Workshops with Tomas Arroquero

Danza Viva is honoured to welcome Tomas Arroquero to Perth to run Flamenco workshops for the first time in nearly a decade. Tomas was last teaching in Perth in 2014 and it was an amazing experience for Danza Viva students and the wider Perth Flamenco community. His choreographies are unique and his teaching style is both intelligent and intuitive. As a teacher we have found that Tomas’ visits have a lasting positive impact on our work and our motivation levels going forward and that we are performing his choreographies for many years to come.

Click here to view the timetable for the workshops and to read about the content for each workshop!

We hope many more new students will this time join those of us who have had the privilege of learning from Tomas before!

Have a read of Tomas’s bio below to get an idea of his extensive knowledge and experience in Spain and world-wide…

Tomas began dancing in Australia before moving to Spain in 1993, where he lived, studied and worked at the source of flamenco for 20 years. He undertook formal training at El Centro de Arte Flamenco y Danza Española Amor de Dios for 7-years. While studying with founding members Maria Magdalena, El Ciro and Paco Romero, Tomas worked in theatre and tablao settings across Spain and Europe. Performance highlights include a season at the prestigious tablao Casa Patas, Madrid; Royal Concert Hall, Dublin; Gasteig Cultural Centre, Munich; Hackney Empire, Laban Centre and sharing the stage with Tomatito at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

In 2001 he moved to Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz), and began refining his practice while living amongst Andalusian culture. Tomas studied with local artists Ana Maria Lopez and Maria Bermudez, working at La Peña El Lagá del Tio Parrilla in Jerez. He performed for 6-years as a soloist with the London-based company Flamenco Express. Tomas teaches flamenco internationally and continues to have a presence in the UK, Taiwan and Hong Kong. He currently teaches in Melbourne and maintains partnerships with dance schools in Australia, including The Australian Ballet School.

Since returning to Australia, Tomas has completed several postgraduate studies. These include a Master of Fine Art (Dance 2014 – 2016), Graduate Research at the Faculty of VCA and MCM, University of Melbourne. Perceiving dance through a kinaesthetic lens has opened up rich territory for him to stretch the boundaries of the form and renegotiate flamenco’s defining characteristics.