senem BALABAN - flamenco DANCER

20 OCTOBER - New Flamenco Class

Every tuesday between 21.00-22.30 at Dansorium Dans Merkezi (starting from 20 October)… Instructor: Senem BALABAN

Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/323013014473362/

GENERAL INFO

-Classes are once a week, for 1,5 hour.
-No partners needed.
-Both women and men can attend.
-Flamenco shoes required after the first month.
-Students can play a part if they wish, at the student performance at the end of the season (june/july)

INFO ABOUT CLASSES

-Content:
Warm-up
Exercises for hands-arms-body
Footwork exercises
Exercises for internalizing the rhythm of tangos
Choreography
Streching

-Some classes will be accompanied by live music.

OPORTUNITIES BESIDES CLASSES

-Rhythm class (besides regular lessons) - (palmas, contra tiempo, following the compas etc) - FREE OF CHARGE

-Ability to use the saloons besides classes - FREE OF CHARGE

-Ensemble practice with guitar students of Ilgaz Benekay and Doruk Okuyucu to underrstand how to create a choreography with 
musicians - FREE OF CHARGE

To Respect or To Be Respected

Respect Is The Main Point…

Such a statement which seems like a cliche, may include a very deep meaning. Besides the great Turkish poet Nazım Hikmet Ran didn’t asked in vain “Just because you respect the apple,  must the apple respect you back?” in his poem “Tahir ile Zühre Meselesi*”.

Your faith in your beloved one’s respect of you doesn’t save you from feeling jealous about him or wondering if one day he/she’s going to leave you (because you can never be sure about his/her feelings) but if you really respect him/her, focus on that feeling and try to foster it, all worries become empty. Nevertheless the terms are equal, you, too may also do all those horrible(?!) things to him/her and only respect can show us how nonsense it is to worry about endless probabilities. The main thing is your own feeling of respect which rules everything you live and share together. The rest is details of endless probabilities.

Similarly, the work you put forward may be appreciated and liked very much. You may be loved and regarded because of what you do. Well, do these save you from a skein of worries? Let’s have a look: “Is there somebody better than me (Sorry but “why not?, by the way… Anyway “better” is such a relative qualification), what has she done? has he liked it? So-and-so has said somethin about me. How will I prove myself? etc.” What will save from all these is respect, again. If you do this job with respect, You’d do it even if it did not provided you money/fame/admire. Since you engage with it like a child playing with toys, the appreciation of the others may please you, disparage of the others may sadden, surprise or interest you but ultimately the main point is how you respect that thing you do and how you forget everything around you when you’re being engaged with it.

To respect someone/something means living at the moment, minimizing your ego, maximizing you, being human, respecting yourself, feeling self confident, seeing rugged road as play ground. Yes, being respected is nice, too. It flatters us, makes us feel good but it never gives a full satisfaction as in respecting someone or something. So… To respect is the main point.

Senem BALABAN

*In English: The Issue of Tahir and Zühre.

Classes of This Season 2: Tientos (Intermediate)

Every tuesday, starting from 17 SEPTEMBER 2012, between 18.30-20.00 at Dansorium Dance Center… Instructor: Senem BALABAN.

www.dansorium.com.tr

INFO ABOUT CLASSES

-Content:

Warm-ups

Footwork exercises

Turning exercises

Choreography

Streching

-Some classes will be accompanied by live music.

-Tientos and tangos will be studied over one choreography.

-The rhythm will be practiced with palmas.

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OPORTUNITIES BESIDES CLASSES

-Once a month rhythm class with live music (palmas, contra tiempo, following the compas etc) - FREE OF CHARGE

-Ability to use the saloons besides classes - FREE OF CHARGE

-Ensemble practice with guitar students of Ilgaz Benekay and Doruk Okuyucu to learn how to create a choreography with musicians - FREE OF CHARGE

-Technical class once a week for 1 hour - OFF-PRICE FOR DANSORIUM STUDENTS

Let’s Get To Know Istanbul Flamenco Quintet (İstanbul Flamenko 5’lisi)

Istanbul Flamenco Quintet stands out lately with their album relaesed in collaboration with famous Turkish singer Zara. The songs in the album most of which are of the category Turkish folk music are played on a flamenco basis.

Members of the group indicate at every turn that they haven’t aimed to make a “flamenco flamenco” album but have aimed to gather the two type of music without spoiling neither. In this album we listen IF5 members not only with their regular instruments but also with their palmas (accompanying flamenco music with hand clapping) and back vocals. By the way let me say that at some of the songs Sezen Ünal and I also tried to support the group (her with back vocals and me with palmas).

Going through the pieces in the album we see that “Adaletin Bu Mu Dünya” has been thought as a “tarantos”, “Iğdır’ın Al Alması” as a “solea por buleria” and “Leylim Ley” as a “tangos” when being arranged. Of course let’s not forget “Çeşmi Siyahım” that wonderfully turns into a “buleria” inwhich I accompanied the musicians with my footwork. The music to the songs “Ben Bir Anayım” which is a fandangos naturales getting its lyrics Zara herself and dynamic “Portakal Çiçeği” which is an instrumental piece belongs Istanbul Flamenco Quintet.

Senem BALABAN

IF5 on Wikipedia:

http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0stanbul_Flamenko_5%27lisi

İF5 on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/if5official

İF5 on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/if5official

The album is available online at TTNet Müzik:

http://www.ttnetmuzik.com.tr/#album-Zara___Istanbul_Flamenko_5lisi-267317

Workshop: Sevillanas For Flamencos

Flamenco students! If you didn’t have the opportunity to learn sevillanas before or if you had learned once but forgot it, this workshop is for you!

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WORKSHOP INFO

INSTRUCTOR: Senem BALABAN

LOCATION: Dansorium Dans Merkezi (www.dansorium.com)

DATES AND HOURS:

18 May 19.30-20.30
19 May  17.00-18.00
26 May 17.00-18.00
Registration deadline: 12th May 2012

WHO CAN ATTEND?
If you can manage to coordinate flamenco hands, arms and steps at the same time, you can!

PRICE:
Normal: 50 TL
Discounted (Dansorium students): 40 TL

For further information:

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/263066523785491/

Dansorium phone number: +90 (212) 213 48 63

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https://twitter.com/#!/senembalaban/

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First lesson: 14.03.2012

Days and hours: Every wednesday 20.30-22.00

Place: Dansorium Dans Merkezi

Content: First half: Warm-ups, hand-arm-upper body exercises, technical foot work.

Second half: Choreography.

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/171108149674120/

Dansorium Dans Merkezi

Esentepe Cd. Çınarlı İşm. No.:2/4 Mecidiyeköy/İstanbul

(0212) 213 48 63

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