Studio Flamenco opened in 2004 and is a hub for flamenco dance and music in Adelaide, offering classes for all ages and levels and a professional performance company. We offer classes in dance, percussion, guitar, palmas (flamenco clapping) and castanets for children from 4 years and adults from complete beginners to professional level.
We also offer workshops at schools, kindergartens and community events and festivals, and host workshops with some of the world’s best international flamenco artists right here in Adelaide!
Studio Flamenco’s teachers and performers have trained extensively in Australia and Spain under many of the flamenco masters and have appeared in festivals and events across the country, including the Adelaide International Guitar Festival, WOMADELAIDE, the Victorian Ventana festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Festival, as well as countless independent theatre productions, festivals and residencies.
Our work has been supported by Arts SA, Multicultural SA, the Australian National University, Spanish Ministry of Culture, City of Unley and the Australian Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.
EMMA FERNEE BA (hons) M Teach (sec)
Emma trained as a classical ballet teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance, and taught both flamenco and ballet at one of Adelaide’s most prestigious dance schools, the Sheila Laing Academy of Performing Arts. before opening Studio Flamenco. Emma also works with students in schools from pre to secondary school, with students of the SACE dance programme, tertiary dance students at the Tertiary Dance Festival, and with professional companies such as the Australian Dance Theatre. She holds a BA (Hons) and a Master of Teaching. Emma is a Registered teacher with the Teachers' Board of SA.
SUSI MASI
Susi Masi is a well-known and prolific Australian flamenco dancer with over a decade of performance and teaching experience. She has run many workshops including for Circus Oz and at the 2018 International Joint Dance Congress. She has worked in schools, early childhood centres and at events and choreographed for youth productions. Susi has trained in Spain and Australia with teachers such as Manuel Betanzos, Angel Atienza, Alicia Marquez, Ramón Martínez and La Truco.
Poppy arbuckle
Poppy is a young dancer who began her training with Studio Flamenco at the age of 4. As well as her regular training at Studio Flamenco she has trained with flamenco artists such as Angel Atienza, La Chica (Francesca Grima), Tomas Arrequero, Paloma Gomez and Jazmin Centeno. Poppy has performed as part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival in productions such as ‘Gypsy Caravan’ and ‘Recuerdos’. She is passionate about showcasing flamenco’s unique qualities and aims to engage young people in this encapsulating form. Poppy currently teaches Studio Flamenco’s young students.
rosalie cocchiaro- guest TEACHER
Rosalie began her dance training at age 3 studying ballet on a scholarship for 12 years. She began her flamenco dance training with Diana Reyes in 1998 and performed with her company before moving to Spain. She returned to Australia in 2013 after living and performing in Madrid for 10 years. There she studied at the famous Amor de Dios Academy under some of the worlds best Flamenco teachers and performed in many of Madrid's well known Tablaos, Torres Bermejas, Cafe de Chinitas, Las Carboneras, Al Andalus and was a resident dancer at 'El Juglar'.
Rosalie has taught extensively throughout Australia giving workshops and private classes. Her previous company Flamenqueando Productions, was formed in 2014 and their show 'Flamenqueando' won the Adelaide Fringe Dance Award that year. Flamenqueando also won the Fringe weekly award in 2016 and 2018 respectively. In 2015 Flamenqueando Productions' 'Tablao' was selected by Beijing 707N- Theatre through the Honeypot Program to perform in Hangzhou China. Flamenqueando Productions returned to China in June 2016 as invited artists for the inaugural Shanghai Fringe Festival and then again in 2019, to headline the Xintiandi Women's festival as part of the Shanghai Fringe.
For the past 5 years, Rosalie has become one of the principal dancers for NSW Flamenco group Bandaluzia. They regularly tour Australia and have also performed in the Sydney Festival, The Adelaide Guitar Festival, Vivid Festival and WOMAD.
“Their enthusiasm for Flamenco is contagious. It’s as though their minds are unified through the communal dialect of music and dance. Studio Flamenco’s dedicated instructors are committed to their art and bringing their students and audiences the best possible dance experience which both fuses the spirit and turbulent history of Andalusia and makes it a dynamic, contemporary art form”
Studio Flamenco has received support from the following organisations:
City of Mitcham
City of Unley
Arts SA
Multicultural SA
Australian National University
Ministerio de Cultura, Gobierno de España
South Australian Department of Recreation and Sport