I’ve always been fascinated by flamenco. Not the woman in scarlet with a rose between her lips. That cliché exists only in the tackiest of tourist shows. Rather, the living art that reaches straight into your heart without the intercession of conscious thought. How better to understand people, contrasts and culture than with an epic trip by train?
An experiential account of the Israel Galván photocall performance of La Fiesta at Sadler’s Wells. Guest post by Kate V Coleman
The full version of my Huffington Post interview with Paco Pena on his forthcoming production PATRIAS at Sadler’s Wells
A review of Sara Baras’ production Voces, Suite Flamenca and short rant about who was honouring whom. Sadler’s Wells Flamenco Festival 2016
“Life is like learning to dance in the rain….” A beautiful dance image and inspirational quote by Vivian Greene <a href="”> Read More…
“Who is that?” was the most repeated admiring whisper from tonight’s audience at Espana On Fire. Someone else told a friend that Lourdes Fernández Menayo outshone Álvaro Guarnido Muñoz at the Pena. That… Continue reading
If you like this quote and enjoy my blog please consider supporting me by buying my recent book ‘The Joy of Dance’. It includes many other inspirational quotes about and by dancers along… Continue reading
This week’s inspirational dance quote by T.S. Eliot is “So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing”. The image is the final one from the 2015 Sadler’s Wells Flamenco Festival’s Gala Flamenco.
Alan Wilson Watts was a philosopher, writer and teacher who was most famous for the way he Westernised Eastern philosophies. I chose his quote; “The only way to make sense out of change… Continue reading
This week’s inspirational dance quote by Friedrich Nietzche is; “We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once”. It seems that Nietzche connected with the divine through… Continue reading