The Taberna Los Gabrieles moved to Calle Echegaray,17, near Plaza Santa Ana in Madrid, in 1907, it transformed the surrounding area, as Jos?? Blas Vega explains in his book El flamenco en Madrid: ‘ la calle Echegaray y sus aleda??os se convirtiero…
The flamenco film version of Carmen came out in 1983; it was a collaboration between Antonio Gades and the director Carlos Saura and is the second film in Saura???s ???flamenco trilogy???. The stage version of the production had been premi??red on…
The ???A??o Antonio Gades??? (Antonio Gades Year) has commenced with two exhibitions: Antonio Gades: 60 a??os de danza espa??ola at the Teatro Federico Garc??a Lorca in Getafe, Madrid (3???12 November 2010; Sala Pablo Serrano: 3???15 December 2010…
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…
The flamenco tablao Casa Patas was established in 1985 in the Lavapi??s district of Madrid, where important flamenco artists have lived for over a century. The flamenco guitarist, Ram??n Montoya (1880???1949), was born in the Barrio de Lavapi??s ?…
The Canal Sur flamenco talent show, Mi primer ol??, which is specifically for children, had its Gala Final yesterday. The programme first broadcast at the beginning of July this year featured seven dancers, four singers and three guitarists, aged …
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)…
When the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet was premi??red at the Op??ra Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, the mezzo-soprano C??lestine Galli-Mari?? (1840???1905) played the role of Carmen. On that same day Georges Bizet was awarded the L??gion d???hon…
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…
After Camar??n released his groundbreaking flamenco album called La leyenda del tiempo in 1979, a few years later a film/documentary was made, bearing the same name. la distribuidora Intermedio ha publicado en dvd ???La leyenda del tiempo???. Esta…
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