This Orchestra has a very interesting take on the Halloween staple Dans Macbre. Instead of full string accompaniment, xylophones are substituted in large part .. one can really imagine skeletons midnight Dans! The lead xylophone is extraordinary!
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Somewhere in my dance shoe cupboard is a pair of red flamenco shoes I haven't worn for years. Now I want to get them out and give them some exercise, while I know the people who live below me are away on a vacationLong ago I acquired a vinyl album of flamenco guitar pieces composed and played by Paco Peña, knowing absolutely nothing about the music or the culture behind it. The album has since left me but not the memory of the music. One piece in particular captured my attention and heart; I managed to rediscover it, one of the artist’s first recordings of it .. Begins as a pretty dance then 2:19 the whole thing flips!
I said the artist is also the composer but, on reading the comments, it is actually an older piece by an original master made elegant by this artist
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The artist is now 83 (4 years older than me!) and still playing professionally. I like that these snippets some back to us from time-to-time.. makes life deeper, richer. I realize flamenco may not appeal to everyone (and, to me as well knowing so little about it) but breakthroughs happen because we all appreciate art done well when recognized. It is poignant to know this music was censored even banned during Franco’s brutal time.Somewhere in my dance shoe cupboard is a pair of red flamenco shoes I haven't worn for years. Now I want to get them out and give them some exercise, while I know the people who live below me are away on a vacation
One thing I like about flamenco is that it's age-blind for the performers. I only tried the form one summer when our community centre had Try Something New courses, and as well as teaching the basics of the dance, we saw films of great dancers. Many of them were old, hefty (to put it delicately) and decidedly unglamorous, but the audiences in the films were mesmerized and then cheering. What counted were the feet, the hands, the control of the whole body, and the intensity they projected. Their face and body appearance and costumes were irrelevant.
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We weren't that advanced in my beginners class, but yes. (One thing I definitely took away from that class was"Don't do flamenco if you have a sinus headache!")Yeah
Kinda like this ..
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