Covid-19 Statement
Challenges beget creativity. While we are postponing our physical classes effective immediately through March 27, 2020, we are rapidly working to create virtual opportunities.
We understand this is maybe a difficult time for you, and our priority continues to be the safety of our flamenco family. Click here to read the full statement.
The learning experience with Zorongo is an adventure into the physically dynamic and emotionally expressive world of Spanish dance and music. Everyone is welcome!
The Zorongo school is dedicated to teaching students the art of flamenco dance that honors the Spanish traditional art form. It which includes live flamenco guitar, stresses the structure of dances with flamenco cante (song) and encourages each student to perform basic dance techniques – taconeo (footwork), braceo (arms and upper body alignment), vueltas (turns), palmas (handclapping), and compas (rhythm structures). Each student is encouraged to share in the beauty and expressiveness of this powerful art form. Whether as a hobby, social outlet, or professional performer, our teachers are here to guide you on your flamenco journey.
SATURDAYS, January 11 – June 6, 2020
PALOMITAS children ages 5-7
9:30 a.m. (40-minutes) *New Time*
Pay in advance and save when you purchase a 21-week package!
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- $200.00 (Reg. $210) 21-Week Session
Pay as you go pricing:
$40.00 Segment 1 (4-Weeks): January 11 – February 1, 2020
$40.00 Segment 2 (4-Weeks): February 8 – 29, 2020
$50.00 Segment 3 (5-Weeks): March 7 – April 4, 2020
$40.00 Segment 4 (4-Weeks): April 18 – May 9, 2020
$40.00 Segment 5 (4-Weeks): May 16 – June 6, 2020
$10 Drop-in fee REGISTER
Instructor: Susana di Palma
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10:15 a.m. (45-minutes)
Pay in advance and save when you purchase a 21-week package!
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- $200.00 (Reg. $210) 21-Week Session
Pay as you go pricing:
$40.00 Segment 1 (4-Weeks): January 11 – February 1, 2020
$40.00 Segment 2 (4-Weeks): February 8 – 29, 2020
$50.00 Segment 3 (5-Weeks): March 7 – April 4, 2020
$40.00 Segment 4 (4-Weeks): April 18 – May 9, 2020
$40.00 Segment 5 (4-Weeks): May 16 – June 6, 2020
$10 Drop-in fee REGISTER
Instructor: Susana di Palma
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Come Dance with Us with this amazing New Student Offer:
4-Weeks All Abilities & Beginners classes $49.00
SATURDAYS, January 11 – June 6, 2020
PHYSICALLY INTEGRATED FLAMENCO
2:00 p.m. (60-minutes)
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- $258.00 (Reg. $304) 19-Week Session
- $58.00 (Reg. $64) Segment 1 (4-Weeks): January 11 – February 1, 2020
- $58.00 (Reg. $64) Segment 2 (4-Weeks): February 8 – 29, 2020
- $72.00 (Reg. $80) Segment 3 (5-Weeks): March 7 – April 4, 2020
- $43.00 (Reg. $48) Segment 4 (3-Weeks): May 2 – 16, 2020
- $43.00 (Reg. $48) Segment 5 (3-Weeks): May 23 – June 6, 2020
$16 Drop-in fee REGISTER
Instructor: Colette Illarde
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Come Dance with Us with this amazing New Student Offer:
4-Weeks Beginners & All Abilities classes $49.00
WEDNESDAYS, January 8 – June 3, 2020
Flamenco Fun
6:30 p.m. (60-minutes)
Pay in advance and save when you purchase a package!
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- $272.00 (Reg. $320) 20-Week Session
- $58.00 (Reg. $64) Segment 1 (4-Weeks): January 8 – 29, 2020
- $72.00 (Reg. $80) Segment 2 (5-Weeks): February 5 – March 4, 2020
- $72.00 (Reg. $80) Segment 3 (5-Weeks): March 11 – April 8, 2020
- $43.00 (Reg. $48) Segment 4 (3-Weeks): April 29 – May 13, 2020
- $43.00 (Reg. $48) Segment 5 (3-Weeks): May 20 – June 3, 2020
$16 Drop-in fee REGISTER
Instructor A.J. Frenzel
READ MORESATURDAYS, January 11 – June 6, 2020
BEGINNING FLAMENCO
11:00 a.m. (60-minutes)
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- $286.00 (Reg. $336) 21-Week Session
- $58.00 (Reg. $64) Segment 1 (4-Weeks): January 11 – February 1, 2020
- $58.00 (Reg. $64) Segment 2 (4-Weeks): February 8 – 29, 2020
- $72.00 (Reg. $80) Segment 3 (5-Weeks): March 7 – April 4, 2020
- $58.00 (Reg. $64) Segment 4 (4-Weeks): April 18 – May 9, 2020
- $58.00 (Reg. $64) Segment 5 (4-Weeks): May 16 – June 6, 202
$16 Drop-in fee REGISTER
Instructor Susana di Palma
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Come Dance with us with this amazing New Student Offer:
4-Weeks Intermediate / Advanced classes $49.00
TUESDAYS, January 7 – June 2, 2020
OPEN LEVEL INTENSIVE TECHNIQUE
6:30 p.m. (60-minutes)
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- $306.00 (Reg. $360) 18-Week Session
- $72.00 (Reg. $80) Segment 1 (4-Weeks): January 7 – 28, 2020
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 2 (3-Weeks): February 4 – 18, 2020
- $90.00 (Reg. $100) Segment 3 (5-Weeks): March 10 – April 7, 2020
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 4 (3-Weeks): April 28 – May 12, 2020
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 5 (3-Weeks): May 19 – June 2, 2020
$20 Drop-in fee REGISTER
$30.00 (Reg. $40) Combo Drop-in fee (Tuesday Technique & Choreography) REGISTER
Instructor Susana di Palma
READ MORETUESDAYS, January 7 – June 2, 2020
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED CHOREOGRAPHY
7:30 p.m. (60-minutes)
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- $306.00 (Reg. $360) 18-Week Session
- $72.00 (Reg. $80) Segment 1 (4-Weeks): January 7 – 28, 2020
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 2 (3-Weeks): February 4 – 18, 2020
- $90.00 (Reg. $100) Segment 3 (5-Weeks): March 10 – April 7, 2020
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 4 (3-Weeks): April 28 – May 12, 2020
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 5 (3-Weeks): May 19 – June 2, 2020
$20 Drop-in fee REGISTER
$30.00 (Reg. $40) Combo Drop-in fee (Tuesday Technique & Choreography) REGISTER
Instructor Susana di Palma
READ MORESATURDAYS, January 11 – June 6, 2020
OPEN LEVEL INTENSIVE TECHNIQUE
12:00 p.m. (60-minutes)
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- $289.00 (Reg. $340) 17-Week Session
- $72.00 (Reg. $80) Segment 1 (4-Weeks): January 11 – February 1, 2020
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 2 (3-Weeks): February 8 – 22, 2020
- $72.00 (Reg. $80) Segment 3 (4-Weeks): March 14 – April 4, 202
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 4 (3-Weeks): May 2 – 16, 2020
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 5 (3-Weeks): May 23 – June 6, 2020
$20 Drop-in fee REGISTER
$30.00 (Reg. $40) Combo Drop-in fee (Saturday Technique & Choreography) REGISTER
Instructor Susana di Palma
READ MORESATURDAYS, January 11 – June 6, 2020
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED CHOREOGRAPHY
1:00 p.m. (60-minutes)
Pay in advance and save when you purchase a package!
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- $289.00 (Reg. $340) 17-Week Session
- $72.00 (Reg. $80) Segment 1 (4-Weeks): January 11 – February 1, 2020
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 2 (3-Weeks): February 8 – 22, 2020
- $72.00 (Reg. $80) Segment 3 (4-Weeks): March 14 – April 4, 202
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 4 (3-Weeks): May 2 – 16, 2020
- $54.00 (Reg. $60) Segment 5 (3-Weeks): May 23 – June 6, 2020
$20 Drop-in fee REGISTER
$30.00 (Reg. $40) Combo Drop-in fee (Saturday Technique & Choreography) REGISTER
Instructor Susana di Palma
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SPRING 2020
WORKSHOPS TO BE ANNOUNCED
Private & Duet Lessons
Recommended for those who want to work their technique and enhance their skills in a more personal atmosphere, and also for coaching or choreography of individual dances. One-on-one private instruction is available for all students. Have you missed classes or feel behind? Private lessons are a great way to catch up. For more information email Artistic Director Susana di Palma susanazorongo@gmail.com.
New Students
New students must complete a New Student Registration form. Bring the registration form to your first day of class. Registration forms are also available at the studio.
Class Policies:
- Once classes have begun, payment is non-refundable
- With advanced permission, missed classes may be made up within the same session
- Zorongo Flamenco is not responsible for injuries sustained during class sessions or rentals
- Zorongo reserves the right to cancel any class with fewer than 5 students
- Women’s Dress: full skirt, movement-friendly top, flamenco shoes or 1 1/2” character shoes and hair pulled back from the face
- Men’s Dress: Shirt, movement-friendly pants and flamenco boots or leather soled shoes/boots with heels
- Beginners may start with your own shoes with sturdy 1.5”-2.5” heels (no sandals, platforms, wedges, or stillettos)
- Severe Weather Policy: Class may be canceled due to severe weather. Follow our Facebook page for information or call (612) 234-1653 during business hours
For character shoes (new students), Zorongo recommends Grand Jeté in St. Paul, Minnesota.
For flamenco shoes, Zorongo recommends Menkes in New York, New York. Brand new to Flamenco? For your first class, don’t let what to wear keep you off the dance floor. Come as you are. Everyone is welcome.
About the Teachers
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Susana di Palma
Master Teacher / Choreographer / Dancer / Artistic Director
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Susana di Palma has taught Spanish/Flamenco dance for over 30 years. As a virtuoso performer and innovative choreographer, her classes challenge both the body and creative spirit. She stresses correct body alignment, use of breath, and basic technique, that benefit each student’s physical and emotional health. Her classes inspire students, encouraging them to discover their unique and joyful expression within this extraordinary Spanish art form. She strives to prepare them according to a challenging professional standard. At whatever level of aspiration a student enters her classes, Susana carefully guides them drawing upon her lifetime of knowledge, experience, and respect in the international flamenco world. Susana has also been an adjunct faculty member of the Dance Department at the University of Minnesota for 15 years. Recently, she taught the summer session at Minnesota Dance Theater. Susana also teaches through Distance Learning Program at The Cowles Center for Dance. -
Colette Illarde
Instructor / Dancer
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Colette is originally from Chicago where she began dancing ballet with Edward Parish, and started flamenco training with the Ensemble Español. Relocating to Minneapolis in 1998, she created FUEGO Flamenco and danced, designed and produced many successful shows. She has received numerous awards for her work including the McKnight Fellowship for dancers. Colette is currently a teaching artist at Interact Center, creating theater and dance with adult artists with disabilities. -
AJ Frenzel
Instructor / Dancer
Andrea J. Frenzel is a dancer returning to the stage after a 12-year hiatus exploring life as a mother, doula, marathoner, and finance professional in New York. Her flamenco discovery began over 20 years ago in a class with Susana di Palma. Before moving to NYC, she was a founding member of the Majas, Zorongo’s student company, Zorongo’s School Director, and was the recipient of a Jerome Foundation Travel-Study grant. Ms. Frenzel’s influential instructors include Maria Magdalena, Matilde Coral, Javier Latorre, Yolanda Heredia, Omayra Amaya, and most importantly Susana di Palma, to whom she is grateful for her years of encouragement and support. -
Jenna Laffin
Instructor / Dancer
After Jenna Laffin graduated from college in 2008, she moved to a small town in southern Spain to teach English. It was there that she became immersed in the culture of flamenco, learning the dance and its history, and became fluent in Spanish. Jenna began training with Susana di Palma in 2009, and has performed in Zorongo productions Zorro, Locas Mujeres, Caprichos, And the Beat Goes On, Garden of Names, and various other shows with the Majas apprentice dance company. Jenna has spent three years studying flamenco intensively in Madrid, where she also continued her teaching career in bilingual elementary schools. Jenna holds an international elementary diploma in Montessori education and is completing a Master’s in Education through St. Catherine University. She is a 1st through the 3rd-grade teacher at Great River Montessori in Saint Paul.