FOUR PROGRAMS
BY FLAMENCO LATINO

Bring a Group Dance Class
or Lecture Demo Performance
to Your Site

You can book any of the following four presentations nearly any time during the year:

BASILIO GEORGES 347-771-2440
basilio@flamencolatino.com

One hour group class in flamenco and/or salsa dance
Taught by one dance teacher. Maximum group size: 40.

Price: $250, where travel time is up to 45 minutes. Discounts on multiple classes during the same school day.

Three Different Lecture Demonstration Performances

With audience participation, 50-minute duration

Flamenco and the Ida y Vuelta ("Round Trip") Styles
The Ida y Vuelta styles of flamenco are an assimilation of Latino songs and rhythms by flamenco artists which started during the late 1800s. The show begins with traditional flamenco, includes demonstration and participation of castanets, palmas (handclapping, and footwork sounds. It procedes to Ida y Vuelta styles, pointing out what elements come from Latin cultures, and how the clave rhythm was adapted into flamenco. Maximum audience 250.

Price variations:

Performed by one dancer and guitarist (with singing)
$400, where travel time is up to 45 minutes. Discounts on two back-to-back performances during the same school day.

Performed by 2 dancers and guitarist (with singing)
$650 where travel time is up to 45 minutes. Discounts on two back-to-back performances during the same school day.

Celebrating Latin Heritage: Exploring Spanish and African Roots
Themes in the presentation involve comparisons of rhythmic approaches to music and dance found in pure Spanish Flamenco and Afro-Caribbean roots of Salsa, as well as references to the culture melting pots found in both Spain during the Middle Ages and Hispanic Caribbean countries during the Age of Exploration.

The program focuses on these sections: Flamenco as performed in Andalucia, Afro-Cuban dance accompanied only by percussion and singing, examples from other Latino counties besides Cuba which have contrbuted to the music and dance called Salsa.

Performed by four artists: guitar, percussion, 2 dancers (with singing)
$800 where travel time is up to 45 minutes. Discounts on two back-to-back performances during the same school day.

The Roots of Salsa
This program is a retrospective of Cuban music, the birthplace of all forms referred to today as Salsa. It includes examples of forms from Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic which are part of the Salsa idiom. The presentation features explanation and participation in clave, the backbone rhythm of all types of Latin social dance music as well as participation from a seated audience in clave rhythm and soneo/coro (call and response singing). 10-12 volunteers are invited to learn 2-3 hand percussion instruments, then play with the musicians in different examples. The audience learns simple Mambo steps dancing in front of their seats.

This show is four artists: keyboards/singer, singer/dancer, two percussionists
$800 where travel time is up to 45 minutes. Discounts on two back-to-back performances during the same school day.

All Field Trip Programs and Classes or Residencies Off-Site require getting a detailed quote regarding dates, times, size of Field Trip groups, your full contact info. No reservations will be confirmed without a signed contract and 50% deposit.

RESIDENCIES AVAILABLE AT YOUR SCHOOL

Appropriate for grades 4-6, 7-8, 9-12.

Groups of up to 30 students per class.

Base fees for classes start at $250, as quoted above.

Discounts for multiple classes during the same day, or for packages where schools contract a program to deliver more than one session to each class over 3-10 weeks.

Auditorium stage or gymnasium required for final performances.

CALL BASILIO GEORGES AT 347-771-2440 TO SCHEDULE YOUR PROGRAM ASAP!
basilio@flamencolatino.com

Flamenco Latino
c/o Basilio Georges
84-12 35th Ave, Apt 1E
Jackson Hts, NY 11372

CHILDREN'S CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR!
Children's classes are offered Sept.-June and over the summer.
For schedule and price details click on:
Children's Classes.