News and Updates Archive

8/31/2005

Added pics from Sarika's yard sale. Photo Diary

Added a blog entry (no pics) from my day so far. Photo Diary

8/30/2005

Added pics from last night at Citron, but I need some commentary to go with them. Photo Diary

Now that the weather is starting to cool off, I want to do this in a nice part of DC.

Here's a cool pic from a street show in Barcelona.

8/29/2005

Added pics from my day off on Saturday. Photo Diary. Ginette gave me a bunch of pics from her recent trip to Spain which I'm working on right now. Stay tuned!

8/28/2005

Remember when you first saw a flamenco show? Here's a blog entry written by someone seeing flamenco for the first time.

8/27/2005

Added pics from Friday at Mason District Park and Taberna del Alabardero. Photo Diary

8/26/2005

In today's diary entry I blogged about the old days as a classical guitar major.

Taken by Surprise: A Dance Improvisation Reader This book sounds interesting. It includes a chapter titled "Writing on the Wall: Reading Improvisation in Flamenco and Postmodern Dance."

Just added photos by Elizabeth from last week's show at Tutto Bene. Photo Diary

Just got an email from a girl that was in the audience at Casa Patas the night I was there. When she saw the pics in my Madrid photo diary entry, she realized we were sitting in the same area. How cool is that? :-) Turns out she's a writer for a Madrid-based flamenco magazine that wrote about dcflamenco.com a few years ago.

Friends and clients: I just found out that T-Mobile upgraded its voicemail system. Because of some technical glitch, I have a week's worth of messages that I haven't listened to until now. My apologies if I haven't returned your calls yet.

Added pics from last night at Cafe Bonaparte. Photo Diary

8/24/2005

Who are the nominees for this year's Latin Grammy Best Flamenco Album? Details (scroll down to category 28) Paco de Lucia has been nominated for Producer of the Year. (see category 42)

Read in the GW Hatchet about a student getting a grant to pay for her flamenco-related trip to Spain. (requires registration)

Added pics from my day yesterday. Photo Diary

8/23/2005

Added pics from Estela Velez's performance class at the Jack Guidone Theater. Photo Diary

Added pics from Tower Records last night. Photo Diary

Here's a photo album I found through a blog. There are some faces you may recognize.

8/22/2005

Starting September 9th: Friday night flamenco show at Cabanas Restaurant (formerly Sole) in my favorite part of DC: the Georgetown Harbour! Opening night will feature dancers Marta Chico Martin and Micaela Moreno accompanied by yours truly, Miguelito. Call 202-944-4242 to make your reservation.

Yours truly performing at a yard sale fundraiser organized by my friend Sarika. It's this Saturday August 27, 2005. Details

It's only been a few months since my trip to Spain but I'm already longing to go back. To satisfy myself for now, I read this blog entry about a California college student's recent journey. Here's another one. OK, one last one. :-)

Added pics from yesterday's Festival Hispano in Delaware. Photo Diary

8/20/2005

Added pics from last night at Casablanca. Photo Diary

Someone blogged about flamenco in Chile and included a photo of someone that looks familiar.

8/19/2005

Ayhan sent me pics from last night at Tutto Bene. Photo Diary

8/18/2005

Hispanic Heritage month is coming up soon. Getting a lot of queries about shows. I have a FAQ about hiring flamenco performers that you should read.

A pic Natalia Monteleon's Arte Flamenco is on the Dance Baltimore website.

Ayhan sent me some pics from last night's show at El Manantial. Photo Diary

Study Flamenco and Spanish dance at the American Dance Institute (ADI). New Intro class forming Thursday 9/22 7:30-9pm. Study with the best! Instructors, Anna Menendez and Christina Conrad teach Saturdays, Mondays, & Thursdays at ADI.

Gil sent me another pic from Baghdad. Photo Diary

Added pics from Tuesday at Las Tapas and last night at El Manantial. Photo Diary

8/17/2005

Someone blogged that "DC has one of the most active flamenco scenes in the world."

Added pics from Monday at Cafe Citron. Photo Diary

Got time to kill? Browse through some flamenco photos at Buzznet and Flickr.

8/16/2005

Ugh! My computer caught a virus. I'll be cutting back on updates for a few days until I get this virus taken care of. Stay tuned.

8/14/2005

Caught up on my Photo Diary

8/11/2005

Pssst! Just heard that two shows in the 2006 Flamenco Festival at Lisner have been confirmed: Feb 4th Nuevo Ballet Español (Ángel Rojas and Carlos Rodriguez, directors) and Feb 11th Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía (Cristina Hoyos, director). Other shows are in the works. To be notified when tickets are available, join Lisner's mailing list.

Added pics from last night's show at Cafe Bonaparte. Photo Diary

8/10/2005

Added pics from the past few days. Photo Diary

Just heard that Manolo Leiva and friends will be performing August 25-27 at Taberna del Alabardero. 202-429-2200 .

Dancer Edwin Aparicio is starting a new teaching session this Saturday August 13th 1pm at the Arte Flamenco studio in Laurel, MD. $18 for the 90 minute class. Details

Added some shows to the flamenco events page.

8/9/2005

Coming soon: info for the upcoming DC/MD/VA area workshops by Antonio Vargas. Read my review from a workshop in 2001.

8/6/2005

Added pics from my flamenco-filled Saturday so far. Photo Diary

Added pics from last night at Casablanca. Photo Diary

8/5/2005

Is there flamenco in Baghdad? Checkout the Photo Diary.

Added pics from last night's show at Andalucía. Photo Diary

8/4/2005

Just a few weeks left in the Beginner flamenco workshop at Strathmore 4:30pm on Saturdays August 6, 13 and 20. Call 301-581-5204.

CityDance Center at Strathmore will be starting for the first time a youth flamenco program in the Fall as well as continue its adult program. Call 301-581-5204 for more info.

Ginette sent me some pics from Monday at Citron. Photo Diary

8/3/2005

NOTE: This week's show at Cafe Bonaparte has been rescheduled for next Wednesday August 10th. Checkout the pics from the last time.

Added pics from last night at Las Tapas. Photo Diary

8/2/2005

One of my pics is on the Maine Today website.

Added pics from last night at Cafe Citron. Photo Diary

8/1/2005

Added pics from my Sunday dance class marathon. Photo Diary

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