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Lessons & Performances

MoreKW Flamenco Fest 2024

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We offer classes in flamenco dance, vocals and guitar, and are the organisers of the KW Flamenco fest (formerly the Grand River Flamenco Fest).

We also perform. You might see us at community events in KW, or at flamenco events in Toronto. If you are interested in booking us for a performance, please see our booking page.

What we do:

We are passionate about community building and arts education through workshops and classes. We also enjoy being part of Canada’s growing flamenco scene via tablaos and through collaborations with fellow flamenco schools and artists. Read more about us.

If you are an organiser for a community festival, outreach project, or school and are interested in working with us, please contact us.

Testimonials

Claudia is a great teacher who is both knowledgeable and enthusiastic. She is patient with beginners and guides you through each step. The Buleria 101 ( for Fin De Fiesta) online classes are a must do for novice flamenco dancers. After each class I received audio/video and pdf support material. The goal of this class is to get you dancing at flamenco parties. I am not as intimated by this palo since starting the class.Thanks, Claudia. Ole

If you’re looking for a real flamenco experience, you don’t have to go any further than Claudia and Julian. Their studio is intimate and Claudia and Julian are very warm and inviting. The lessons are fun and invigorating while you learn the flamenco way. Julian’s incredible guitar playing is the perfect accompaniment and Claudia’s knowledge of flamenco is authentic and she will be your biggest cheerleader.
I am so blessed to be able to continue my flamenco journey with the help of this wonderful couple and I’m certain you will too.
OLÉ

Julian is patience personified. My spirited 6 year old daughter is just starting and he caters his lessons to her attention span and interests, without losing sight of the goal, namely getting her interested in learning to play guitar. Introducing the rudiments of technique is complemented quickly with some sing-a-long melodies; which 6 year old wouldn’t find delight in her strumming cords and singing “What shall we do with the drunken sailor?” Julian’s combination of melodies with technique is testament to knowing his student’s development stage. Highly recommended.

A maestro of the flamenco music, Julian has refined the techniques of my 10 year old daughter, who already had 4 years of classical guitar lessons. As she put it: “I learned more in a few lessons, than I had learned before.”
While introducing flamenco techniques, he has allowed my daughter to contribute songs of her interest, which makes for great student-master relationship.

A new challenge for me at 66 years old is to learn to play the guitar. In a few short months Julian has taught me theory, form and technique, to the point where I’m now ready to begin learning my first full piece. All this with on-line lessons. Julian is patient and encouraging. He adjusts his lessons exactly to my abilities and then gently pushes me to stretch those abilities. If you want to learn to play classical, flamenco or jazz guitar, you won’t find a better teacher than Julian.

Latest blog posts

The Gift of Caribana

We know everyone in the human race is different, whether it is in skin colour or culture, but where humanity is found is in recognizing these differences and ultimately celebrating them. This is what we want for our peers, this is what we want…
CaluJules

Flamenco in the Family; What it might look like

    About a year ago, while running freelance classes at Roxy’s Dance Studio, I began teaching ‘Family Flamenco’. This family-friendly class spanned across three generations and has been one my favourite classes to teach. For me (and…
CaluJules

A SHAD-owy evening to an Aurora sunrise; The teacher-to-student process

This past weekend marked the 5th year of the Kultrún World Music Festival, KW’s biggest outdoor dance party. It is admirable to see how Isabel Cisterna, founder of the Kultrún, manages to organize an event of this size. She and her family…

Events

Go to Flamenco Fest 2024

August with Irene and Alex in Toronto

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Our guests this summer

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Dear flamenco friends, As many of you know, we’ve organized a small community flamenco festival in the Waterloo region for the past few years. In our first post-pandemic fest back, we’re lucky enough to be able to invite special guests, Julian’s former instructors, Irene Alvarez & Alexander Gavilan, and Alfonso Cid. We’re taking some of […]

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Free public performances in June

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We’ve got quite a busy month of June! Please contact the organisers directly if you require more details. Below are the addresses of the venues and the contact info of the organisers. Downtown Kitchener BIA Summer Kick Off Party Hall’s Lane behind 20/20 Vision, 19 King St E, Kitchener, ON https://www.downtownkitchenerbia.ca/contact Guelph and District Multicultural […]

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Latest blog posts

The Gift of Caribana

We know everyone in the human race is different, whether it is in skin colour or culture, but where humanity is found is in recognizing these differences and ultimately celebrating them. This is what we want for our peers, this is what we want…
CaluJules

Flamenco in the Family; What it might look like

    About a year ago, while running freelance classes at Roxy’s Dance Studio, I began teaching ‘Family Flamenco’. This family-friendly class spanned across three generations and has been one my favourite classes to teach. For me (and…
CaluJules

A SHAD-owy evening to an Aurora sunrise; The teacher-to-student process

This past weekend marked the 5th year of the Kultrún World Music Festival, KW’s biggest outdoor dance party. It is admirable to see how Isabel Cisterna, founder of the Kultrún, manages to organize an event of this size. She and her family…