News

Starting 2010 with two exciting Flamenco workshops !

Date: Monday 26 & Tuesday 27 January

Venue: Tapac (The Auckland Performing Arts Centre), Western Springs, Auckland

Tutors: Paul Bosauder (Guitar) and Cristina Lopez (Cante) directly from Spain !

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Arte Kanela at Womad Festival: 13-15 March 2009

Arte Kanela will be performing at the Womad Festival in Taranaki: 13-15 March 2009
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Tierra Flamenca Tour of NZ 2008

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Next Noche de Flamenco:

26 September - Life Flamenco Guitar precedes the movie: Camaron La Pelicula. This movie is about the life of the legendary Flamenco singer Jose Monje Cruz "Camaron de la Isla". In Spanish with English subtitles.

31st October - Flamenco Spring Fiesta. Fiesta de la Primavera. Venue to be confirmed

19th December - End of the Year Fiesta.

The Flamenco Nights are held in small intimate venues. Booking essential!

August 18th 2008 EVENT

Sevillanas workshop with Alba Ruiz from Cordoba, Spain. Friday 29 and Saturday 30 August 2008. For more info see events page.( or click here)

Noche de Flamenco July 27th 2008... Ole!!!

On July 27th flamenco aficionados got together in Devonport, Auckland, to celebrate a night of Flamenco. The Noche Flamenco was a memorable event. Despite the stormy weather many people turned up. The night started off with some evocative Flamenco Guitar sounds while people tried out a variety of "Spanish" dishes. The evening continued with a Flamenco Dance Show by Maria Elena and students of the Flamenco NZ Guitar and Dance School. It didn’t take long for a spontaneous Juerga to start in which even the waiters joined in.

November 2007

Hola! Que tal?...
It’s great to be back. I must admit and confirm something I already knew: Spain is a very exciting place. There is no need to get bored. Besides the beautiful architecture, first class wines, tasty tapas, colourful passionate people you can find flamenco everywhere in Andalusia. It’s a true Flamenco paradise. It wasn’t unusual to hear some guy on the street singing flamenco or young people waiting for the train doing palmas. You could even discus Flamenco
with the average taxi driver in Andalusia. I got my fortune told, before I even realised it, by a young gypsy woman on the streets of Seville. Highlights definitely were meeting family, friends and other Flamencos, seeing my favourite guitarist Tomatito in concert on the beach in Malaga, watching gypsy flamenco dancer Jose Maya in action, driving the Andalusian Express Train, seeing the magnificent Giralda Tower all lit up at night, visiting the enchanting
Moorish Palaces of the Alhambra in Granada, eating boquerones in a chiringuito on the beach of Puerto de Santa Maria, meeting a Matador, even bringing back the Virgen of Rocia in my suitcase and more... Well, I am totally inspired and ready to start new Flamenco classes. Vamos a bailar ...So let’s dance flamenco, ole! Term 4 is starting soon. Hope you had a nice break. Hasta pronto!

July 2007

Hola every body,
Just a note to let you know what’s happening in term 3. As you might know Maria is off to summer, going to Holland, Belgium, France and Spain on the 20th of July to catch up with family, friends and Flamenco. She will be back in NZ on the 1st of September with the latest dance moves and Flamenco updates. In the meantime we do not want you to miss out on classes. Please check out the dance page for more information on our July workshops.
Also Term 3 Dance classes are starting soon on Sunday 22 July. Enrolments are taken now for the workshops and dance classes. So get rid of the midwinter blues and shape up for summer with Flamenco. Get ready for our end of the year performance. While Maria is away classes will be taken by Bojana Stojadinovic and Kay Brown.
At the end of term 4 there will be a student performance. (More details later). Flamenco NZ would also like to give the opportunity to several students to join the Flamenco NZ performance team.
Look forward to seeing you all soon
Hasta la Vista,
Maria Elena

28th June 2007

Welcome to the new website for Flamenco NZ. We have added some new content and updated the info. We will be updating this page to inform you about up and coming Flamenco NZ events as well as providing you with news of the flamenco scene world wide.

Watch this space for up and coming events and news.