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Pages in category "Flamenco dancers" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. La Argentina (dancer)
Gipsy Kings (originally Los Reyes) are a musical group founded in 1979 in Arles, France. The band, whose members have Catalan heritage, [1] play a blend of Catalan rumba, [1] flamenco, salsa, and pop. They perform mostly in Spanish but also mix in Catalan, French, and languages of southern France, such as Occitan. [2]
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Carmen was an American-British band active from 1970 to 1975. Their style was a fusion of rock, progressive, and flamenco music and dance. Carmen's first album, Fandangos in Space, is ranked number 46 in the Rolling Stone list of 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time.
Fusion Jonda began in 2010 as a trio around its founding members: musician-singer-songwriter, Juan Luis Romero, percussionist, Wilfredo "El Canela" Dávila, and flamenco dancer, Patricia Muñiz. The salsa, rock, and jazz blend had not been unfamiliar to bandleader Romero because of his Puerto Rican and Dominican background. He is part of a ...
Flamenquismo, defined by the Royal Spanish Academy as a "fondness for flamenco art and customs", is a conceptual catch-all where flamenco singing and a fondness for bullfighting, among other traditional Spanish elements, fit. These customs were strongly attacked by the generation of 98, all of its members being "anti-flamenco", with the ...
The original dance version is due to the Sevillian dancer Faíco who was accompanied by Ramón Montoya, who is said to have invented the typical farruca melody for the guitar. The success was thunderous and from then on many other dancers stylized and expanded this flamenco style, such as El Gato or Antonio Gades. [ 3 ]
This led to calls from professional flamenco companies in Madrid and the Costa Brava, where Peña established himself as a highly regarded accompanist to flamenco dance and singing. However, dissatisfied with life on the coast and seeking a new challenge, [ 3 ] he moved to London in the late 1960s to become a soloist.