Flamenco Fundamentals and Styling

Instructor: Anastassiia Alexander, Artist-in-residence at Good Women Dance Collective

Date: Saturday, October 10, 2020 10:30am - 12:00pm

Cost: (per person in-studio only - 10 spots available)

Early Bird: $35 until Friday, October 2 / Regular: $40

Take your Latin dance to the next level by integrating traditional and contemporary elements of Flamenco dance. In this workshop, you will explore and discover new ways of using your body, and adopting the delicate, yet precise arm and hand movements. Through percussive exercises, you will develop a means to unleash your inner groove, and learn the foundation behind this highly emotional cultural Spanish dance. As part of the workshop, participants will understand how these elements are not limited to flamenco, but will further help develop dancers in every genre with elements of technique, rhythm, and improvisation. Join visiting dancer Anastassiia Alexander on this one-time workshop.

Biography
Anastassiia is a Russian-born, Mexican flamenco dancer trained in Canada, Mexico, and Madrid, Spain. Her range of expression and improvisation is demonstrated through a variety of productions including her own 12 Musascontemporary flamenco ensemble and beyond. Pushing the boundaries of flamenco, Anastassiia has integrated her work in a variety of genres, including opera, spoken word, and media art. Currently, she focuses on deconstructing and weaving together the structures of flamenco performance, which led to her recent creation De(RE)-construct: Dance (Re)-Born, presented at the Calgary Fluid Fest 2019. As part of the Virtual Victoria Flamenco Festival, Anastassiia captivated audiences with her presentation of Interoception, a contemporary flamenco dance film that incorporates elements of digital painting, video art, dance and music to create an immersive audio-visual experience. Anastassiia is also a recipient of Flamenco Rosario’s 2019 Creative Residency and will be an artist-in-residence at Good Women Dance Collective in Edmonton fall 2020