Starting in January 2010, Peña Flamenca El Indalo and visiting Spanish artist Felipe de Algeciras will present monthly flamenco events aimed at educating and entertaining a broad audience.
Continuing their collaboration with internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Felipe de Algeciras, Peña Flamenca El Indalo are hosting a series of monthly rhythm and clapping workshops, each of which will be followed by an evening of dance and music performances.
The first of these events will be held on Friday 15 January in The Cobblestone Bar, Smithfield, which will become the home for these monthly gatherings by the Spanish community and international aficionados.
Hand clapping as rhythmic accompaniment is perhaps one of the most distinctive sounds in flamenco. In the rhythm & clapping workshop, Felipe will provide an introduction to the different flamenco rhythms and will teach the basic clapping patterns for each rhythm. He will be accompanied on guitar and cajón by Lucas González. This workshop is open to all members of the public, no dance or music experience is required. It runs from 7:00pm to 8:30pm and costs €15.
Felipe and guests will take to the stage from 9:00pm to kick off a lively Spanish evening of flamenco and sevillanas. Entrance costs just €12.
Access to both the workshop and the performances is at the special price of €20. All prices include VAT, and discounts are available for students and the unemployed.
For more information, visit http://www.flamencoindalo.com/
About Felipe de Algeciras
Felipe de Algeciras is a renowned Spanish dancer and choreographer who has over 17 years experience performing and teaching flamenco abroad. Felipe has also worked as a dancer and choreographer on a number of cinema projects. On the sound track for “The Mask of Zorro” with Antonio Banderas, Felipe’s footwork provides the rhythm and percussive accompaniment to the guitar of Salvador Andrades and Tito Heredia. In “Dot the I” starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Felipe worked on set and choreographed a flamenco piece for Natalia Verbeke, which she performed with singer Olayo Jimenez and guitarist Tito Heredia.
About Peña Flamenca El Indalo
Founded in 2009, Peña Flamenca El Indalo is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of flamenco arts and culture in Ireland. By working closely with artists and institutions in Spain, the peña aims to raise awareness of this passionate, multi-disciplinary art form across Ireland, and to encourage and support the development of a community of flamenco aficionados.
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