Esther Ponce Magazine

Esther Ponce Magazine

THE DANCER AND THE DIPLOMAT

BIOGRAPHY

Three years full of surreal adventures, successfully at a frenetic rhythm in Los Angeles, California 

Chapter 10. New Years Eve, an architect builds for me a stage in his mansion in Bel Air.

My mother was already in LA to spend Christmas Eve with me. I was not yet ready to return to Spain. Everyone, my students were fascinated with her beauty and sweet personality. 

Especially Paul, who was not separated from me at all. And who had decided to help me and get involved in all my wishes, projects, dreams, whims and goals. Paul had nothing to do with show business, he was a Mexican and a drug dealer, specifically to a large Jewish community. So he had bonuses in the most exclusive restaurants in California and while we enjoyed the best food, we talked about flamenco. And so, under my orders, he became my producer and my bodyguard. 

Right away my mother realized how he was looking at me, totally stunned and that's when she warned me that without a doubt, he was in love with me so better have a lot of knowledge. 

At the end of the class, we took my mother to the Sushi Place and not even the white foam that she spilled from her mouth when she confused wasabi with avocado, prevented her from warning me again that I had another student in love with me. 

A Filipino architect, Maden, who told me that his boss was giving an opening party dedicated to Spain for New Year's Eve, at the Mansion that had just been built in Bel Air. That he had told him about me and wanted to meet me. 

The mansion was spectacular! Wáng Jin was waiting for us in the garden with his wife, who was finalizing the details of the Brunch they had prepared for us.

I had never danced on a New Year's Eve, much less at a private party. The stage was my The better ally and the more separated from the public, the better. So I thought, if I asked a lot, they would say no and I would get rid of the New Year's commitment.  

As if I were Madonna, I asked for a stage the size of a theater, with scenography inspired by Andalusian architecture, with interlocking and lobed arches, ribbed vaults, my light cannon, the best sound, my own dressing room, the first tables very separated from the stage and $ 20,000 in cash and in advance for only 30m of duration. 

But my surprise was, when his wife got up from the table with a huge smile, took me by the hand, led me to the beginning of the hill and told me that they could use many columns like in the mosque of Cordoba to raise the stage and to which I would have independent access from my dressing room. 

Maden was already by my side with his notebook taking notes and looking at me as if I were not real, I had gone from being his flamenco teacher dressed in long, old skirts, and torn shirts, to a star, which would also make him increase considerably his bank account. 

Mr Wáng stayed at the table shamelessly flirting with my mother and that's when I used my last letter, saying that my mother had to return to Spain to spend New Year's Eve with my father and my brothers and that I would feel very sad without her helping me such an important night. Immediately he called his secretary and without ceasing to conquer my mother, he asked her to buy him a new ticket to Madrid and in first class. I had no choice and I shook my hand and accepted . 

My mother and I were already dollar-faced and were really getting worried about the size of the Italian bow, so we started planning my father's visit. 

Alex would be my mother's companion. I asked him please not to drink too much, especially nothing to mix, which did not suit my mother. However, Alex's trips to the immense bar full of hams and paellas were continuous and my mother had 10 glasses of different liquors that she was sneakily sipping and that she tried to cover with my photos, which I had put for the guests at the tables of each one of them. 

There was an hour to go until the end of the year and Paul went into Wáng Jin's office to get pay. 

He paid the musicians and kept the $ 19,000 in cash in his jacket like Camarón de la Isla. We went to the table to toast with my mother before dancing and there were Alex, Maden and Paul, all my lovers together and with their future mother-in-law? 

Dance by Solea for Bulerías and for Flamenco Tangos. Having more than 1000 guests quiet on one night like this was a challenge for me. And dancing for people so passionate about my culture and my country, I will never forget it. 

When we said goodbye, Wàng Jin's wife gave me an envelope with a $ 3000 tip that the guests at his table had left for me.I looked at Alex and thanked him for having me in LA and leaving me on the side of his bed. 

We had to leave the cars in Bel Air and go back to LA all in the Paul’s van who was the only one who had not drunk. And of course we made several emergency stops on the platform of the freeway, so that my mother vomited all the liquor before going to bed, to sleep ¡La Mona ! 

 

DON'T MISS CHAPTER 11

Because of the tequila, I premiere "Flamenco Sensual" presented by the Consul of Spain.

Backwords, my student Maden in love with me

Si hay que navegar que me lleve la marea,
primito donde me quiera llevar,
porque te juro que si yo voy  contigo
!No quiero mas na!
que son cositas buenas…

Unleash Your Inner Flamenca is dedicated to all the women of the world and it does not mean that you have to be flamenco or dedicate yourself to the world of dance. It is an expression, it is a way of facing the setbacks that life gives us and because flamenco has that attitude of: Here I am!

Unleashing my inner Flamenca has helped me in many very extreme situations in my life and, not only technically speaking as a flamenco professional, but in those times that I didn't have to be dancing, or teaching, or competing, or performing on stage. I’m talking about everyday life.

That is why you too can bring out your inner Flamenca. 

A flamenca woman is confident, a flamenca woman is sure of herself, has gravitas, has bearing, has wisdom and knows how to be in command. 

In other words, unleash your inner Flamenca and join me in this adventure in which we are going to have a great time! We know how it starts and we don't know how it ends, but it is sure to be one of the most unforgettable experiences of your life.

I didn't need to be famous to sleep in Hemingway's Presidential suite at the Gritti Palace in Venice for all my birthdays. 

Have a Bellini while I wait for the gondola that will take me to the private Film Festival party on the yacht of my colleague, who was a Versace collaborator, or dine on the famous terrace of the Hotel Danieli. 

It is also true that if I had slept with all my stalkers, I would now be more famous than Sara Baras. BUT! no matter how much I took a shower, the smell of vomit would not go away from my body and the phrase of: “how did I get it” would be the soundtrack of my life, which would turn my insides with each applause. 

Nor did I need to be famous to have a bodyguard escort me to the door of the plane, in the direction of the American Embassy in Beirut or go in a Limousine and drink the best champagne. 

“Todo lo he conseguido con pasión, seguridad en mi misma , esfuerzo y dedicación”. 

Proving first to myself and then to the whole world that I don't need to sell myself to a man to succeed in my career. And that I bring out the inner Flamenca every time they cross my path. 

Do not allow any man to command you or demand what you have to do. 

Lucha por lo que quieras, viste como quieras, maquíllate como quieras , estudia lo que quieras y júntate con quien quieras.

The first time a man lays his hand on you, it will be his fault, but the second time it will be your fault for putting up with the first time. 

And if you feel trapped and you are afraid to stand up to your reality, look for a way as if it were the last day of your life to give a signal at the pharmacy, at the market, to a neighbor you come across, to anyone who can hear this number: 016! and it will be the first step to your salvation, to your new life, surely filled with all the good things you long for and where no one will let you back down. You will immediately be protected by the society that will protect and help you without conditions. And I, Esther Ponce, am already thinking of you. 

UNLEASH YOUR INNER FLAMENCA #SACALAFLAMENCA

I have suffered more than 10 workplace harassments from very famous people in the world of show business, and knowing what I now know, I would have denounced it. 

A I’m going to tell you how I brought out the flamenco that I have in extreme situations and that I hope and serve to help some woman to do the same as me.

For now I'm only going to use nicknames.

“If I had slept with all my stalkers, I would now be more famous than Sara Baras. "

 

With my testimony and my own experience, living in different countries of the world and interacting with all kinds of social classes, race, culture and religion, I want to turn around the drama that women experience in the world.
Ayudarlas a salir de ese callejón oscuro, animarlas y convencerlas de que nunca tiren la toalla , de que existe un mundo maravilloso esperándoles para sacar lo mejor de ellas. Su fuerza, su belleza interior y sus ganas de salir adelante. Que no dejen de luchar por los derechos de la mujer y la igualdad de género. Que griten a los cuatro vientos  y que no se callen nunca, que sonrían y que se llenen de paz con la belleza que nos brinda Lanzarote y su naturaleza.
That they are not alone... that they unleash their inner flamenca A strong and self-confident woman, the director of their own life. That she clings to the ground with temperance and ready to scratch at any moment if necessary and fight life with the best smile... 

I have experiences and anecdotes to tell all women; the neighborhood ones, the rich ones , the conflictive ones, the addicted ones, etc. And always with my motto that to run away from any situation, the best thing is to practice athletics! … My uncle used to called me Dance Athlete, he said; As long as you have strong legs and a strong heart, you can fly! . 

Esther Ponce's experimental Flamenco is ready for the Valencian Director of Tourism to meet

It is very gratifying to have an idea like the experimental Flamenco in Valencia, carry it out and have managed to attract more than 20 foreign clients to Valencia in a short time and without marketing, who have passed through the Flamenco Art Center, and who have not only They learned a lot if not they have returned to their country with a better concept of Valencia.

His experience and approach to flamenco led by Esther Ponce will make you return without hesitation to the city of Turia.

Esther Ponce not only surrounds them with her passion and charisma from the first moment, her professionalism and a very long journey through different countries of the world where she has lived for long periods, she makes them fall in love.

You just have to read the dedications of all the foreigners who write in their precious notebook created for them and that are already adding more and more.

«They also buy semi-professional shoes and a skirt to study with me.» That’s already the best! –
~ Esther Ponce

 The foreigner is used to teaching flamenco very quickly and without discipline, anything goes, any shoe, any skirt, hanging out even parodying and even ridiculing flamenco.

With me if they want to study two private hours which is the minimum, they are given the option of buying or renting the shoes and none of them have thought twice about it to this day.
 
«Being a polyglot, doors just open up to me» –
~ Esther Ponce
 
Definitely the Experimental Flamenco of Esther Ponce has an Angel!

From England, without a doubt the most special Experimental Flamenco we have had at the Flamenco Art Center in these two and a half years.

The Esther Ponce Stylized Flamenco Art Center has been open for two and a half years. El Ángel Every August 28, for Esther’s birthday, a new foreign student gives her a gift and the flamenco toast intensifies.

«The students do not want to miss the opportunity to study with me. When they start to study my technique they are hooked at the first second. Those who play sports and take care of themselves immediately identify with my stretching and feel safer for the rest of the class and those who don’t appreciate it and will surely start practicing it and taking care of themselves forever »
~ Esther Ponce

This year Esther thought that her Angel would be very busy due to the current pandemic situation and also that it would be a coincidence that another year happened.

But to Esther’s surprise it was like that and without doubt the most special flamenco toast for England.

«Discipline is my hallmark and not even the Covid has stopped us» «I have never doubted it and I will only teach classes with a mask»
~ Esther Ponce

After the experience of teaching classes with a mask? A private flamenco class for two hours without stopping, does Esther remember that when she and the student went out into the street they breathed for two seconds as if there were no tomorrow?According to Esther’s recent experience, with the mask you cannot see the total expression of the student, but the eyes also speak and flamenco is also expressed with the body.

With all the safety measures, the student disinfected her shoes, put hydroalcoholic gel on her hands, a temperature control was performed with a non-contact forehead thermometer and the student did not remove her mask during the two hours, only in the changing room that she only used to drink water. 

“Now I can present my Experimental Flamenco to the director of Tourism of Valencia and let him roll with the little ham :)”
 
~ Esther Ponce