☆ DANCE FOR FUN FITNESS JOY & HAPPINESS ☆

☆ Experience a culturally rich journey through DANCE with Worldly Sounds Colours & Flavours ☆

If you dance with true expression and feeling then you are opening doors you never knew were there!

☆ Dance from the Heart Body & Soul ☆

🌹 La Vida Dance School 🌹

Established SEP 2010 by Belinda Martin

Our Friendly Warm Intimate Flamenco Dance Studio

is in Endeavour Hills Melbourne Victoria Australia

☆ LEARN TO DANCE ☆

☆ FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES : Mesmerising Fiery Graceful Spirited Powerful ☆

☆ LATIN DANCE CLASSES : Infectious Uplifting Energetic FUN & Friendly ☆

☆ Stretch & Body Conditioning Dance Exercise Classes for Fun & Fitness ☆

☆ Wedding Dance Lessons-Bridal Waltz Couples :: 2-1 ☆

☆ Private Dance Lessons :: 1-1 ☆

☆ ADULTS :: PREPAID TERM DANCE CLASSES OFFERED ☆

☆ Prepaid Packages : Wedding/Bridal Waltz & Private Dance Lessons ☆

🔥 Flamenco Dance Classes 🔥

☆ Beg-Open Levels ☆ Technique ☆ Choreography ☆ Musicality ☆

✅ TUES Flamenco Dance Class

Beg 2-Open Levels-Inter @ 6:30pm-8pm

Alegrias/Farrucas/Bulerias/Guajiras/Soleas

Intricate Rhythms Dazzling Footwork Turns & Palmas

Technique/Choreography & Musicality

✅ THURS Flamenco Dance Class

Absolute Beginners-INTRO @ 6:30pm-8pm

Tangos/Sevillanas/Fandangos

Lighthearted Fun & Friendly Adults Dance Class

☆ Prepaid TERMS Offered ☆

✅ 6 Weeks BEGINNERS TERMS : INTRO TO DANCE/FOUNDATION

✅ 10 Weeks Full Term ☆ 1.5 Hrs ☆ Weekly On-Going Dance Classes ☆

Elegant Graceful Guajiras with Spanish Fans/Shawls & Castanets

Joyful Alegrias Intricate Dazzling Fiery Footwork with Mantons

Cheeky Fast Bulerias Freestyle/Improvised

Fiery Mesmerising Turns Hands Body Movements

Strong Powerful Farrucas

Soulful Passionate Soleas

Traditional Sevillanas/Castanets

Lighthearted Lovely Fandangos

Castanets/Palmas/Rhythm Based Dancing

Empowering Fiery Tangos with Fun Spanish Rumbas : Fiesta Style

Min Requirement is to Dance FLAMENCO on a Raised Wooden Floor

Bring your Long Colourful Skirts for Swishing & Flamenco Dance Shoes or

Cuban BLOCK Low Heels/Closed Toe Shoes or Boots with CHUNKY Heels 👢

Our Dance Studio is tailor made for Flamenco with a raised Wooden Floor & 2 sides Mirrors

Learning a new skill takes time requires dedication & is challenging

Flamenco Dance is an Artform : Spanish Music & Dance

What are the Characteristics of Flamenco ?

The freedom and pride of the posture, flirtatious movements by the female, desplantes and the richness of bodily expression, sensitivity and profoundness of the movements.

Why do you love Flamenco ?

It speaks to my soul. It's not just learning some dance steps, it's learning a culture, it's history, a feeling, a song and it's lyrics, a rhythm. It is a dance form that can be an in depth, lifelong study or practiced for the pure enjoyment of moving in the moment.

Is Flamenco improvised?

Yet although flamenco is improvised, improvisation requires many years of study and practice. Each artist has a code and a language, and knows the different flamenco forms and the structure corresponding to the singing in each of them. The code and language allow dancers to improvise while on stage.

Flamenco is made up of four elements, Cante (Voice), Baile (Dance), Toque (Guitar), and the Jaleo, which roughly translated means 'hell raising' and involves the handclapping, foot stomping, and shouts of encouragement.

Many of the details of the origins of flamenco are lost in Spanish history. The mysteries of the passionate, classical music and dance of Spain, also extend to the very word “flamenco”. Flamenco is used to describe a way of life centered around this uniquely Spanish music.

What Kind of Story does Flamenco tell ?

These stories are not written down – they are not tangible. Instead, they are told through song and dance to express intense emotion and relationship. The story is so powerful, that in order to be fully understood, it should be told through the body and music (2 Aug 2013)

Flamenco, which UNESCO recently recognized as part of the World's Intangible Cultural Heritage, is a complex art form incorporating poetry, singing (cante), guitar playing (toque), dance (baile), polyrhythmic hand-clapping (palmas), and finger snapping (pitos) (24 Oct 2019)

Your Dance Journey Begins Here!

☆ INTRO : Foundation/Absolute Beginners :: MIN ☆ 3 Months-6 Months ☆

☆ Elementary/Beginners :: ☆ 1yr-3yrs ☆

☆ Open Levels Technique-Choreo :: Intermediate ☆ 4ys-7yrs ☆

☆ Open Levels Musicality-Technique Choreo :: Advanced MasterClasses ☆ 8yrs or more ☆