CULTURAL
TRADITIONS: Flamenco
June
23–July 6, 2008
Directors:
Soledad
Barrio and Martín Santangelo, Directors
Faculty:
Additional
artists to be announced
For:
25 advanced Flamenco
dancers, age 16 and up
This
will be a rare opportunity to
study a variety of flamenco dance
styles with legendary and celebrated
artists of today. Dance artists,
musicians, and scholar/historians
will lead in-depth sessions in the
techniques, rhythmic patterns and
structures, repertory, and roots of
this robust and complex art form.
The
rigor and all-consuming passion
required to evoke each participant's
unique duende while seamlessly
working in partnership with live
musicians will be emphasized during
daily technique and repertory classes.
Dancers will be coached on the
carriage of the upper body and
arms and the intricate rhythms and
counter rhythms of the hands and
feet for such flamenco standards as
soleá, alegrías, and bulerías. Use of
castanets and the dancer's dress,
bata de cola, will also be included.
Informal
presentations will be
held June 28 and July 5 offering
performance experience and
educating audiences about this
rich, ancestral tradition.
Attendance at Festival events,
including performances, talks,
exhibits, and master classes, will
be an integral part of the program.
A
web source option for
authentic
flamenco wear is www.taconesylunares.com.
