Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Flamenco - ole!



Both my granny, born in Spain, and my mom, who my granny wished had been born in Spain, loved flamenco. This, along with my mom's one rock n roll album (the monkees) and a grundig shortwave radio are the soundtracks to my childhood. I have vivid memories of my granny dancing around the kitchen with castanuelas and a fan that seemed vicious in it's dramatic movements - and memories of coming home from school to my mother ironing to flamenco. People seem to love it or hate it, but I can't get enough of it. This video captures a modern approach to flamenco, a bit postmodern, perhaps, with a group of dancers. Ole!

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