Lightly worn women’s size 7-7.5 flamenco shoes, toe and heel clave,
Hand-made in Spain.
$225 new, selling for $150, OBO.
Email Katharine - panache@interbaun.com to arrange time to meet for fitting.
Molina Moda Flamenca is a Seville based company and a great source for flamenco shoes, dancewear and accessories. If you happen to travel to Seville, they have a centrally located store at Calle Sierpes, nº 11. Can't make it to Seville? Their on-line store has an incredible selection including this new selection of affordable shoes for students.
You can also enter your email in the section "Receive our Bargain and Discount Information" on the home page to receive email updates on their newest items and sales.
I have personally ordered from them online before and found the process easy and the quality excellent.
In addition to the sites flamenco-world and esflamenco, which have already been discussed, deflamenco is a Spanish site with an on-line flamenco magazine, lists of resources, photographs, interviews, and flamenco products.
Custom-made flamenco shoes are available from Wallace Shoe Making and Alterations at 9610 - 76 Avenue (432-7041). Price is approximately $250 per pair; different colours are available. Enquire for details. Many thanks to Suzenym for sharing this information. For her comments about custom shoes made by Michael Wallace, see the June 28/07 post titled "Flamenco shoemaker? More info please", and click on the comments link.
"Shoes to a dancer are like a pen is to a writer".
"La Fundación del Museo del Calzado de Elda (Alicante, España)...has organized...an interesting exhibition that brings together the dance shoes of the most important flamenco dancers. The exhibition, called "Zapateando" (footwork), features "zapiros" (shoes in gipsy caló) owned by Antonio Gades, Joaquín Cortés, Sara Baras, Antonio El Bailarín, Cristina Hoyos, Rafael Amargo, Eva La Yerbabuena, Blanca del Rey, María Pagés, María Rosa and Joaquín Ruiz.".
The online version of the exhibit is hosted by Esflamenco.com. To see the exhibit photographs and text, click here.
Flamenco-world.com is a well-established Spanish site with both Flamenco merchandise and Flamenco information. The What is Flamenco section includes Flamenco history, a Flamenco dictionary, an artists encyclopedia, articles, and guides. The site also includes a new free audiovisual database of video clips filmed at Flamenco festivals.
Esflamenco.com has a huge selection of music, DVDs, shoes, and other Flamenco paraphernalia. Esflamenco ships to Canada using DHL courier within about 5 working days. Note that additional duty charges may apply.
The Esflamenco.com site also has Flamenco information and a large collection of Flamenco music and dance videos viewable from the site. Videos range from contemporary music videos to historical clips.
The Art of Expression is a Canadian company that sells Menkes brand Spanish Flamenco shoes, portable dance floor tiles, and "Solo Compas" CDs for practice. The site has a special until May 13th, 2007 for free shipping and handling of shoes and floors.
