Classes

EDADES 5-12 Años - HISPANOS

BALLET FLAMENCO FOLCLORICO - CLASES DE BAILES MEXICANOS FOLCLORICOS Y DE BAILES ESPANOLES CLASICOS/ FOLCLORICOS

“NUESTROS BAILES CULTURALES” - Domingos a 3:00pm

REEVES CTR STUDIO – Esquina de Calles Constitution & Jenkins – Reaves Park - Norman

PARA PRESENTACIONES EN LA COMUNIDAD DE NORMAN y OKLAHOMA
Pandora Tadefa De Everett, M.A Directora/Maestra (405) 326-2848

• Date/Time: Friday Evening: 7:15-8:45pm 1 hr a week/4 times a month.  Reaves Garden Center & Studio, corner of Constitution and Jenkins in Norman, Reaves Park. Consult this website for maps and directions as well as the classes and events calendar.
• Payments: Tuition due at first class in full. $35 per month or $60 for full 8 weeks. Individual classes are $10 each.
• Drop-in’s: Welcomed, no experience necessary – Monthly & Semester classes only for children.
• Class Objectives: An ‘Introduction to Flamenco Art’ beginning Flamenco-Spanish Dance class for mothers, retirees, seniors or just anyone wanting to get back into shape and learn a new type of dance.  Class incorporates basic flamenco moves, heel and footwork, hands, braceo (arms), Rhythms, and Palmas (clapping).  Class will cover Solea Por Buleria and Sevillanas. Music recommendations for practice will be given at first class for students wishing to pursue their own practice music.
• Suggested Dress: Comfortable clothing such as yoga wear, loose fitting skirt a plus, hard soled shoes such as a loafer or pump with leather bottom. Dance shoes preferable but not required. See new dancers page for more information on additional clothing and equipment.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Pandora Tadefa-Everett, M.A. has been professionally performing and has received training in Spanish Classical, Flamenco and Regional/Folklorico Dance for over 30 years from some of the worlds most well known dancers and instructors. She is currently an active student of Maria Benitez of Santa Fe, NM International Flamenco Foundation and Daniel de Cordoba Bailes de España. She continues her professional education and training in dance by regularly attending workshops and symposiums throughout the country given by many world famous dancers and choreographers.

She was born in Banbury, England and is presently the founder, President and Director of the Ballet Flamenco Español Folclorico Co. and Los Niños De Espana Y Mexico, a 501C3 Not for Profit national and state touring group listed on the OK State Arts Council Touring Roster and with the Norman Arts Council. She has also founded two other companies and was instrumental in introducing Spanish Art to Oklahoma in 1969. Her mother Melyta, also a local artist and journalist founded the first Spanish Language Newspaper and Radio Broadcast in Oklahoma in 1969.

She has performed at Dolores Flamenco Club with Dorita Velasco, and has been featured in many national venues. The dance group has been featured on Sesame Street, on the Ranger Roger Show and at Barnes and Noble Booksellers throughout Oklahoma. They recently appeared at the Poncan Theater, Hollywood Theater, Sooner Theater, and her company was the first company to be featured at the new 1.8 million dollar theater in Cheyenne, OK.  She and her company are the recipients of a number of national awards in Spanish dance and choreography and have appeared alongside the Ballet Folklorico of Colima, Mexico, the Ballet Folklorico Los Cabos from Mexico City and many others. The Ballet Flamenco Folclorico Co. Los Niños were showcased at the 2005 National Flamenco Folklorico Dance Competition in Austin Texas where they placed ‘Best In Show’. Pandora volunteers her time to the community and children of Norman via the Norman Parks and Recreation Dept.  She is the daughter of Melita Tadefa Rodriguez, Gaelic artist and opera singer/recording artist and the cousin of Kiko Iglesias, classical guitarist and Director of Chamber Music in Galicia, Spain. She and her family are originally from La Coruña, Spain and are US Citizens.