I was searching for a good recording of El Farruco dancing a sole?? and I came across this very special one, with the added bonus of having Luis Habichuela on the guitar and El Chocolate singing: Antonio Montoya Flores, El Farruco, (1936???1997) w…
Although this Letter to the Editor, which was published in The Times on Wednesday 30 June 1948, has the heading Carmen Amaya, reading it, one learns more about Pastora Imperio, than Carmen Amaya. Pastora Imperio, Pastora Rojas Monje, (1889???1979)…
On Tuesday 5 October 2010 Eva Yerbabuena premi??red her new show called Cuando yo era … at the Teatro Maestranza during the Bienal de Flamenco in Seville. Like so many of her productions, it functions on a deep psychological level, which often o…
The Marat??n de Danza de Madrid, which is held at El Teatro de Madrid is a non-stop 24-hour dance marathon. This year???s, which was its ninth edition, was held for 12 hours on Saturday 5 June and 12 hours on Sunday 6 June 2010. It is an important…
If you managed to see Friday’s film of Los Tarantos, or even if you could only catch the excerpt of Carmen Amaya’s dancing which has been uploaded onto YouTube, then perhaps you have had your interest in Carmen Amaya stimulated. She was a wonderfu…
I really enjoyed seeing the ‘live’ recording of Sara Bara’s Mariana Pineda, which was filmed at the Teatro Calder??n in Madrid in June 2003. Both the choreography and the performance were beautiful to watch. The other dancers were Jos?? Serrano, L…
The flamenco dancer Mar??a Pag??s set up her dance company, the Compa????a Mar??a Pag??s, in 1990 and is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Their first production in 1990 was Sol y Sombra. She will be travelling the world with her dance c…
My Flamenco Diary 