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Flamenco Film Night – La Hija de Juan Simón (1956)
Last week we looked at the 1935 version of La Hija de Juan Sim??n with Angelillo and Carmen Amaya. In 1956 La Hija de Juan Sim??n was remade and this time featured Antonio Molina. Continuing: Gonzalo Delgr??s, who directed the 1956 version of La H…
Flamenco Film Night – La Hjia de Juan Simón
One of the earliest Spanish films, La Hija de Juan Sim??n, featured a number of prominent flamenco artists of the time: the flamenco singer, Angelillo, played the lead role of ??ngel, with the flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya playing the part of Soled…
Flamenco Film Night – El duende y misterio del flamenco
The documentary film, El duende y misterio del flamenco, which made in 1952 by Edgar Neville, is an invaluable record of flamenco in the mid-twentieth century, as it was made by someone who understood and respected flamenco, and who aimed to prese…
Nimes Flamenco Festival 2012
The Nimes Flamenco Festival will be held from Monday 9 until Saturday 21 January 2012 at Nimes, France. This year’s artists include Tomatito, Jos?? de la Tomasa, El Capullo de Jerez, Israel Galv??n, In??s Bac??n accompanied by Antonio Moya, Mamzel…
Flamenco Film Night – Sara Baras documentary
The Spanish wine producer, Freixenet, famous for its cava, have just released their annual Christmas feature; this year it is a 19-minute documentary called Baras Mart??nez: Detr??s de las Burbujas, featuring the flamenco dancer, Sara Baras and th…
Flamenco Film Night – 2nd Festival de Flamenco Cortometrajes
After a very successful first edition of the international flamenco short-film festival, the second Festival Internacional Flamenco de Cortometrajes FFLAC 2011 is well on its way. Entries for short films of no longer than 15 minutes on the theme o…
Homage to Antonio Gades
To mark the seventh anniversary of the death of the flamenco dancer and choreographer Antonio Gades on 20 July 2004, the Museo del Baile Flamenco in Seville, which was established by the flamenco dancer Cristina Hoyos, held a special day at the Mu…
Flamenco Festivals – Flamenco Festival London 2011
The annual Flamenco Festival London 2011 at Sadler’s Wells begins on Tuesday 8 February 2011 with the flamenco singer Estrella Morente ???In Concert???. On Wednesday 9 February 2011 Israel Galv??n presents his show La Edad de Oro, performing with …
Flamenco Film Night – Camarón, la pelicula
It is almost 60 years since the flamenco singer Camar??n de la Isla was born (Jos?? Monje Cruz, 5 December 1950), so it seems fitting to talk about the film made about his life by Jaime Ch??varri called Camar??n, la pelicula. Camar??n was played b…
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