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Flamenco along the Way?

nreyn12

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I know Flamenco is found mostly in the south, say in Sevilla, but has anyone come across a Flamenco show along the Camino Frances? Maybe in one of the larger cities?

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Nancy
 
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I have not seen any Flamenco along the Camino....but then again I wasn't looking. :wink:
I have traveled quite a bit in other parts of Spain over the years and Flamenco is very popular in most tourist areas like Madrid, Seville, etc.

I would think that one would find some in Leon or Burgos. Try to google it it those places.
 
The real flamenco will NOT be found in the touristy places. The things you see there is commercial and tacky. For the genuine stuff you will have to go to Andalucia. The genuine flamenco is a much more private affair. Cities like Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz and Granada are known for flamenco.

This is a link I posted yesterday on my FB....

"Duende".....!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX2iszWw ... ture=share
 
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I don't know if you can call it "real" flamenco, but when we were staying at the big albergue in León, we saw some.

We went down to the benches in front of the entrance for a smoke, where some gypsies started gathering. I think they lived in the nearby flats. Two had guitars with them, some others were joining them from the sporting tracks that are next to the albergue. There were some women with them also with children.

They were too young to play good flamenco, but tried anyway, and it was a real, spontaneous evening. They were singing, clapping and there was some shy dance from the ladies too. No flashy flamenco clothes, though. We really enjoyed it. We also chatted with some of the guys.

It was a really friendly night and was good to see that youngsters had things other on their mind than tagging walls, kicking bins and beating up each other etc.
 
Then, what is "real" flamenco?
It can be found everywhere.
I've been at the "Noche Flamenco de l'Albaicín" in Granada, and at the Flamenco bienale in Sevilla. I've seen Paco Pena en Maria Joncal in my home-town, Zwolle, Holland.
In Amsterdam there is a bar "el Duende" where thay play flameco and give lessons.
Flameco can be found the world over.

Olé,
Carli Di Bortolo

P.S. My favorite DVD is "Flameco" by Carlos Saura.
 

Sorry I did not express myself correctly. Of course flamenco can be found in other places too, including Holland and Belgium for example. I was referring to the mass touristy things in holiday resorts which can be very tacky and commercial.
Flamenco in the Franco era was considered as a kind of anarchy manisfestation and after that era the upcoming and onwards moving spanish society was a bit embarassed by gipsy and flamenco culture. So in able to " survive " the gipsies had to give into to some commercial musical and cultural demands. Bu still there is a lot of great flamenco to explore.

Worthwile to read is " Duende " from Ivo Hermans, a belgian historian and flamenco aficionado.
http://www.amerigo.nl/andalusie/9064450846.html
But again
 
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I have heard some good flamenco down south, but the only "on the camino" flamenco I have experienced was on the Via de la Plata. The music school at the University of Salamanca has some very talented students who practice their guitar/box drum licks in the garden next to the pilgrim albergue, and the occasional student or tourist or whomever wants to will often join in to dance or sing.

One beautiful April evening in 2008 I heard the finest flamenco performance of my life, out there in the garden above the city -- two guitars, a drummer, a passionate singer, and several ladies of several age groups doing the dance. Made me happy to be alive.

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