Nuevo curso de bailes latinos!!!

Latin-American Dance Classes in Spanish

 

Experience different forms of Latin American dance (salsa, cumbia, bachata,

vallenato, reggaeton, Colombian folklore) and improve your Spanish!

Classes are open to everyone interested in Latin American dance,

irrespective of their level of Spanish or previous dance experience.

New Courses!

 

7 May – 11 June 2011

Saturdays, 2pm-3.30pm

 (There will be no classes on May 21. DELE exams)

 

 

What are you going to learn?

1. You will learn how to dance traditional and popular rhythms from Latin America.

2. You will improve basic aspects of posture, balance, rhythm and coordination.

3. You will improve your overall fitness and, at the same time, practice your Spanish.

4. You will acquire a better understanding of the Latin American

culture in a direct and positive way through dance.

Price: £77

For more information and to enrol, please phone 02072350353

or email cenlon@cervantes.es.

Aprende a bailar en Español

Latin-American Dance Classes in Spanish

Experience different forms of Latin American dance (salsa, cumbia, bachata, vallenato, reggaeton, Colombian folklore) and improve your Spanish! Classes are open to everyone interested in Latin American dance, irrespective of their level of Spanish or previous dance experience.

Instituto Cervantes, Saturdays (9 Apr – 18 Jun 2011)

Level 1 (no previous dance experience required): 3.30 – 5.00pm.

Level 2 (some previous dance experience required): 1.45 – 3.15pm.

What are you going to learn?

1. You will learn how to dance traditional and popular rhythms from Latin America.

2. You will improve basic aspects of posture, balance,body alignment, rhythm and coordination.

3. You will improve your overall fitness and health,and, at the same time, practice your Spanish.

4. You will acquire a better understanding of the Latin American culture in a direct and positive way through dance.

Price: £125

10% discount if you have been enrolled in any Instituto Cervantes course in the last two terms.

5% extra discount if you book up to two weeks before the course starts.

There will be no classes on Apr 23 (Easter holiday), Apr 30 (bank holiday weekend) and May 21 (DELE exams).

For more information and to enroll, please phone 02072350353 or email cenlon@cervantes.es.

Proyecto de creación coreográfica europea

DancEUnion 2011:  This Side Up, de María Jerez

Este  acontecimiento único se centrará en reunir a reconocidos artistas emergentes que ya han demostrado tener gran potencial para el trabajo creativo. Veintiún países coreógrafos han sido invitados  a presentar su trabajo. El festival estará comisariado por Nicky Napier.

Países participantes: Reino Unido, España, Francia, Austria, Países Bajos, Rumanía, República Checa, Hungría, Flandes/Bélgica, Estonia, Latvia, Lituania, Italia, Irlanda, Chipre, Dinamarca, Bulgaria, Alemania, Polonia, Finlandia y Suecia.

Lunes 14 – Jueves 17 de Marzo.

SouthBank Centre, Belvedere Road London SE1 8XX

Para más información: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/danceunion

Aprende a bailar en español

Curso de danzas populares y tradicionales latinoamericanas en español con Nadia Maritza Romero Sánchez.
Abierto a cualquier nivel en danza y español.

¿Cuándo puedo hacerlo y cuánto dura el curso?
Sábados de 2:00pm a 3:00pm. Del 15 de Enero al 19 de Marzo de 2011.
Total: 10 sesiones.
¿Cuánto cuesta?
£105
¿Qué voy a aprender y a mejorar?
1. Aprenderás a bailar ritmos populares y tradicionales latinoamericanos (salsa, cumbia, bachata, vallenato, reggaeton, folclor colombiano).
2. Fortalecerás aspectos básicos de la danza como postura, equilibrio, alineación, cordinación, ritmo.
3. Mejorarás tu estado físico y salud general y al mismo tiempo practicarás tu español.
4. Adquirirás un mejor entendimiento de la cultura latinoamericana de una manera directa y positiva por medio de la danza.

¿Qué material vamos a utilizar?
¡Música latinoamericana, buena energía y muchas sonrisas!
Para conocer más sobre esta clase o inscribirte, llama al Instituto Cervantes al
02072350353 o escribe al email cenlon@cervantes.es.

Flamenco dance classes!

Otoño 2010

Curso de sevillanas  a cargo de Sandra Castell García dirigdo a todas aquellas personas interesadas tanto con como sin experiencia en el baile.

 

¿Cuándo puedo hacerlo y cuánto dura el curso?

Lunes de 18.30 a 20.30 hs. (15 de noviembre – 13 de diciembre). 5 semanas. 10 horas.

¿Cuánto cuesta?
£105

Lugar:

Instituto Cervantes
102 Eaton Square. London. SW1W 9AN.
Tel.: 020 7235 0353 – cenlon@cervantes.es – www.londres.cervantes.es

- Para apuntarte en el curso contacta con el Instituto Cervantes:

E-mail: cenlon@cervantes.es

 

 

A homage to Britain’s flamenco pioneers

Spanish Steps

PASSION and flamenco go together like pan con tomate, so it’s no surprise to hear producer-director Anna Holmes describe her film Spanish Steps: Flamenco in a Foreign Land as “a passion project”.

The making of this documentary has been a labour of love for the past 18 months or so after Anna was unable to secure funding from production companies. But thanks to a lifelong love of dance, plus the support of friends and family and her assistant producer Victor, Anna has succeeded in making her first film.

Her other reason for wanting to make this documentary was to capture a slice of social history before it’s too late – many of these flamenco pioneers are now in their 80s and sadly may not be with us for much longer.

London in the 1950s, what with post-war austerity and the notorious smog, must have been a pretty bleak place at times. But this was also an era of great social change, with many exciting, exotic new trends and tastes arriving from overseas.

Read more… LondonSpanish

Flamenco Festival in London 2010. Reviews

The Festival ended last weekend.

Here you are 4 interesting reviews:

Step-by-step guide to dance: Eva Yerbabuena
By injecting traditional moves with bold theatrical flair, this Spanish dancer and choreographer brings flamenco thrillingly up to date.
Sanjoy Roy 

guardian.co.uk

Flamenco’s humane roots
Forget the Hollywood image – flamenco has deep-rooted social and political resonances that cross culture and genre
Mike Marqusee 

guardian.co.uk

 

Sadler’s Wells seventh annual Flamenco Festival
David Dougill

timesonline.co.uk

 

¡Viva la evolución!
The show begins with a haunting, wailing song that could easily be mistaken for the muezzin’s call to prayer as the Nuevo Ballet Español pays homage to the mysterious origins of flamenco in Moorish… Spain.

LondonSpanish.wordpress.com

 

Very interesting blog about flamenco:
http://fromthesolesofthefeet.wordpress.com/

 

 

More about flamenco