Flamenco Classes For Beginners and Experienced Dancers Alike

At Centro Flamenco La Fuente we pride ourselves on offering a relaxed and friendly environment which is never intimidating, in which all of your energy can be focussed on developing your skills.

We also keep our class sizes to a minimum, meaning that we can give one-to-one personal attention wherever possible.

We offer flamenco classes suitable for all levels of experience, spanning beginner, intermediate and advanced level experience. The classes have guitar accompaniment, and special attention is paid to the relation between both dance and guitar and dance and voice. All flamenco classes take place in our own purpose-built Flamenco studio in the beautiful village of Capileira.

When you book your holiday with us we’ll contact you to discuss in more detail which classes will be most suitable for you, but the following is a guide to levels of tuition we provide:

Beginners
This course is for those who have never danced flamenco before, or for those who have danced sevillanas or had a few flamenco lessons but have never managed to master the basic foot tapping technique (zapateado).

Intermediate
This course is for those who have been dancing flamenco for two or three years regularly, and have mastered the basic foot tapping technique. They may possibly already have danced tangos, alegrías or soleá, or only one of these various styles.

Advanced
This course is only for those who have been dancing regularly for at least five or six years. Usually the participants have danced several of the palos, or styles and can catch on quickly to the new steps. They need to have experience dancing tangos, alegrías, soleá, and bulerías.

Class structure

All classes are divided into two sections:

Technique: During this part of the class we deal with the coordination of different parts of the body, and the consolidation of fundamental flamenco concepts.

Choreography: This focuses on the staging of choreography for different flamenco styles, ie. seguiriyas, soleá, soleá por bulerías, alegrías, etc. A guitarist will accompany this part of the class.

Timetable of flamenco lessons throughout the week

Our flamenco holidays run from Saturday to Saturday, with classes taking place on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Depending on your level, you will be placed either in the morning or afternoon classes, giving you half the day free for any other activities you wish to take part in.

Morning classes: 10.30am - 12pm Technique, 12.30pm - 2pm Choreography

Afternoon classes : 5.00pm - 6.30pm Technique, 7.00pm - 8.30pm Choreography

During the weeks where all students attending the school are at the same level, classes will take place in the morning.

On Wednesday we take a break from the classes with a walking excursion through the beautiful local countryside. A delicious lunch will be provided at a local restaurant.

On Friday evening we hold an informal get-together with all of our students, with wine and soft drinks provided, to review and enjoy what each student has learned in the week. We will be accompanied (subject to availability) by a flamenco guitarist and singer.

All of the above are included in the price of your holiday.

Our optional Spanish language classes (subject to availability) take place at the school on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, starting at 3pm and running for two hours. However, please note that should you wish to take these classes, the cost for them will be in addition to the basic price of your holiday.

An optional excursion is also available on Thursday evening to a local Flamenco club/bar (subject to availability), where dinner and a live performance of Flamenco can be enjoyed.

Again, please note that the cost of this excursion will be in addition to the basic price of your holiday.