SESSIONS
Lecture demonstration
MACÍAS GUZMÁN, Paloma -
Mexico
Flamenco dance is a widely accepted genre in Mexico. The National School of Dance “Nellie y Gloria Campobello” offers the career of Spanish Dance Teacher, and includes Motif Description as a subject. One important concept included in the lessons is destination-motion, applied for the analysis of flamenco dance, because it is considered that it has a great potential to explain the flamenco style.
The lecture demonstration proposed is a condensed lesson designed for the students of the National School of Dance (youngs with ages within 18-25 years with a previous knowledge of flamenco dance), dedicated to analyze and practice the destination-motion concept. Four students of the National School of Dance will take part in this class.
It includes the following structure:
• warming-up
• exploration
• theoretical approach
• exercises
• conclusions
Paloma Macías began her spanish dance studies in Mexico DF with Ana María Sánchez (who studied with the famous teacher Oscar Tarriba), and continued her studies with the great flamenco dancers Manolo Vargas and Mercedes Amaya “ La Winy”. She also studied classic dance in the “Academia de Ballet de Coyoacán”, and classic guitar with Cedar Viglietti and Cristina Zárate. She took some flamenco short courses with Mario Maya, Cristóbal Reyes, Francisca Sardonil, Ignacio Blanco y María Juncal, and Bolero School with Pablo Acosta and Lupe Gómez.
She approved the three levels of the Language of Dance courses, taught by Ann Hutchinson, Tina Curran, Jimmylee Listenbee and Valerie Farrant. And she teaches Motf Writing, Methodology for research and Spanish Dance technics in the National School of Dance “Nelly y Gloria Campobello”. As a dancer she is an active member of the company “Embrujo Flamenco”.
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