“Make sure to master the profession of ‘tocaor’ first. That is where the essence of flamenco can be found.” Tino van der Sman is a Dutch guitarist and composer in the Spanish flamenco scene. Read on and learn from the maestro.
Author: Hannet Engel
What is your question for flamenco guitarist Tino van der Sman going to be?
Ever had the chance to ask a personal question to a superb flamenco guitarist? Well…here’s your chance! – reporting from Seville, ES. Next week I will be interviewing Tino van der Sman, a well known flamenco guitarist in Spain and a fellow Dutchman. Send me your question for Tino and I will ask him for…
Flamenco in the streets
Flamencos! Join me in Sevilla where I literally find flamenco in the streets. Be it painted, sung, danced or drunk flamenco. I step out of my house and find guitarists playing bulerías on a terrace and I join an improvised flamenco party in one of the antique little bars. -reporting live from Sevilla, Spain A…
And all I could say was… “hola”
Only in Seville can I leave my house and just walk into one of the most famous flamenco dancers in the world – reporting from Seville, ES As it happens this month I am living in a lovely community of neighbours in Seville in the area of La Macarena to practice my flamenco dancing and…
Flamenco entertainment- LIVE from Seville, Spain
Flamenco painter Patricio Hidalgo took me for a fantastic flamenco night in the Spanish city of Seville in a place where he painted the stage design and where flamenco history is still very tangible. Read on to join me in my magical encounters with flamenco. One of the greatest things of Seville is the omnipresence of flamenco. Different…
Flamenco meets graffiti
Illegal much? Well, isn’t everything interesting? Like, flamenco. Or graffiti painting. Or even better…both
News: FlamencoArtworks©’ Weekly Inspiration moved to Facebook
Flamenco Artworks©’ Weekly Inspiration posts will from now on only be published on the Facebook page FlamencoArtworks. So if you are a fan of my Weekly Inspiration posts and you are one of my faithful followers on flamenco-blog.com, then you might have noticed that you haven’t been receiving them in your e-mail inbox anymore. I am reserving this blog for…
Flamenco Artworks Weekly Inspiration: 2017 is Camarón-year!
Spain is paying tribute to the most legendary singer of flamenco “Camarón de la Isla” (1950-1992). So let us do the same!
Flamenco Artworks© Weekly Inspiration: Sara Baras dances with paintings
Julio Romero de Torres (1874-1930) painted such beautiful portraits of Andalusian belles, that more than a century later they are still an inspiration for many artists, and provide a most beautiful artistic background for dancer Sara Baras in this movie by Carlos Saura called ‘Flamenco Flamenco’. In this dance scene in the movie we see flamenco dancer Sara…
Flamenco Artworks Weekly Inspiration: Carmen on fire
Carmen Amaya is dancing in alegrías style (por alegrías) in the Mexican movie ‘Música en la noche’ from 1958. As you can see, Carmen set a new standard for both female and male dancers with her furious footwork. Carmen is wearing an outfit called ‘traje de corto’ that was traditionally men’s wear. Although there were other female flamenco dancers…
Musa
REVIEW A ‘muse’ is what the ancient Greeks called the feminine deities that inspired artists. And they have been generous with their gift of inspiration in the case of Musa, a show by María Marín and Irene Álvarez that combines several of the arts with the classical Spanish guitar and flamenco dance in the lead.
Flamenco street art starring: Paco de Lucía
With stars in his eyes flamenco guitar legend Paco de Lucía (1947-2014) looks down at us from an immense graffiti mural at Madrid metro station, made by street artists in 2015. Paco has been portrayed many times, but never with such vibrant colours and on such a grand scale.
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