Dancing flamenco was what I really wanted to do in my life, to be a flamenco dancer. That took a backseat, but when I hear flamenco, I still feel the rhythm, and that's something you never forget. Another thing I
She's an anthropologist, and I took the liberty of looking up some information about her to get a better understanding of her. Dancing flamenco was what I really wanted to do in my life, to be a flamenco dancer. That took a backseat, but when I hear flamenco, I still feel the rhythm,
example, that you're a team, you're five or six people, and one person likes flamenco more, another likes classical more. The Spanish team also stands out for having a lot of passion and for putting a lot of artistry into the choreography. How do you do that creative design in the team? Is it more the coach who guides us, or do you reach a
This whole talk I'd organized very last minute, and asked him if he could do a little video demonstration. Because he has a flamenco guitar and a classical guitar. So we got a little treat from a great player.
This is just allowing this wood to not create too much of a vacuum. So especially with flamenco guitars, it's very important to do this.
And this next song was kind of what happened when I stumbled on to Carlos Montoya record, you know, who was a master Flamenco guitar player. So here is a Flamenco ukulele piece for you. And this is an original composition entitled "Let's Dance." And it goes something like this:
This is a dissection of an untreated cadaver by Andres Pilat in Spain. And that's why you get the flamenco dancer every once in a while. But he's showing you what it really looks like under the skin.
And it's felted wool, and it's a mix of a yellow, intense yellow, with black. I was looking at things like flamenco dresses, and there's something about me I just-- there are times with working in the furniture world, I very often was working with a lot of guys.
Guitars, violins, cellos. That's the family of what luthiers build. I focus specifically on classical and flamenco guitars. The picture you're seeing here in this slide is something for my research, which I thought would be humorous to understand
a new song from scratch." And that was a revolution! It was something else! I mean, I have people singing "Travesura" even in flamenco, from Spain! I have " Travesura" in salsa! I 'm telling you, even Japanese people sang "
So that way I'm not just practicing the technique, but by practicing a song and playing the song, you know, essentially I'm mastering that one technique. So if I'm playing a Flamenco piece and I'm doing these things, these Flamenco strums, and all that, I won't do that in any other song, I'll keep it specific for that song.
world, and saving the world meant a political commitment. We considered flamenco to be petit-bourgeois. Flamenco is an artistic expression of a part of the Spanish people who have fought for sovereignty, and it was the complete opposite. It's just that, because of this, flamenco,
today. When Fanny created the festival in 1988, the most advanced things happening in this city were n't even flamenco, Spanish dance, classical ballet, or zarzuela. In Nyon, operas were also present. That was what came to the city. Those were
But not generally like a look at that cool thing you should like publicists, but a don't be distressed by that thing we did publicist. Well, like, flamenco, and ukulele, and pottery.
In the end, our sport isn't an objective sport; it's a totally subjective sport. You risk all your work with 10 people you don't know, who might like classical music more than your flamenco routine, and because of this, you lose a tenth of a point and don't win the medal. Well, that's how it is, but this is part of our game, right?
This is just allowing this wood to not create too much of a vacuum. For example, the difference between a classical guitar bridge and a flamenco bridge.
Then these guys are the holy trinity. Well, it was a certain technique that we had-- Paco coming from a flamenco tradition, which John and I did not come from. But I was kind of like the guy in the middle, the guy that came from a Latin background-- not necessarily flamenco--
that's where the instrument's strength lies in its simplicity. It's the same thing with classical music, same thing with Flamenco music or bluegrass or any style of music that you can think of.
our choreographies, the innovation, the artistry that we put into them. And in this case, it was very easy because both our coaches, Yema, and I love flamenco. We chose the music of the Concierto de Aranjuez, which I find very elegant and beautiful, and from the first day, everything was very easy because we felt
Another needs are, for example, the sound of the instrument. There are people who like to play classical music, and there are people who like to play flamenco music. And there is a bit of a difference in that sound.
Well, it was a certain technique that we had-- Paco coming from a flamenco tradition, which John and I did not come from. But I was kind of like the guy in the middle, the guy that came from a Latin background-- not necessarily flamenco-- and John coming from a whole different kind of thing, more Indian influenced and very British in a way.
is she's performing on stage at the house of mirrors bordello. Here we go. "Blanche goes to stand outside the stage door, recognizing the final thumps of Fabienne's flamenco skipping rope act. The piano has been tuned, which is some relief to her.
anthropology at the National University. And in the 70s, we all wanted to save the world, and saving the world meant a political commitment. We considered flamenco to be petit-bourgeois. Flamenco is an artistic expression of a part of the
petit-bourgeois. Flamenco is an artistic expression of a part of the Spanish people who have fought for sovereignty, and it was the complete opposite. It's just that, because of this, flamenco, due to politics, has exchanged castanets for skin. So, we're not going to see a flamenco demonstration today.
Spanish people who have fought for sovereignty, and it was the complete opposite. It's just that, because of this, flamenco, due to politics, has exchanged castanets for skin. So, we're not going to see a flamenco demonstration today. But anyway, the last thing I'm going to tell you, and to start this talk, is that when you think of
So I started, you know, experimenting with different styles. And this next song was kind of what happened when I stumbled on to Carlos Montoya record, you know, who was a master Flamenco guitar player. So here is a Flamenco ukulele piece for you.
you can go and listen to a Miles Davis record and learn how to play jazz. But with the ukulele, it's like, if you want to learn how to play Flamenco ukulele, you're not really going to able to find a Flamenco player and listen to them, you just have to, you just have to create your own path, you know.