expression, etc and her words echoed what we are told in the studio, such as preserve
femininity, no robotic moves, arms breathe, posture and simple but cleanly done moves are more important than a vigorous marathon-like
footwork. You have to bring out your "dios"-isness first and then proceed with something highly technical."
-- Eya
"The flamenco workshop was outstanding! Manuela Carrasco is an inspiration! It was fun
traveling with my flamenco friends from Houston and meeting some new ones in San Francisco. I am definitely returning next
year!" -- Joyce
"The trip to San Francisco was such a great experience! It was fun, it was adventurous,
and it was enlightening. Learning from "La diosa", the great Manuela Carrasco and watching her perform was of course
the best part of it. With her we learned that real flamenco is not always about footwork and constant movement, but about
presence and knowing how to walk, or stand still and hold time. We learned that the arms caress the body and we learned to
embrace our inner goddess. We also learned some very "colorful" spanish 'frases'." -- Nadia
"I had so much fun at Ansuya's workshop, and it opened my eyes to new ways of challenging myself
in the form of belly dance. Everyone should have this experience--even if they can't catch all the choreography, the atmosphere
of learning was totally positive and welcoming and super fun!" -- Andreana
Plenty more coming soon! 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.
Muchisimas
gracias & Shokran!
Maria Del Espadin, Tempestad & Soraya Del Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance
Academy Soraya's School of Belly Dance
Our monthly Sevillana Night now has a new day of the week & new location. Every second Friday of the month
will be Sevillanas Night at the Del Espadin studios. NEXT SEVILLANA NIGHT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13TH.
Sevillana Night
Del Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance Academy 3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160
Houston,
Texas 77057
7-9pm; FREE Sevillana lessons!
$7.00 or $5.00 per couple BYOB. Light refreshments
provided.
Come dance Sevillanas all night long! Don't know how to dance Sevillana??? That's
ok! FREE LESSONS! Large dance space! BYOB! Come dressed in costume if you like!
Second Friday of
every month! - NEXT SEVILLANA NIGHT - FRIDAY, AUGUST 13TH!
Photos by Scott Corron
Cuadro
La Tempestad Upcoming Performance Dates
August performance dates:
Thursday, August 12th - 7:30pm-9:30pm **NEW WEEKLY VENUE** Spazio Lounge - 1st hour - Guillermo Serpas followed
by Flamenco performance by Cuadro Saturday, August 14th - 7:30pm-10:30pm (Andalucia)
Wednesday, August 18th
- 8pm-10pm (Andalucia) Thursday, August 19th - 7:30pm-9:30pm (Spazio Lounge) Thursday, August 26th - 7:30pm-9:30pm
(Spazio Lounge) Saturday, August 28th - 7:30pm-10:30pm (Andalucia) Thursday, September 2nd - 7:30pm-9:30pm (Spazio
Lounge)
Cuadro La Tempestad
Andalucia Tapas y Taverna
1201 San Jacinto
at the corner of Polk & Caroline
Houston, Texas 77002
To make a reservation, please call 832-319-6673
Cuadro La Tempestad Spazio Lounge 10846 Westheimer Houston, Texas 77042 Daily Happy Hour
- interested in organizing an office Happy Hour? Please call Spazio at 281-788-9253 to find out more about drink specials
& FREE apps!
INTERESTED
IN AUDITIONING FOR OUR PERFORMING COMPANIES?:
DEL
ESPADIN BAILE ESPANOL (Classical & Regional Spanish Dance)
SOLO SEVILLANAS (Regional Spanish Dance) CUADRO LA TEMPESTAD (Flamenco) LA ZAMBRA BELLY
DANCE TROUPE
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
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
