Aug
28
2007
Updated 09/03/07:
Classes starting September 9th:
Location:
Generations
816 N Saint Asaph Street
Old Town Alexandria, VA 22314
Note: To all
Tuition is due at the beginning of the month! Tuition is now $75.00 for the month. Please look at previous entries for details on rate.
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Estrellas: There will be class at 12PM (noon) Estrellas, you may invite other dance friends. (Class is open to flamenco students as well!) This will be a technique class with a 15minute warm up. We will vote on the next piece of music. By the way, we still have to make Carmen better! See you all soon
Sevillanas-Advanced beginner/Intermediate
Time: 4PM
Flamenco II-Advanced beginner/Intermediate
Time: 5PM
New!
**Children flamenco class Thursdays at 4PM-4:45PM (after school) Starting September 13th!**
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Aug
28
2007
Greetings! There will be a few upcoming topics regarding the past weekend at the Capital Dancesport Competition. Keep in touch. By the way…don’t forget to register with us at www.danceflame.com
The forum was created for our students and others interested in topics about dance & etc. Please use it!
Marsha
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Aug
15
2007
Dear Students (Estrellas y Flamencas)
During the summer we have been most flexible with payments. Please note: Group class tuition will be $75 starting in September. Some of you were already used to this rate. The $75 covers 4 classes for the month. If you cannot commit to the 4 classes due to vacation days or other reasons. You must pay the drop in rate of $20 per class. Make up classes will not be provided, this is in order to cover the fees in order to have the class open. Please consult with me regarding spending extra time in another class I may offer as a way to make up the time. Payments for the upcoming month are due prior to the beginning of the month. Please understand, we just need to tighten the administrative process in order to keep classes open.
Thank you for your attention towards this matter,
Marsha
www.danceflame.com
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Aug
15
2007
Dear Estrellas y Flamencas, Dmitry & I will not hold classes during labor day weekend! Estrellas we will begin the fall session with a new repatoire in mind. I will provide 3 numbers to vote. I will be accepting new applicants, so if you have any friends interested in joining, they should start to prepare something for demonstration and also prepare to enroll for September 9th!
Enjoy your time off ladies & we will resume our sessions on September 9th. If you have vacation days or other days you will be out, please e-mail me!
Thank you,
MLB
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Aug
15
2007
** Hi Ladies, listed below are comments submitted by each of you unless you did not turn in an evaluation, (a couple of you did not!) I submitted the gist of what you all submitted. It is great for you to thoroughly read what your teammates expressed about the performance. Each of you can work on these following items. Remember, this is positive criticism. The point of this exercise was to evaluate how you thought you performed versus your actual performance recorded. Thank you all for your effort in submitting these comments.
Marsha
My feelings BEFORE watching:
1. I was in the MOOD to perform well.
2. I felt that I was in character as soon as we walked through the doors and that I looked in character. 
Positive: I felt that my posture and attitude at the beginning was a good beginning.Flamenco: Good confident feeling & Attitude
Good Rhythm
Impovement:
- Staccato steps to mark the rhythm. (It is not a smooth dance ☺)
- Need to listen to music ( multiple times) for specific cues.
- Be positve, and enjoy the dance with “BOOBS – 44D”.
AFTER watching I felt:
1. My fan was STRAIGHT in front of my face
2. When walking out during the ‘finale’ I need to IMMEDIATELY put the fan down and close it! 
3. In exiting, I/we need to keep our hands on our hips and stay in character.
4. I felt fear in the beginning and I need to work on concentrating more
5. More fan movement
I do not lift my leg high enough when doing the taconeo
2. Floreo sometimes seems mindless rather than a
controlled movement. 3. I still lack the confidence to project a
fearless, in-control movement, there are times when I look almost timid.
While doing Sevillanas: need more defined,
sharp braceo, more angling of the body, and have to avoid facing the
audience dead-center.
Skirt movement needs to be more circular and
wider
3. Petit Batteeant: More rise and fall is
needed
4. Correct the problem with being too early
after the desplante, shoulder roll and ronde.
For Flamenco: More pronounced arch in my upper body in the beginning
Bigger foot action-specifically in Fandangos
Correct alignment for "V" formation
Heel work sound was not loud
Concentration within Escobia was not there due to getting lost within the “noise” by teammates.
Escobia was rushed and I felt I needed to catch up.
Lift my elbows up while clapping.
Positive & Improvements for the Estrellas TEAM dancing: 
1. When we started the walking forward: 1,2,stomp, 1, 2, stomp, etc., we are ALL in unison for the first 2 steps and stomp. We should be able to hear all of us stomp at the same time!!!
What we need to do:
1. ENJOY WHAT WE ARE DOING and have fun but always look UP and stay in character. Don’t look like we are in PAIN.
2. STAY in character until we are back in the dressing room! When we finish the bow, we should pull up our skirts on the sides and place our hands on our hips and sashay out.
* Work on timing all together
* More attitude
*the team needs to hit the marks at the same time (timing)
*Keeping attitude throughout even after leaving the stage
*Facial expressions should match movements, not blank looks
*Confidence needed in partner work
*More hip action and shoulder action
*Skirts needs more movement/lift
Team Eval
- More exaggerated full skirt movement with consistent technique for everyone.
- Great for 1st attempt. I feel that everyone learned from the performance video.
The FLAMENCO Team:
1. I was impressed how nicely their legs were in unison when they danced (most of the time).
2. When the girls changed direction in the middle and 2 of them clap, was this ‘free style’ or were they all supposed to clap in rhythm? The clapping could be more effective if it is louder and more ‘exact’. It was a nice effect but could have been “bigger”.
Flamenco was great. It seemed that they were coordinated to the “Unpracticed Eye.” I found watching their definite movements helpful to my efforts to improve. Flamenco Team needs to work on:
the ending
clarity
slow down, tempo was too fast at the end
make movements more solid and bigger!
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