Deanna Blacher

Deanna Blacher- Flamenco Dance Specialist

Spanish Fire

Deanna Blacher is a renowned flamenco dancer, choreographer, and teacher based in Australia. She has dedicated her life to studying and performing flamenco dance and has become one of the most respected and influential flamenco specialists in the country.

CASTANETS, C(H)ORDS AND KEYS

Deanna Castanets

The sheer variety of musical experiences enjoyed by RSMC audiences was no better illustrated than in this terrific programme of Spanish music for piano and castanets (in their own arrangements) presented by Deanna Blacher OAM and Neville Cohn. It was a rare chance to hear a virtuoso on the castanets, those small shell-like percussion instruments […]

Deanna Dances

Deanna Blacher OAM flamenco castanet master class spanish dance

From 1952 to 1956, I was a student of that great pioneer of Spanish Dance in Cape Town, Elizabeth Coombes, who introduced me and a generation of dancers, to the intricacies, technique, and styles of Spanish Dance. We were expected to be at least proficient if not perfect in all aspects of the genre, whether it was Soleares, Seguidillas, or Jota.

Introducing Deanna Blacher

Deanna Blacher Flamenco Castanets Masterclass

Drawn to the exacting discipline of the Spanish dance in its manifold forms, Deanna Blacher, founder of Danza Viva, has devoted a lifetime to the study, teaching, performing, and choreography of Spanish dance.