THE DANCER AND THE DIPLOMAT
BIOGRAPHY
Three years full of surreal adventures, successfully at a frenetic rhythm in Los Angeles, California
THE INDECENT PROPOSITION OF ILYA SALKIND, PRODUCER OF “SUPERMAN” DINING IN CANTER’S.
I don't know if it is because I have rabbinical curls and my name is Hebrew, Sarah Esther, but almost everyone I knew took it for granted that I was Jewish or they asked me. I had always had the feeling that having been born in Spain and having the three cultures, one of my ancestors would be Sephardic, since I felt a very special attraction towards them. Ryan was a Jew, and I liked being around him more and more.
Every Tuesday after class, Sofía and I went to have apple and cosmopolitan cocktails at The Dime bar, a small place, quite dark and frequented by surfers, each more handsome and also of Jewish origin.
What began as an anecdote on a Tuesday, turned into a game that fascinated us ... at the second cocktail no one took us off the bar, where from time to time the waiter threw a jet of water vapor that soaked us and it was the sign of the beginning. If the surfer who approached the bar to order, I did not move and let him lie on top of me, Sofía already knew that he was the chosen one and therefore before I left with him to continue the party in Malibú, she as a good lawyer and protector of her teacher, she would ask for his ID to verify his address, to keep him under control and with feminine intuition, while she took one last look at his enormous muscles, to give the go-ahead. I loved that moment, the surfer looked at her and became serious, then he looked at me and grabbed me by the waist so that I did not escape and I was happy to be free like the wind and finally start living without giving explanations to nobody.
Or so I thought, because Paul, who couldn't stand without knowing about me for so long, was in charge of quitting his job and driving for an hour and a half in the famous L.A. traffic. to pick me up the next day from the Boy toy’s house and say with the face of few friends: You smell like sex !.
On the way back I made it very clear to him that I was not ready to fall in love again, that it was obvious that his feelings for me were more than that of a friend, that it was not reciprocated and I did not want to hurt him. But that I was not going to consent that nobody cut my wings, much less look like the bad girl in the movie and that when the rental contract ends I would like to live alone.
At one of the parties the Consul gave at his residence, I met Ilya Salkind, the producer of the film Superman, of Russian-Jewish descent. 25 years older than me, and Mexican by birth. It was at a time that all the people I knew had to do with Jewish culture. For me it was like a dream to talk to someone so important in the film industry and when he invited me to dinner, I did not hesitate to accept. A limousine picked me up and took me to Canter’s, a huge 1931 restaurant where movie stars and celebrities go, open 24 hours and what a coincidence that Just was in front of my favorite bar, The Dime. They offer traditional Jewish meals but it is not considered Kosher as they also serve ham sandwiches. As I sampled what would become my go-to food for matzoh ball soup hangovers, Ilya Salkind would leave me with my mind-blowing stories wide open perfect mouth for the next spoonful. He told me the anecdote about why my favorite actor Paul Newman had rejected the role of Superman, about the controversial dismissal of Superman II director Richard Donner and his three marriages, the last one with the daughter of the legendary Charlie Chaplin, Jane Chaplin.
When Ilyan called his chauffeur asking him to refill the limousine bar with Champagne and assuming that he would pick us both up to take us to his mansion outside LA, as he said to me, don't worry about anything, in the morning he will take you back to your house, as if I was forced to accept just because of who he was. I started to feel very uncomfortable, I thought that how I had been so naive not to realize his intentions and I went to the toilet to call Ryan who would rescue me as a hero and since we had already finished the website, it was the perfect time to go to Lola's to have my long-awaited chocolate cocktail and if you have read the previous chapter, you can already imagine the romantic ending.
DON'T MISS CHAPTER 15!
My new close friends, the Director of the Spanish tourist office and his husband.
Photoshoot at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in L.A.
La ciudad se ha apagado
se ha qudeao dormia
El beso de mis volantes
La noche lo merecia
Tengo que decirle na mas que lo vea
Que descubrí el amor amando a su manera
Me gusta de esa forma porque no se rinde
Me ama en silencio y nadie lo percibe
Solo yo se
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.
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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”.
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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
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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. "
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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...
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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.
«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.