PROFESSIONAL TRAINING -Adelaide Australia,  Buenos Aires ARGENTINA, Granada, Madrid, Jerez,
SPAIN

Marina studied and has performed Flamenco for over 30 years .  Marina started her dance training as a
Classical Ballet & Modern Dance student in 1974 RAD with Jacqueline Johnson, Kenneth Norman, and
Garry Carse.   Continuing her dance studies Marina embarked on Jazz Dance &  Classical Spanish and
Folkloric Dance training
with Ballet teacher Jacqueline Thompson in 1980.  Studying, Irish, Scottish,
Russian, Italian, Greek , Hawaiian, Maori and Filipino dancing
Marina remained under the teachings and
direction of Thompson until the mid 80's  when she  began dancing
spanish dance professionally,
Performing
in weekly Cabaret and Tablao shows in Adelaide and Brisbane.

Marina left  Australia in 1984 to study
Flamenco in Granada (birth place of her mother and  family) with the
late Paco Torres whom enthusiastically invited her to join his dance company  resident at Jardines Neptuno
Granada  in 1984.  At this time she met with guitarist  Manuel Cano  and was further inspired to study
classical Spanish.  Upon returning to Australia to complete her High School Education  Marina  was
introduced to international artist                                  and  he immediately  invited her to train and perform
with him in 1985.  They became sensational dance partners on the Australian Stages for several years.

After two decades  of performance work,   In 2001,  Marina returned to the training studios of Spain was
accepted  to study full time 1 year under
 La Tati, Merche Esmeralda and La Truco in Madrid.  Marina then
remained
in Madrid for a  further 2 years of Full time dance studies in Madrid at the prestigious Amor De
Dios, Centro de Arte Flamenco y Danza Española Medalla de Plata al Mérito en Las Bellas Artes
Federación de Entitades del Flamenco de la C.A. de Madrid  in Flamenco Dance
, studying under, Antonio
Reyes, Rafaela Carrsaco, Belen Maya, Manuel Reyes, La China and La Truco.
 Marinas final formal dance
studies was  certified & approved by the General Consulate of Spain, Spanish Embassy.

Marina furthered  her studies  in Buenos Aires with  full time  Classical Spanish with Argentina's acclaimed
classical Spanish Dance artist
Graciela Rios Saiz & Omar Urraspuro of Buenos Aires which resulted in an
invitation to remain and continue training/dancing  with her company .(see Biography http:/
Graciela Rios
Saiz
).
Marina continues to study with many great artists in Spain each year and has studied
with some of the most
influential teachers of Flamenco today including
under  Monolete, La Tati, Antonio Reyes, Manuel Reyes,
Belén Maya,  Rafaela Carrsaco, Cristobal Reyes, Merche Esmeralda, La China, Eli Truco, Belén Fernandez,
Maria Magdelena
, Luis de Luis y Esther Marin Garcia .  Marina studies in Jerez de la Frontera and Granada,
 most recently with Pepa Molina in 201
0 and Luis de Luis y Ester Marin de Granada, SPAIN.
FLAMENCO AUSTRALIA
MARINA TAMAYO