Created by Claudia de la Cruz
Flamenco Lab is a progressive, multilevel training experience rooted in Holistic Flamenco, an approach that develops you as a whole dancer through technique, musicality, embodied awareness, mindful presence and artistic expression.
Here, you move beyond memorizing steps. You learn to ground, breathe, listen, communicate and experience Flamenco from within.
What is Holistic Flamenco?
A WHOLE-DANCER APPROACH
Holistic Flamenco is Claudia de la Cruz’s whole-dancer approach to Flamenco training. It honors the discipline, structure and traditions of the art while recognizing that breath, body, mind, emotions, energy and spirit all enter the studio.
You develop technique and musical understanding while learning to feel grounded, present, expressive and connected. The studio becomes a supportive space where you can rebuild trust in your body and creative voice, allowing Flamenco to move beyond memorized steps and become a living language.
WHAT MAKES FLAMENCO LAB DIFFERENT?
A Living Artistic Laboratory
Flamenco Lab is a living artistic laboratory where dancers explore, practice, reflect and apply. Rather than offering disconnected exercises, each level builds upon the previous one, creating a progressive journey of technical, personal and artistic development.
- Progressive training with a clear purpose and direction
- Flamenco technique integrated with musicality and artistry
- Breath, mindfulness, visualization and embodied awareness
- Individual guidance within a supportive group experience
- Space to rebuild confidence and develop an authentic creative voice
- Meaningful application through choreography, props and performance
CHAPTER I — FOUNDATIONS & CONNECTION
SUMMER 2026 · COMPLETED
The inaugural Flamenco Lab established the foundation of the journey through Flamenco technique, compás, castanets, breath, body awareness, confidence and artistic exploration.
Students learned to ground, listen, connect and begin experiencing Flamenco from within.
CHAPTER II — THE LANGUAGE OF SEVILLANAS
FALL 2026 · CURRENT PROGRAM
This chapter brings technique, musicality and movement quality into a completely original Sevillanas con Abanico choreography. It is rooted in traditional Flamenco and Spanish Dance, beautifully blended with elements of modern and stylized Spanish dance.
Dancers deepen the conversation between body
and music while integrating Abanico technique, breath,
upper-body expression, musical awareness,
confidence and stage presence.
INSIDE CHAPTER II
SEVILLANAS AS A LIVING LANGUAGE
In this Fall chapter, dancers bring the principles of Flamenco Lab into an original Sevillanas con Abanico choreography created and adapted by Claudia de la Cruz especially for this group.
Rooted in traditional Flamenco and Spanish Dance and beautifully blended with modern and stylized Spanish movement,
the choreography becomes a conversation between body,
music, breath and fan.
Students develop Abanico technique, upper-body expression, musical awareness, confidence and stage presence, learning to move with intention rather than simply memorize steps.
The dancers who started it all
Last summer, this group spent eight weeks building the foundation of Flamenco Lab together, learning to ground, connect and perform as artists, not just students. Their testimonials are on their way.
For now, here’s a glimpse of where Chapter I began.
