La Tania Flamenco Dance
Classes & Performances
La Tania Baile Flamenco School
Introduction
La Tania's mission is to share her knowledge of flamenco, this art that has been her life's passion, dedication and a way to express life through dance.
La Tania's in depth experience of flamenco having started as a child in Andalucia completely immersed in the flamenco tradition and later becoming a profesional dancer for 33 years makes her a leading figure as performer and teacher.
Flamenco is a complex art form that doesn't have a set script or a set academic aproach. It is an individual art that is learned primarily by in depth experience and guidance from master teachers.
La Tania believes there is a dancer in every human being. Her method is to give an in depth training covering all the aspects involved in flamenco dance and to teach a well rounded curriculum so the dancer is well prepared for any type of performance.
Flamenco, born from the outcast communites of Andalucia, came from the need to express the deepest emotions that came from opression and persecucion and for the need as well for relief and celebration. Because of it's beauty and intensity it later became a commercialized art performed in small venues and then theatres.
There are three main aproaches or avenues towards learning flamenco: The festive, which all can dance such as bulerias por fiesta .Group or ensemble dances which gives the dancers stage experience with the guidance of a choreographer. And solo dancing, the most difficult, where the dancer must be in total command and have a very in-depth understanding of flamenco.
Some students choose to only learn the festive types of flamenco such as Sevillanas, which everyone in Andalucia can dance. There is the famous Feria de Sevilla where you will find Sevillanos celebrating and dancing day after day or bulerias por fiesta which happen in celebrations such as weddings, baptysms or simply at someones home out of the need to sing, play and dance. Other students are interested in performing for an audience. For this we offer performance opportunities in large theatres as well as in small venues and we work with you toawrds ensembe work as well as solo dance development. Students can choose what best fits their need.
La Tania's mission is to share her knowledge of flamenco, this art that has been her life's passion, dedication and a way to express life through dance.