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Flamenco resources in North America

Flamenco Triana (Chicago, Illinois USA)
www.flamencotriana.com
Michelle Nascimento "La Caoba" is the artistic director of "Flamenco Triana" and the one who maintains this website which contains class info, calendar of events, photo gallery, links page and more.

National Institute of Flamenco (Albuquerque, New Mexico USA)
www.nationalinstituteofflamenco.org
This organization hosts the well-known Flamenco Festival where DC area guitarist/singer Marija Temo gives her extremely popular flamenco communications workshop every year. Many DC area dancers attend this festival regularly.

iloveflamenco.com (Tampa, Florida)
www.iloveflamenco.com
I actually met the creator of this website, Sandra Serrano, a few years ago at the Andalucia Restaurant. She happens to be the niece of DC area guitarist Jesus Serrano who used to perform with Sandra at the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City. Sandra has since started her own company Oasis Flamenco. She also has an online shop.

Barbara Martinez (New York, New York)
www.barbaramartinez.com
New-York based dancer Barbara Martinez has created a beautifully-designed website that is packed with useful information.

Florida Flamenco
www.floridaflamenco.com
Dancer Kyoko keeps the state of Florida up-to-date on the latest news, weekly shows, classes and special events.

Casa de Flamenco (Southern California USA)
flamencocentral.bizland.com/home.html
Resources for flamenco in Southern California.

Carmen Romero and Candela Flamenca Dance & Music Ensemble (Toronto, Ontario Canada)
www.interlog.com/~romero/home.html
Personal flamenco photos and audio samples of guitarist Miguel de la Bastide.

Kara Miranda's flamenco webpage (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)
www.kflamenco.com
I'm proud to say that I've known the webmistress Kara since she was in her teens as we both learned about web design over the years, offering each other critique and suggestions along the way. She's now grown-up and in her 20's. She's a very talented flamenco dancer who works in the digital animation industry.

Los Flamencos (St Louis, Missouri USA
www.los-flamencos.com/
A simple but attractively designed website with all the information you need to connect with the St Louis scene.

Randy Cordero (Corpus Christi, Texas USA)
geocities.com/randy_cordero/
Basic biographical info about a young flamenco guitarist who studied with Rene Heredia and Paco Garrigues, "El Chatarrero."

Andy Blackard, flamenco guitarist (Durham, North Carolina USA)
home.mindspring.com/~smogman/index.html
Photos, links and performance information with an emphasis on North Carolina.

Atlanta Flamenco Productions (Atlanta, Georgia USA)
www.atlantaflamenco.com
A well-maintained website by flamenco guitarist Witold Tulodziecki keeps the Atlanta area informed of the local scene. Includes videos, photos, performance listings and much more.

Barbara Chan's New York Flamenco Workshop Calendar
home.earthlink.net/~bc77/flamcalendar
A well-maintained website that's useful for those planning a flamenco week or weekend in New York.

Lucia y Valdemar - Gitanerías Flamenco Artists (Houston, Texas USA)
www.flamencoinc.org
This is one place to find flamenco information for Houston. Includes audio and video clips.

Flamenco Arts Center (Chicago, Illinois USA)
www.flamencoartscenter.com
I met the people who created this website when I visited Chicago in May 2000. Cynthia Rosario has created a center for flamencos in Chicago. Good work!

Gloria de Jerez - Professional Flamenco Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer and Lecturer (Virginia Beach, Virginia USA)
www.flamenco-arts.org
Gloria is one of two teachers I know of in the Virginia Beach area. This website includes videos and performance and workshop information.

Flamenco Buzz by Mari Katsigianis (Boston, Massachussetts USA)
flamencobuzz.com
I'm very proud to have been part of the Buzz--it started out a column in the DCFLAMENCO website in 1998 and grew to the point that it needed its own separate website. Now Mari does all the work herself, updates it frequently. Good job!

Daniel de Córdoba's Bailes Españoles Foundation! (Dallas, Texas USA)
home.swbell.net/ppartida/index.html
Dancer Daniel de Córdoba has performed in the DC area....I know because I had the privilege of playing guitar for his Farruca solo when he was a guest artist with the Spanish Dance Society years ago. The website includes info for performances and classes. When I last checked the video link was not working.

Bianca Antonia's Flamenco Page (Houston, Texas USA)
www.biancaantonia.com
Another website I'm proud to be associated with. In 1999 I helped Bianca redesign her website...now she's doing it on her own (when she's not busy with schoolwork). There used to be a photo section, but she took it down temporarily for renovation.

Teye and Viva el Flamenco (Texas USA)
www.teye.com
Guitarist Teye designed and created this website himself. Includes an extensive photo section as well as performance listings mostly in the Houston, Austin, San Antonio area.

Alma "La Terremoto" (New Jersey USA)
hometown.aol.com/flamenco99/page/index.htm
Alma is originally from Guadalajara, Mexico but most people know her from her years working as a flamenco dancer in the Washington DC area. Includes links for flamenco in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Carmen de Vicente (Alexandria, Virginia USA)
www.carmendevicente.com
Carmen is a concert castanet soloist who has in a matter of a few years started her own dance school in the DC area. You'll find class and performance information.

Guillermo Salazar, Flamenco Information (Colorado USA)
www.concentric.net/~Gsalazar
This is low on graphics, but very very high on content. Guillermo has spent a lot of time exploring the Net for flamenco information. Includes tons of vintage flamenco photographs.

Natalia Monteleón's Arte Flamenco (Laurel, Maryland USA)
www.arteflamenco.us
Natalia is a personal friend and a wonderful dancer and teacher. Her students perform frequently in the DC area tablaos. Includes a photo section, biography, class and performance information.

Marija Temo (Gaithersburg, Maryland USA)
www.marijatemo.com
I've known Marija since 1991 and have had the privilege of playing alongside her and learning about flamenco dance and cante accompaniment. You'll find class info and a performance calendar.

Flamenco resources in Europe

A Palo Seco (France)
www.apaloseco.com
This site is well organized and is packed with information including flamenco coplas, photos, festival listings, guitar music in standard notation, listing of flamenco videos and much much more!

First Russian Flamenco Website
www.flamenco.ru
Graphically well-designed. Geared mostly towards guitarists. In Russian (English version coming soon.)

Vicente Escudero - Vida y obra del bailarín flamenco
teleline.terra.es/personal/karsepul
Biographical website about this famous dancer. In Spanish.

Pasión Flamenco (Switzerland)
www.pasion-flamenco.ch
In German and English. Informational website for a dance school.

Flamenco Guitar School "El Carbonero" (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain)
www.escuelaguitarracarbonero.com
In English and Spanish. This is a flamenco guitar school in the heart of Andalucía.

Taller Flamenco (Sevilla, España)
www.tallerflamenco.com
In Spanish, German and English. A flamenco dance and guitar school. The Spanish lessons offered are oriented to improve the knowledge of the Spanish culture of the flamenco students

The Flamenco Bus (France)
perso.wanadoo.fr/the.flamencobus
This is original: a mobile dance school that travels throughout Europe! Includes a photo album.

FlamencoFlamenco (sic) - Flamenco artists recruiting service
www.flamencoflamenco.com/english/home.htm
In English and Spanish. You can book major international flamenco artists for you next party. :)

Flamenco Tango dance production
www.andalucia.com/dance/simon
Led by Simon el Rubio, this website presents flamenco information in a fun and humorous way.

Carmen Cuevas Flamenco Courses in Granada, Spain
www.carmencuevas.com/flamencoen.htm
This site is well-designed and packed with all the information you need to plan an educational stay in Spain. In English and Spanish.

Dreaming of studying flamenco in Sevilla?
www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/5195
A business specializing in helping dance students get the most out their stays in Sevilla.

German Flamenco Pages
www.flamenco-seiten.de
This website has been around as long as DCFLAMENCO (since 1996!). It still remains to be the most comprehensive flamenco website ever. It's in English and German.

El Duende (Copenhagen, Denmark)
www.geocities.com/Vienna/1921
Frequently updated website detailing the Copenhagen flamenco scene. In Danish.

Flamenco resources in Asia

El Duende Flamenco (Sydney, Australia)
www.flamenco.com.au/ A dance company led by former members of the Antonio Vargas Flamenco Dance Theatre.

Flamencology (Sydney, Australia)
flamenco.customer.netspace.net.au

Flamenco Dance by Arieti (Adelaide, Australia)
www.rebel.net.au/~flamencoareti

Triana's dance school (Adeliaide, Australia)
herso.freeservers.com/triana.html

[NOTE: I have many more contacts, but these are the ones that happen to have their own websites. Contact me directly if you're looking for flamenco info for a geographic area not represented above]

Flamenco resources for guitarists

La Falseta Specializing in flamenco guitars, proprietor Tom Núñez says: "I am a sole proprietor and do not have the large overhead that some of my larger competitors do. Therefore, I am often able to save you the customer, hundreds, even thousands of dollars."

Flamenco Guitar Method by Graf-Martinez Excellent method for those in isolated geographic areas with no teachers available. Can also be used as a supplement to those who have a teacher already.

Paco de Málaga's Guitar Gallery The selection at this shop includes everything from student- to concert-quality instruments hand-selected by Paco himself on his regular visits to Spain.

Thomas Rodriguez Guitars We have a world-class flamenco guitar luthier in our own backyard. Thomas is a one-man operation based in Richmond, Virginia. He is slowly gaining a name for himself. TIP: check out his instruments soon and if you like one, put in an order now. As he gets more well-known, the prices will go up.

Flamenco Connection The BEST place in the USA to find flamenco CD's, videos, books and more. Owned and operated by local flamenco guitarist Guillermo Christie.

Tomatito The official website of the flamenco guitarist who needs no introduction.

Antonio Bernal Guitar Shop The nephew of guitar maker Valeriano Bernal, Antonio sells the complete line of his uncle's guitars flamenco and classical. I recently aquired a Valeriano Bernal Triana model and am very happy with it for my purposes--I regularly accompany dancers in the local tablaos four nights a week. Check out the site, it's beautifully done.

Dan Zeff Guitars Dan Zeff offers his personal experience and knowledge— spanning 25 years of teaching and performing—in assisting clients worldwide with the selection of the right guitars. In addition, Dan Zeff carries one of largest selections of Flamenco CDs and videos available anywhere, many exclusive and hard-to-find imports from Spain.

Allain Faucher: THE best place for flamenco guitar tablature

Norman's flamenco guitar transcriptions Free transcriptions! Well actually just a few are free to whet your appetite. But, if you really want more...Norman does have a total of 231 transcriptions by various artists at a very reasonable price

What you guitarists have been looking for! Falsetas with Real Audio demos!

Le TechniqueToo busy to practice guitar? Now you have no excuse! Click here now to find out how.

Mundobeat--VKO Realtime Programmable Metronome This programmable metronome (a device that produces clicking noises that are useful for practicing rhythms) can be used by flamenco dancers and musicians because you can make it play flamenco compás complete with the accents! The website has some audio samples so that you can preview them for yourself.

FAQ for guitarists

Cajónes flamencos by Mario Cortés. Used by the international touring musicians as well as local DC guitarist Richard Marlow.

Cajones by POPercussion Built by a professional percussionist who uses his own products in flamenco shows himself.

Flamenco resources for dancers

Dance Fashion Warehouse We sell flamenco dance supplies, shoes, skirts and dresses at discount prices.

Bonnin Designs Unique, handcrafted flamenco jewelry and accessories and more.

Flamenco Connection The BEST place in the USA to find flamenco CD's, videos, books and more. Owned and operated by local flamenco guitarist Guillermo Christie. If you're clueless about what CD's to buy, Guillermo can give you some expert advice.

Paco de Málaga's Guitar Gallery Paco also has a selection of flamenco dance accessories including skirts, dresses, castanets, earrings and more.

Stein's Theatrical Most beginners usually purchase character shoes before they decide to pay significantly more for real flamenco shoes. Stein's got them. Sometimes they have beginner quality castanets available.

Arte Flamenco (Switzerland) Miriam from Germany writes: As someone who passionately loves Flamenco I gladly found your website on the internet. When I got down to flamenco shops I noticed that Arte Flamenco is missing which is a highly recommendable company in Switzerland. I must say that I have already bought so much from this company, they offer such a good service, prices are more than reasonable, the articles are of high quality and shipment to the U.S. is completely free for orders exceeding 400 CHF which should be about 300 US-Dollar, more or less. Furthermore they offer a proper online shop also in English...As a long-standing customer I would really like to recommend this company to all Flamencos in the United States, I know a lot of Flamenco shops, but in my opinion, Arte Flamenco tops them all by far.

Flamenco Export DC flamenco dancer Mariya Kostystka writes: "I got the shoes from www.flamencoexport.com, I am pretty happy with the service. Here is why: the guy who manages the orders was communicating with me by e-mail, answering all my detailed questions instantly, the shoes/catalogues do get here in 2 days, they do special orders and accept measurements, the shoes fit perfectly and are neatly done, the price turns out to be roughly the same as buying the shoes from local retailers, but at least you get exactly what you want."

Flamenco Dresses by Maribel Based in San Francisco, custom dressmaker Maribel Mora has created designs for the Bay area's top flamenco performers. She has a degreein Fashion design, but the photo samples of her creations illustrate her excellent work.

Anastasia's Dance TightsWhat the heck...most of the visitors to my website are dancers anyway. So therefore I present to you: Anastasia's Dance Tights--Affordable, Performance-Quality Shimmery and Opaque Dance Tights.

FAQ for beginners

Sevillanas for beginners

Blue Diamond Here's a dance site devoted to the adult beginner. Nicely done!

The Ultimate info source for the DC area's Dance Scene

Other flamenco resources

For people who confuse flamenco with flamingo Here's where to find that perfect gift for those pesky friends we all have that constantly demonstrate their "cultural depravity" by insisting on calling this beautiful art of ours FLAMINGO dancing.

For amateur flamenco photos For flamenco photos from around the world at the flamenco-world.com website

For Russian flamencophiles Reflections on a visit to Spain by a Russian named Felix--very nicely done.

For flamencos who like Barbie® Barbie®, the Andalucía Flamenco edition. No kidding!
Barbie® is a registered trademark of Mattel

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