Juan Carlos I park , Madrid in the metal ball of the Japanese sculptor Bukichi Inoue with Antena 3 TV.
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 have suffered more than 10 workplace harassment of very famous people from the world of show business".
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.
I was 22 years old and doing a triplet; I was touring Spain with a very famous couple of comedians, filming a series in Seville for the Canal Sur and rehearsing with the show of the biggest , Azabache , at Expo 92
Still, I presented myself to the auditions as an actress, dancer and singer that were made for a show that would be in line for 6 months in the best theater in Madrid and in the center.
And that would also allow me to attend my drama classes with the great Willian Leyton. Since it ended up being of the 40 selected among 500 candidates who presented themselves from all over Spain, and so be able to carry out the course focused on the method of Stanislavsky, and whose school was Just in front of that famous theater.
The jury was composed of the Director of the National Ballet of Spain, the best theatre director that Spain has had, the writer of the play, the musical director and the leading actress of the play who would have the last word in the election and who probably at that time was not yet aware of the shameless husband I had, the artistic entrepreneur I will call the Bulldog.
After a whole hard day of auditions, I finally got elected first dancer to play the lead role.
A few days later I was called to sign the contract for 6 months, in the offices of the Bulldog that were on the sixth floor of that theater.
The Bulldog had already done a previous investigation of my sentimental life, so they could attack me and blackmail me...
It was very easy for him to discover the sentimental relationship I had with one of the dancers whose wife would be part of the dance corps and who was the one who made it known to the rest of the actors, singers, dancers, Stagehands, etc.
came the day of signing a very important contract for my career and I was all lot of excited.
I live in the Conde de Orgaz Park and I had to take a bus and then the metro to get to the Madrid Centre, but as I was earning money and I had been entertained getting ready, I decided to take a taxi that left me right at the door of artists. Right there I took the elevator to the highest floor and the most hidden office from where no one could hear or see you. But at that moment and at that age, you don’t even notice the trap. I knocked on the door and there was my pig-faced stalker looking at me from top to bottom at the same time as he said; I see in the contract that you have been chosen as the protagonist and that your salary is very generous, However, I must inform you that I know your love story with a dancer who has also chosen to star and that his wife is part of the cast. So I can sense problems for the company. However, it does not enter as an option to do without you since everyone wants you in that role, which I am sure you will defend tooth and nail and if you are smart, you will be willing to do everything I tell you.
First of all, I’m not going to tell the directors and especially my wife, who’s in charge, so you can stay in your position.
You, you just have to come to see me in this same office every day an hour before the first pass, change your clothes and make up here while I... Then you’ll go down to your dressing room before you start so no one will suspect you, and act like you’re wearing makeup from home.
And secondly, I will keep your salary intact if you behave and I like what you do to me.
I listened to him cold and attentively, I took strength, I filled myself with courage and I answered him ; First I’m going to go down to your wife’s dressing room and I’m going to tell her EVERYTHING you just asked me and I’m convinced she’s going to believe me and kick you out of production, because of the scandal that I form, they cancel the work and then I will make the tour of visits to directors and rest of the cast, to tell them the reason for my farewell Just a day before the rehearsals and that as you have well said, I’ve been chosen from thousands of dancers and they want me.
And secondly, I won’t say anything to anyone, to keep you in your post, BUT! You’re gonna pay me double every month and plus you’re gonna suck me up every day before the show.
I was collecting money for six months, my salary legally and my other salary in cash and in advance.
I also had all the supporting documents I wanted, so I could skip rehearsal or leave early as I kept my other two jobs.
His wife, that great actress and super famous who today still lives and is still active , eventually discovered her husband and separated from him.
First tip: Never let a contract be signed in a place where there are no possible witnesses on your side.
TODAY I would have had my phone silently and in video mode inside the bag, so that the whole conversation is recorded just in case. Do it yourself.
Second tip : Don’t ever feel inferior to the stalker, take out the flamingo inside you and take the reins in an intelligent way and pay with the same coin ...
HOY EN DÍA no cierres nunca la puerta, pon la excusa de que te estas mareando, sal corriendo, grita y llama al 016.
Hemosa voz de aquel que canta
Y rompe su garganta contra el infinito
Pregunta a dios como y por qué
Si en el horizonte se pierten todos sus gritos
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.
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! .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.