What if a fictional flamenco character just comes-a-walking into your head—unannounced, like a melody you didn’t know you remembered? Just so, Sol, Lola, and Rose appeared to me as an idea for a novel—a flamenco dancer, a flamenco singer, and a flamenco guitarist. But once they arrive, then what? That’s where ChatGPT (AI) comes in….
Author: Hannet Engel
Flamenco series Part I- Carmencita: First Woman & Flamenco Dancer on Film
Did you know the first woman ever filmed was a flamenco dancer? When Thomas Edison caught her on camera in 1894 New York, ‘Carmencita’ scandalized the public with her sensuality. An inspiration to me as an artist and flamenco dancer, I am dedicating my flamenco novel to her. Join me as we step behind the…
Offbeat Flamenco: A Journey Through the Uncomfortable
A week of live flamenco at the Flamenco Biënnale Nederland left me enriched, inspired—and, honestly, irritated. From avant-garde experiments to freakish moments, I sketched and sighed my way through it all, missing the flamenco I love. “No more”, I thought regularly. Yet, I came away feeling surprisingly renewed. Watching the Flamenco OFF-BEAT performances in the…
Vanesa Aibar: Flamenco meets Metal at Dutch Flamenco Biennial
Vanesa Aibar twists the boundaries of flamenco and metal—literally. With her sinewy movements and fierce creativity, she creates a world that is both mesmerizing and unsettling. Next week, during the intermezzo of the Flamenco Biënnale Nederland, she’ll perform her striking show La Reina del Metal, a daring exploration of art and flamenco. Vanesa Aibar is a…
Flamenco Biënnale Nederland presents: Flamenco OFF-BEAT. Is it art or flamenco?
What happens when flamenco lets go and embraces the unexpected? Hopefully: Art. Flamenco OFF- BEAT is here to twist tradition. But will there be enough flamenco left to strike my sentimental flamenco chord? This program, presented by the Dutch Flamenco Biennial, invites flamenco artists to forge new paths and push the boundaries of this art…
Ode to a Legend: Torrelodones Flamenco Festival Honors Guitarist Paco de Lucía
Step into the timeless world of flamenco at this special Festival edition celebrating Paco de Lucía, flamenco’s greatest guitar hero by inviting legendary artists to hommage him. So join Flamenco Artworks to discover the man who elevated flamenco to new heights and captivated hearts worldwide. Extra Flamenco Artworks © article coming this week: a tribute…
And so the journey begins: I am writing a flamenco novel!
Hello everyone! I’m thrilled to announce that I’m currently writing a flamenco novel! Weeehh! I want to give you a peek into my creative world. Right now, I’m fully immersed in the process of crafting my novel, and let me tell you, it’s quite the journey! The Flamenco Writer’s Innermost Cave of Creation Imagine me…
Ay Dios mío. Sweaty flamenco dancers. It ain’t all about roses. – interview with Úrsula and Tamara López
Flamenco is no rose garden. What does it really take to become a flamenco dancer? These fabulous flamenco sisters will tell you. Featuring Photo © Erregiro Photography
Top 3 Most-Magical Posts
1,2,3 olé! I give you the top 3 best-read posts on Flamenco Artworks, plus one of my personal favourites…meeting rebel flamenco dancer Israel Galván. READ: How Surrealist painter Dalí smeared his canvas with flamenco beats. Magical flamenco ACTION painting! And flamenco ‘made in Holland’. Feeling inspired? Share one of the posts and leave your likes…
Flamenco action painting – interview with Patricio Hidalgo Morán.
SPLASH! Things will get messy…There it goes, emotion blotched on the canvas to magically form a flamenco singer. Or dancer. Or guitarist. Whatever the moment brings him, Spanish artist Patricio Hidalgo Morán invents a performing art called ‘live-action-flamenco-painting’. I interviewed him with flamenco panache and found out: combine flamenco with action painting and things will get…
Zambomba pura! Christmas the flamenco way.
Watch and learn! How flamenco troupe ‘Triana Pura’ celebrates Christmas the flamenco way. Featuring guitarist Manuel Morao. It’s simply endearing to see these elderly flamencos sing and dance as guardians of the flamenco treasures, passing on tradition. Flamenco Artworks wishes you a very flamenco Merry Christmas!
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