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!
Fall 2010 is here! First off, welcome back to all the returning students of Del
Espadin Flamenco & Soraya's School of Belly Dance & welcome to all the new students embarking on their dance education
with us! The Fall class schedule is already in its 2nd week & the studio is alive with energy, song & dance!
We have had a great summer including workshops with superstar of belly dance, Ansuya, here in Houston, and flamenco
legend, Manuela Carrasco, in San Francisco; plenty of performances & studio events; & even an appearance on Great
Day Houston by Tempestad & Guille. Check out the clip right here:
- performance by Cuadro La Tempestad at the Bayou City Arts Festival Downtown (Oct 9)
-
Welcome to Del Espadin & Soraya's! Studio Mixer (Sept 24)
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
Del
Espadin Flamenco is proud to sponsor the first Flamenco Festival in Houston, Texas! We have many events scheduled to
celebrate Flamenco for the last weekend in October (October 28th - October 31st). Here's the schedule by date &
events. Please scroll down for the details on each event & how to register or purchase tickets. For any
questions or more information, please send emails to la.tempestad.baila@gmail.com or call 713 899 3771.
Thursday,
October 28th
Houston Flamenco Festival Kick-off Party Meet & Greet the Artists! Tintos Tapas Restaurant 2015 W.Gray @ Shephard Houston, Texas 77019 6pm-8pm $20.00 pre-sale $25.00 at door Light tapas
& sangria served
Friday, October 29th
Arte y Pureza Workshop 7pm-10pm Del Espadin Flamenco
& Spanish Dance Academy 3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160 Houston, Texas 77057
Saturday, October 30th
Cante & Toque Master Class in Seguiriya with Lucia Rodriguez-Sanchez & Valdemar Phoenix 11am-1pm Del Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance Academy 3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160 Houston, Texas 77057
Arte y Pureza Tiento/Tango Workshop 1:30pm-4:30pm Del Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance Academy 3939
Hillcroft, Suite 160 Houston, Texas 77057
Performance by Arte y Pureza & Juan Bacan Prelude performance
by Cuadro La Tempestad Andalucia Tapas Restaurant 1201 San Jacinto #161 @ the corner of Polk & Caroline Houston, Texas 77002 8pm-11pm Details TBA
Sunday, October 31st
Arte y Pureza Tiento/Tango
Workshop 1:30pm-4:30pm Del Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance Academy 3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160 Houston,
Texas 77057
Q&A Forum with Artists 5pm-7pm Del Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance Academy 3939
Hillcroft, Suite 160 Houston, Texas 77057 $10.00 at door Light refreshments served
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WORKSHOPS
Oct 29th-Oct 31st Tiento/Tango Workshop with Ethan Margolis & Cihtli Ocampo of Arte
y Pureza & Juan Bacan Oct 30th - Master Cante/Toque Class in Seguiriya with Lucia Rodriguez-Sanchez & Valdemar
Phoenix
Registration available online via PayPal or download & mail in a registration form below. For more
information, please send an email to la.tempestad.baila@gmail.com.
SUHAILA SALIMPOUR IN HOUSTON!
Suhaila
Salimpour
Soraya's School of Belly Dance is extending
the pre-registration deadline for this year's workshop with SUHAILA SALIMPOUR until Monday, September 27th!
To register online, please click the image!
Would you like to mail in payment instead? Payment may be
mailed in to: Soraya's School of Belly Dance 3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160 Houston, Texas 77057 (please make
checks payable to Del Espadin Inc.) To take advantage of the pre-registration discount, please have postmarked by Monday,
September 27th.
ABOUT SUHAILA - Suhaila Salimpour is a highly
acclaimed performer, teacher, and choreographer of belly dance. Schooled from an early age in jazz, tap and ballet, Suhaila
began integrating her extensive classical training with the Middle Eastern dance passed on by her mother, Jamila Salimpour.
The result was a true artistic breakthrough: a revolutionary foundational technique that has brought the art of Belly Dance
to a new level. In the U.S., Suhaila appeared on television series such as Fame and Max Headroom and choreographed
various music videos. For six years, she was the featured dancer at Byblos, a prestigious Arabic nightclub in Los Angeles,
where she shared the stage with the most renowned singers of the Middle East. Miles Copeland, owner of IRS records, prominently
featured Suhaila in his 2005 documentary, American Bellydancer. Comedian Margaret Cho is currently producing and directing
a documentary about Suhaila, and producing Suhaila's one-woman show. Suhaila is the artistic director and producer of Sheherezade,
an acclaimed performing arts spectacle that mixes belly dance with the synchronization of Riverdance, the pounding rhythms
of Stomp and the aerial artistry of Cirque du Soleil. For Sheherezade, Suhaila was nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance
Award ("Izzie")-making her the first performer in the belly dance genre to receive this prestigious nomination. Today, Suhaila creates instructional and performance videos for all dance levels, as well as fully-orchestrated Middle
Eastern dance musicals and CD recordings of the latest percussion artists. In addition to touring across the globe, Suhaila
maintains her second-generation family business, the Suhaila Salimpour School of Belly Dance, in Berkeley, California. Suhaila
has developed and implemented the first-available certification program in Middle Eastern dance. Suhaila looks forward to
expanding the audience for and appreciation of traditional Middle Eastern dance in a distinctly contemporary style.
SUHAILA IN HOUSTON!
***************************** OCTOBER 9 & 10, 2010 WELCOME BACK TO HOUSTON,
SUHAILA!!!
******************************* OCTOBER 9 & 10, 2010 SORAYA'S SCHOOL OF BELLY DANCE 3939 HILLCROFT, SUITE 160 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77057 (713) 899-3771 **(look for the FLAMENCO HOUSTON sign)**
Interested in learning more about Del Espadin Flamenco & Soraya's School of Belly Dance? Come to our
Studio Mixer on Friday, September 24th, welcoming our new & returning students to classes. Come meet new people
& reunite with old friends interested in dance! Light refreshments will be served. BYOB. $5.00 per
person
Studio Mixer
Del Espadin Flamenco & Spanish Dance Academy 3939 Hillcroft, Suite
160
Houston, Texas 77057
7-9pm
$5.00 per person BYOB. Light refreshments provided.
Photos by Scott Corron
Upcoming Performance Dates
September & October performance dates:
Friday,
September 17th - Andalucia Restaurant Soraya & La Zambra Belly Dance 7pm-10pm
Saturday, September 18th - Family Day at Discovery Green Cuadro La Tempestad 5pm Soraya & La Zambra Belly Dance 5:30pm
Wednesday, September 22nd - Andalucia
Restaurant Cuadro La Tempestad 8pm-10pm
Saturday,
September 25th - Andalucia Restaurant Cuadro La Tempestad 7:30pm-10:30pm
Wednesday,
September 29th - Andaluica Restaurant Friend of Cuadro - Amin Safari 8pm-10pm
Saturday, October 2nd - Andalucia Restaurant Guillermo Serpas 7:30pm-10:30pm
Wednesday, October 6th - Andaluica Restaurant Friend of Cuadro - Amin Safari 8pm-10pm
Friday, October 8th - Young Audiences Event Del Espadin Baile Espanol
Saturday, October 9th - Bayou City Arts Festival Downtown Cuadro La Tempestad 4pm
Saturday, October 9th - Andalucia Restaurant Cuadro La Tempestad 7:30pm-10:30pm
Wednesday, October 13th - Andalucia Restaurant Guillermo Serpas 8pm-10pm
Saturday,
October 16th - Paso Fino Horse Exhibition, Lake Conroe Cuadro La Tempestad 7pm-9pm
Saturday, October 16th - Andaluica Restaurant Friend of Cuadro - Amin Safari 7:30pm-10:30pm
Sunday, October 17th - JUNTA HISPANA! Cuadro La Tempestad
Wednesday,
October 20th - Andalucia Restaurant Cuadro La Tempestad 8pm-10pm
Saturday,
October 23rd - Andalucia Restaurant Cuadro La Tempestad 7:30pm-10:30pm
Wednesday,
October 27th - Andalucia Restaurant Guillermo Serpas 8pm-10pm
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30TH - ANDALUCIA RESTAURANT ARTE Y PUREZA WITH JUAN BACAN CUADRO
LA TEMPESTAD - DETAILS TBA
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
SALE
AT ZAMBRA BOUTIQUE
All summer ladies' apparel ON SALE NOW! Save 20% off original prices
& no original price over $50.00!!! We have maxi dresses ($50.00 orig.), cotton mini-dresses ($40.00 orig.),
one-shoulder dresses ($40.00 orig.), denim leggings ($16.00 orig.), tunics ($30.00) & more. All the latest
in fashion trends!
Come by to check out our ladies' apparel & don't forget that La Zambra
carries plenty of dancewear & supplies for Middle Eastern Dance & flamenco.
Store open
during class times (Monday - Thursday 6:30pm-9:30pm, Saturday 11am-6pm, open Fridays during studio events, closed Sundays).
Want to know what we have in stock before stopping by? Give us a call first! 713 899 3771
La Zambra Boutique
3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160
Houston, Texas 77057
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!
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
ANNOUNCEMENT ON HOUSTON PRESS FOR 1ST HOUSTON FLAMENCO FESTIVAL!
Check out the posting on Houston Press announcing Houston's First Flamenco Festival this October 2010! - http://www.houstonpress.com/events/houstons-first-flamenco-festival--1947903/
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 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 713-899-3771end_of_the_skype_highlighting
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
Hi everyone! Here at Del Espadin were getting ready for Fall 2010 to begin! Classes start Tuesday, September
7th. Check out the class schedule if you haven't yet. & don't forget about our Skype Classes launching this
month also. Got questions or need more info? Just call or email us anytime!
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
