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Flamenco Maps

 ... and a NEW flamenco educational project was born! 🥳🥳🥳 Is it called “flamenco school,” or “flamenco online academy?”, NO, it's called FLAMENCOMAPS, because... go and visit: https://flamencomaps.com/ It is an original, comprehensive and transformative way for flamenco DANCERS, GUITARISTS, SINGERS and all flamenco LOVERS to learn, practice and reach your full potential and creativity! From Practice to Art: FIND YOUR WAY, ENJOY THE JOURNEY! We can spend years learning choreographies, steps, letras, or falsetas by heart and still miss the fundamentals of how it REALLY works. FlamencoMAPS it is the perfect complement for any flamenco lessons you already take, whether it be dance, singing, guitar, palmas or percussion because it is not enough to accumulate knowledge and learn by heart. 💃🕺💛🧡💙
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Cabaret Flamenco - En ligne

L'affiche de Bernard Villemot, commanditée en 1952 par le gouvernement espagnol, a été revisitée par l'excellente graphiste Kara Lawrence (aussi connue sous le nom de Kara Miranda lorsqu'elle danse) pour signifier le passage au "Cabaret en ligne". Le soleil rouge représente le bouton "rec", que nous allons utiliser très souvent désormais! The Bernard Villemot poster, originally commissioned by the Spanish government in 1952, has been revisited by graphic designer Kara Lawrence (also known as Kara Miranda when she dances flamenco) to underline the switch to an "Online Cabaret". The red sun represents the "rec" button, which we will be using a lot from now on!

La Gigue Québécoise

Article de la danseuse professionnelle de gigue contemporaine Rachel Carignan, expliquant les origines de ce style de danse et de musique rythmique.  La gigue est une danse traditionnelle québécoise. La gigue est une danse de pas. La gigue est une danse instrument. La gigue est un instrument dansé.                                         La gigue a d’abord une racine historique et un passé ancré dans la tradition orale et la transmission sociale. Je n’en suis pas une historienne, mais il est selon moi incontournable de dire quelques mots sur ses origines pour mieux comprendre son présent. Nous venant probablement, selon plusieurs chercheur.e.s, de l’immigration vers le Québec d’habitants des îles britanniques (Irlande, Écosse, Angleterre), ses origines ne sont toutefois pas absolument vérifiables. La tradition giguée du Québec s’est construite et se construit surtout par la transmission directe. Plusieurs acteurs du milieu ont plus tard contribué à sa transmission à travers des écrits

Collaboration Over Competition

We need to realize the truth: the more that something is created, the more abundance of that thing exists! For a healthy vibrant community to flourish it is vital to adopt this mindset. Let us examine why competition can hurt not only others but ourselves, and why collaboration is the more beneficial choice. Animation by Libby VanderPloeg   Scarcity is a construct. It is normal to feel this way, to fear there is only a small amount of something such as a limited audience, number of students or customers. Society has conditioned us to fear that if others succeed that they will take this something from us. We have all grown up to believe there are finite sources of even things that are bountiful and once these are gone there is none left for us. Social scientists note how those in power artificially create these scarcities in order to control both the spending and labour of individuals  [1] [2] .  So scarcity is a concept   instilled by our society even when it doesn't exist that r

Blogger - A Helpful Tool for Independent Artists

So, if you are an independent artist and exploring ways how to promote your art in these difficult times...try Blogger !  Did you know that this is a powerful publishing tool that you can use along with your social media page or profile to make a professional blog for discussions with your audience? Yes, by now you would have probably figured out that this post is made on Blogger. Let me share some valid points why I think Blogger is a great tool for independent and emerging artists to promote their art. Create amazing content which looks good on all of your devices. Connect it to your professional website and be found quickly on popular search engines ! Be in  control of your content  and easily update. Customise your blog to keep up with the latest design trends. Earn some extra money by allowing ads appear on your blog . What are you waiting for? Give Blogger a try and start exploring! If you find articles lik

Buy events is now live !

Buy events feature is live now!! Here is how you get started with 5 simple steps!  Publish you favorite local event via this link -  https://vivacommuart.org/calendar  Set a price for an admission or a ticket to sell for your published event at   https://vivacommuart.org/shop  Fill out the details and send it for approval. You will receive the approval from us shortly. Your event will then be listed for sale-  https://vivacommuart.org/shop Sell your event and start making some money!!:) 

Buy local events

You can now buy or sell an event (tickets and online classes)!! Upload your event and make it available to the entire arts community via VCA's boosted search rankings!! This feature is currently being tested and will be live next week.