Flamenco

[MadamSamba]

I'm seeing Flamenco Bolero by Ballet Teatro Español de Rafael Aguilar in a few weeks and am very excited. Flamenco is a dance I'm not terribly familiar with.

Like most non-flamencoites, I know about the stomping, the clapping, the castanets, the dresses, the passion etc, but do any DF members dance flamenco?

What's the hardest part of dancing it? It strikes me is as very gruelling on your body, certainly your feet. What feelings/moves characterise the dance?

All of the dancers in the troupe have done classical ballet and here in Australia, our best ballet school teaches its students flamenco as one of its subjects. Why? I've been told that flamenco is Spain's equivalent of ballet. Is it true?

 

[Sabor]

dont dance it.. but i picked up some its styling for my salsa.. i love watching it tho.. specially the woman's part of it.. incredible .. they are so full of passion and strange power.. the arm styling is breathtaking.. how they express the emotion .. the face .. the sheer pride..the eyes.. devastating :wink:

 

[squirrel]

I watched Joaquim Cortes... he is soooooooooooooooo incredibly good!

 

[MacMoto]

My cousin is learning flamenco. I've never tried it myself.

Oddly enough, flamenco was the dance I really wanted to learn when I decided to take up a dance last year, and I only went for salsa instead because there were no flamenco classes in my area. Now I'm a fully fledged salsaholic and a partner dance addict, so the attraction of flamenco has somewhat diminished, but if an opportunity comes up, I think I'd still like to try.

 

[Sagitta]

FYI: A previous thread on flamenco dancing where I explain the basic step that I learnt a while back.