Momentos de Reflexión – Emilio Ochando
These are moments of reflection, of evaluating and channeling what we want or don’t want – this is how I am feeling in the closed space in which I find myself.
Entries by FlamencoExpress
Flamenco in Solitary
At a terrible nightmare time which screams out for flamenco poetry to make sense of it, we are all in solitary confinement…
The Greatest Trick – Flamenco & Picasso
When Picasso said ‘There is no end to the tricks I learnt from the Gypsies’ he wasn’t just talking about learning to smoke a cigarette up his nose..
A short History of Flamenco Song
What we call cante flamenco continues to evolve and is probably healthier now than at any other time..
20 Years
Apparently, 20 years is a long time. It doesn’t feel it. It feels like a motorway movie of the glorious British landscape in all its shapes and seasons, with giant memory-screens flashing up images of fairytale theatres and grotty lovely theatres. Of medieval halls and Turner Prize winning venues. Of palmas, singing and dancing in […]
Rhythm in the Isles
Performer Jackie Wilford experiences paradise teaching flamenco in the Seychelles This article, first published in the Winter 2010 edition of Animated, is reproduced by permission of Foundation for Community Dance. All Rights Reserved. See www.communitydance.org.uk/animated for more information. Teaching children how to dance on a tropical island with a deep culture of music and rhythm […]
Flamenco – The Gypsy Blues – Rob Kenyon
Trying to define where and when a particular form of music began has always been a dangerous game. New evidence is always emerging which makes muesli of finely tuned theories. And at the end of the day, where do you stop? Ultimately, doesn’t all music derive from the hairy discovery that the noise of a […]
Iron In The Soul
Science Art and The Universe An experiment on stage. The evolution of rhythm from chaos to order and back again, as choreographed by The Cosmos. The piece explores the nature of rhythm in science, art and culture. Iron in the Soul is a project which tries to depict the most compelling and awe-inspiring aspects of […]