Welcome to the Week Long Workshop

WHERE YOU’LL BE

Peña La Platería has been the heartbeat of Granada’s flamenco community since 1949. It’s the oldest flamenco peña in Spain — not a venue that hosts flamenco, but a place built by and for people who live it. The portraits on the walls, the tile work, the stage where singers and dancers have performed for decades — it’s all still there, and it’s where you’ll spend your week.

You’re going to school inside a flamenco institution, in the city where flamenco guitar has its deepest roots.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• Welcome dinner on Sunday evening, hosted by Kai and Tara on the Peña La Platería terrace overlooking the Alhambra. Dinner is on us.
• 20 hours of workshop time with Kai Narezo, Monday through Friday, 10am–2pm
• Guest guitarist for one day — someone Kai knows personally
• Guest cantaor/a or dancer for one day, so you can experience accompaniment in a real context
• 3+ nights of live flamenco — tablao, peña, cueva in the Sacromonte — all included
• All class videos recorded and available to download and keep
• Workshop T-shirt
• This workshop is intentionally small. Never more than 10 students.

Your +1 is welcome at evening shows — they’ll need their own ticket but we’ll sort it, sometimes at a discount. Just let us know in advance.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Sunday — Welcome Dinner

The week starts Sunday evening at the Peña. You’ll see where you’re coming back to Monday morning, meet your fellow players, and hear everyone’s story. Kai and Tara host. This is how the group becomes a group before a single note is played.

Monday–Friday — Class

10am to 2pm, every day, at Peña La Platería in the Albaicín. The first two hours focus on technique and compás. The second two hours apply that to material, with a short break between. It’s a bootcamp structure — but nothing is fixed. Kai would rather respond to what the group actually needs than follow a schedule for its own sake.

The guest days

One day a guest guitarist joins — someone Kai knows and plays with personally, not a cold booking. Another day, a cantaor/a or dancer comes in so you can feel what it means to accompany. Past guest teachers have included José Fermín Fernández, Estefanía Narváez, and Nieves Molina.

Evenings — Live flamenco

We take you to flamenco in three different settings: a tablao, a peña, and a cueva in the Sacromonte. Each one is a completely different experience and that’s deliberate. A show at the peña is never quite the same twice — it depends entirely on who shows up that night. You’ll leave Granada having seen the real thing.

THE REST OF IT

Granada’s tapas culture means eating well costs almost nothing. Daily meals are on your own — though in practice the group often eats together.

Getting to know one another is one of the things that happens that you probably don’t expect coming in. But think about it — these are your people. The ones weird enough to love flamenco as much as you do.

By Friday you’ll be a little mentally exhausted, in the best possible way. That’s what we hear every time as the week wraps up — that it’s hard to believe how much fit into five days.

Granada has some of the best guitar makers in the world. If you’re looking for an instrument or want yours set up properly, Kai can introduce you to the right people. If there’s interest in a group Alhambra visit we can usually make that happen — it needs some advance coordination and everyone’s passport info, so mention it early

WHAT WILL WE COVER

We’ll focus mainly on Soleá, Soleá Por Bulerias and Bulerias so that you leave feeling truly confident about the 12-beat compás. We look at patterns and material that help you master the compás of these Palos as well as your material. We may also look at other Palos or cante/baile accompaniment depending on the interests of the group.

AM I READY FOR THIS?

The question we get the most is “Am I ready for this?” Ideally, you’ve finished the Introduction to Flamenco Course or you have a pretty solid grasp of Soleá. It would be helpful to have some familiarity with other Palos as well. We likely won’t be doing anything super virtuosic, but at  a minimum you should have a decent sense of compás and feel comfortable with your rasgueados.

If you’re unsure if you’re ready to get the most out of a workshop like this, just send us an email and we’ll talk it through. We’ll probably ask you for a video to see where you’re at, and we can discuss if you’re ready and even what to be working on between now and the time of the workshop.

REFUND POLICY

We want you to feel comfortable committing.

• Cancel 30+ days before the workshop: full refund
• Cancel 15–30 days before: 80% refund
• Cancel within 15 days due to an emergency: 90% refund

Questions? Email us before you book.