I am going to excuse myself a bit of self-promotion here! Some of you may know that I do make traditional flamenco skirts in small quantities. These are of high quality, extremely durable, and aimed at the professional dancer and dedicated amateur, with a range of lightweight models which are ideal for practicing. There are both adults and children’s flamenco skirts available, in a good range of colours and styles.

Each skirt is hand-made to measure, and takes around a week to make. For anyone who may be interested, please visit my flamenco skirt shop for details on models and prices.

For those of you using a flamenco fan as part of your dance choreography, heed the following (taken from a sheet of paper passed to me by a student – I do not know where it came from originally). I am not sure how you could be certain that the right person received your message – nor how many people I have mistakenly agreed to marry in the past:

Fans have been used to convey messages during times when the strict rules of behavious did not permit conversation to take place freely. The first organised fan language appeared in Spain, which consisted of 55 movements to correspond with certain meanings. This was later translated into English but reduced to 33 coded signs: more…

Is anyone still using spot material, or is it completely out of fashion?

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