📅 START OF CLASSES: October 2 at 18:00 Classes take place every Thursday at 18:00 📍 Meeting place: Center for Inclusive Art / Teatr 21 Władysława Skoczylasa 10/12 Street in Warsaw The space is architecturally accessible 💸 Participation in the classes is free of charge ✉️ Registration required: rezerwacje@teatr21.pl Flamenco is not just music and dance – it is an art and a lifestyle, pulsating with the energy of Andalusia. It tells stories about things very natural and close to people – both difficult and pleasant. Joy, love, longing, death, pain... All over the world, people desire, rejoice, and cry in the same way – hence its popularity. Flamenco music and dance carry both energy, strength, hope, sunshine, but also longing, suffering, love, faith... It is an art with centuries-old tradition and at the same time so close to people, naturally blending into our emotions... Together, we will move to beautiful Andalusia, full of celebration of life, the scent of orange blossoms and jasmine. Flamenco is created by the combination of singing, dance, and music. Singing, based on rhythm, was the first to develop. Dance appeared a bit later, initially as an illustration to the songs. Flamenco dance is most often solo – it is an individual form of expression, always containing an element of improvisation. During the classes, we will learn different ways of expression, so that together we can feel the richness that the world of flamenco brings. In the course, we will first get to know tangos. This style is one of the most traditional in flamenco. It has many varieties related to its place of origin or the interpretation of outstanding flamenco singers. Originally and naturally sensual, beautiful, full of expression in both female and male versions, it is danced in a 4-beat rhythm. 👗 Outfit: - comfortable, non-restrictive clothing is recommended (cotton t-shirt/sweatshirt, - pants/leggings, - long and wide skirt) - and shoes with heels / hard soles. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Magdalena Siwecka – flamenco dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. She began her dance career as a child with classical, modern, and Polish folk dance. Graduate of the Olsztyn Dance Theater. Student of outstanding dancers and choreographers – Piotr Galiński and Jacek Łumiński. She graduated in art history from the University of Warsaw, specializing in costume studies – mainly the history of ballet costume. She has been professionally involved in flamenco dance for over 20 years. She trained in Poland and Spain with such renowned dancers and teachers as Choni Pérez García, Isabel Bayón, Adella Campallo, Yasaray Rodriguez, Manuel Betanzos, and Ángel Atienza. Soloist, choreographer, and founder of two flamenco projects: PROYECTO FLAMENCO "CORAZÓN Y ALMA" (collaboration with foreign artists, concerts in Poland) and CAFÉ CORTAO COMPAÑÍA FLAMENCA (the largest amateur Polish flamenco dance group, made up of her students). She has participated in many concerts, artistic projects, and festivals presenting flamenco art. She performed, among others, at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw at the invitation of Sinfonia Varsovia during the Crazy Days of Music Festival 2013 – French and Spanish music, and at the international Flamenco Festival MIASTO KRASNALI (CIUDAD DE DUENDES, 2023) in Wrocław. Her teaching experience includes long-term cooperation with the Ireneusz Sulewski Dance Academy, Riviera Dance School in Warsaw, Hanna Kamińska's Dance and Acting Studio at the Roman Turczynowicz State Ballet School in Warsaw, DANCEWORLD by Agnieszka Kaczorowska, and the Triana Flamenco Dance School. She is a teacher of inclusive flamenco, i.e., dance classes also open to people with disabilities – since 2018, she has regularly conducted inclusive flamenco workshops in cooperation with "Ekstraklasa Projekt" at the Pomocna Ręka Foundation in Marki near Warsaw, and since 2024, workshops at the Center for Inclusive Art/Teatr 21 in Warsaw (for this last project, she received a distinction in the IMPULS KULTURY – Mazovian Award for Cultural Inspiration 2024). She has participated in training for artists and dance staff on the needs of d/Deaf people and people with disabilities, carried out as part of the "Dance and Disability – Crossing Borders 2024" program of the National Institute of Music and Dance. Graduate of postgraduate studies in "Choreotherapy (dance and movement therapy)" at the Higher School of Vocational Education in Wrocław (2024). Scholarship holder of the Critical Dance Pedagogy Network (UK) – 2025, participation in the Artistic Laboratory for dance teachers and researchers.
