Saturday 2 June 2012

Ballet or Flamenco? Both!

 


















We had seen Flamenco before in Seville, and we saw it last week from the balcony as some locals got frisky singing and clapping well into the night. This show was different. Quite cheap, like many of Madrid's subsidised arts programmes, but beauitifully staged by the Ballet Flamenco of Andalucia. We accidentaly ended up in the front row so could see every foot tap and even the guitar chords were visible. The dresses were fantastic and the energy was high.




















We were struck this time how much the Moorish/Arabic singing style revealed the roots of the south in the gyspy heritage.It is also a bit curious that this show was praised by the great and the good who often have no time for the modern gyspy community.

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