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By enrolling in flamenco classes for the first time, WH assistant editor Naydeline Mejia uncovered a new way to her duende, or most authentic self. 'I Took Flamenco Lessons And Discovered What It ...
Flamenco (Spanish pronunciation: [flaˈmeŋko]) is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Murcia.
Ana Morales Moreno (born 1982, in Barcelona, Spain), known as Ana Morales, is a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer, who has established her own dance company. [1] She began her dance studies at the Conservatory in Barcelona. Her father was from Seville and her mother was from Melilla. When she was 16 she was awarded a three-year ...
Because the dancer is front and center in a flamenco performance, foreigners often assume the dance is the most important aspect of the art form — in fact, it is the cante which is the heart and soul of the genre. A cante singer is a cantaor or cantaora. The cante flamenco is part of musical tradition in the Andalusian region of Spain.
Andalusia is a modern autonomous community of Spain that is best known for flamenco, a form of music and dance, mostly performed by artists and ordinary people from Andalusia. Improvised flamenco songs of ancient Andalusian origin are called cante jondo , and are characterized by a reduced tonal ambiance, a strict rhythm, baroque ornamentation ...
Rumba flamenca, also known as flamenco rumba or simply rumba (Spanish pronunciation:), is a palo (style) of flamenco music developed in Andalusia, Spain. It is known as one of the cantes de ida y vuelta (roundtrip songs), music which diverged in the new world, then returned to Spain in a new form. The genre originated in the 19th century in ...
José Greco (né Costanzo Greco; December 23, 1918 – December 31, 2000) was an Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer known for popularizing Spanish dance on the stage and screen in America mostly in the 1950s and 1960s. [1]
Isabel Bayón Gamero (born 13 May 1969), known in flamenco dance circles as Isabel Bayón, is a flamenco dancer, choreographer and teacher of flamenco dance, winner of the Spanish National Dance Award in 2013 (Premio Nacional de Danza 2013) in the category of interpretation. Nowadays, she combines her artistic career and teaching in the María ...