Sunday afternoon flamenco rehearsal at the Pink Flamenco. January 21, 2007
Dancers Ginette Perea, Shahram Tehranian and Mariya working on a bulería choreography. January 21, 2007 3:19pm
It's 11:45am on Monday as I type these words. Yesterday, I had the dancers over at the Pink Flamenco, my house, for a few hours to rehearse in preparation for a concert on Sunday January 28, 2007 as part of Virginia Commonwealth University's guitar concert series. This has special significance for me: ten years ago I performed in this series playing alongside flamenco guitarist Paco de Málaga for the Ana Martinez flamenco dance company and now I'm doing a concert on my own, yay!
Anywayz, during our rehearsal, the snow was coming down pretty hard by DC standards---something like three inches. (I can just hear my guitarist friend Behzad, who used to live in Maine, saying, "Three inches? Pffft! That's nothing!") My dancers braved the icy roads coming up here and they had a long slow drive going back home awaiting them afterwards, but of course, as we drifted into our flamenco frame of mind, we soon forgot about all that.
Didn't have much opportunity to take more pics since I was busy playing guitar, so all I have for you are a few random candid shots...
Shahram and Ginette discussing choreographic ideas. January 21, 2007 3:08pm
Ginette and Mariya observing as Shahram demonstrates a step. January 21, 2007 3:17pm
Shahram and Mariya trying out a step while Ginette provides palmas. January 21, 2007 3:18pm
Concentration. January 21, 2007 3:19pm
Ginette trying out different ending poses for the bulería. January 21, 2007 3:25pm
January 21, 2007 3:31pm
Later that evening, Ginette and I had a private gig and had to brave the icy roads so we factored in extra time and ended up arriving there really early, got some dinner, did the show and the restaurant paid for our entire food bill, yay! My plan was to head towards home and catch a 10:00pm movie at my neighborhood theatre, but I ended up going straight home instead and jumped into bed right away.
As for tonight, I'll be doing my usual Monday night flamenco show at Cafe Citron with singer Gerard Moreno and dancer Mariya. Please come!
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