Carla Soledad Rivera grew up in Ecuador and has been dancing since childhood, when she would borrow her teacher’s radio to choreograph with her friends, or stage performances with her sister and cousins. Upon returning to native Chicago, she fell in love with Flamenco; it's passion and sensibility to express those core feelings and true sentiments of life. She began her studies at age 13.
In 1995 she received an apprenticeship with the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre’s youth company and became a full company member in 1997. She trained in Classical Spanish, Regional and Flamenco dance and performed in the choreographies of Dame Libby Komaiko, Juan Linares, Edo Sei, Timo Lozano, Vida Peral, Juan Mata & Ana Gonzalez of the National Ballet of Spain amongst others. Independently, she has studied with local and international dancers like Susan Clinnard and Omayra Amaya.
Her love for understanding movement extended to costumes, making her first practice skirt at age 15 and her first Flamenco dress two years later after her first sewing class in high school. A young interdisciplinary student was the recipient of the John Philip Sousa Award in recognition of her musicality.
Having attended Northeastern Illinois University on a full dance scholarship, Carla explored many other dance styles and creative areas of study including Contemporary, African, Ballet and Jazz. She began experimenting, designing and producing costumes for her and friend’s performances during her 4 years at NEIU's dance program.
She holds a B.F.A. in Fashion Design with Honors from the Illinois Institute of Art- Chicago. In 2005 she launched Soledad Designs (so-le-DHAHD) Spanish word for solitude… to stand alone. Creating timeless innovative bespoke wearable art. Transcending trends.
She is the founder, instructor and choreographer of Olé Siam Flamenco: a sharing platform aiming to create a community in Thailand to share and spread a better understanding of this one and only form of art that communicates through dance and music to reveal the 'duende'... the true being that lives in all of us, one's spirit.
Also under her direction is TOQUE TACóN, an eclectic and innovative live performance, music and dance ensemble creating arrangements and fussing rhythms rooted in Flamenco. Currently based in Bangkok, TOQUE TACóN is a soulful journey which inspires and evokes..
She is based in Thailand where she houses all her projects under one roof, The HOME: House Of Magical Epiphanies... holding space to inspire your essence through art and design, food and sound, movement and stillness. In-house and on-the-road workshops reach the community to experience creative ways to reach our untapped facets and potential.
Follow Carla’s creativity…. The Home BKK https://www.facebook.com/thehomebkk Soledad Designs https://www.facebook.com/soledad.designs Ole Siam Flamenco https://www.facebook.com/olesiamflamenco Carla’s Cocina https://www.facebook.com/carlascocina
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Katherina is a Holistic Health Instructor, Consultant and Therapist with 16 years experience in Aromatherapy, Ayurveda, Energy Healing, Hatha & Tantra Yoga and Meditation; a certified massage therapist and Reiki Teacher. Through her self-healing journey, she is very passionate to empower others to heal themselves and align with their Higher Self, Divine Source & Mother Earth. Kat is currently one of the facilitators for energy healing and has Universoul Yoga on Wisdom Wednesdays!
Carlo Convertini is a designer and professor from Italy. He thought he had something to share with people, so in 2017 he started offering public workshops and classes based on a simple idea: What if I apply “design thinking” to a human life? People who participate to these workshops go home with notebooks filled with notes. They go home with ideas, things to test. They go home with a new feeling of hope. They have been empowered with possibilities. He has been part of The HOME`s facilitators.
Lili Mamba is a certified Sound Therapy Healer. She leads Gong Bath sessions, in which the vibrations of the gong are tuned to the planet Saturn. These penetrating sound waves allow you to release certain built up energy and heal the mind, body and soul through this sound therapy. Lili has been practicing gong healing, along with other sound healing therapies such as the Tibetan singing bowls and tuning forks. Lili is always pursuing a deeper understand of sound therapy. She is currently doing Gong Bath`s and is one of the facilitators for the famous magical sound healing nights at The HOME.
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