Internationally-acclaimed master flamenco and Spanish dance teacher/choreographer/performer, Danica Sena, has created and performed over 200 original works for television, independent film and stage in Spain (where she resided for a decade), Japan, Mexico, Czech Republic, Hawaii and all states of the continental U.S.  Her intrinsic cultural understanding of the art she imparts combined with a unique methodology, musicality and passion for teaching has made her one of the most-solicited in her field.  In 2012 she received the great honor of guest teaching for one month in Madrid, Valencia and Castellon, Spain.  Ms. Sena has been a proud faculty member of ODC School in San Francisco since 2004 and acts regularly as adjunct faculty at OBT, Dominican University and USF.  Danica Sena was also recently awarded the 2014 San Francisco Bay Area Dancers’ Choice Award.

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Danica’s teaching philosophy: “Students of flamenco are basically ‘instruments’ in the form of bodies.  Typically when someone goes to a dance class they expect to move and learn/memorize sequences of steps.  In order to understand the ‘why’ of those particular sequences in flamenco, one has to understand the basic musical form of each palo.  It has been my lifelong goal to demystify this aspect and bridge the gap between ‘body’ and ‘song’ so that each student may connect in his/her own way to the source, and in that way be able to dance freely and fully and with less preoccupation.”