I and a friend had the pleasure of seeing Compania Maria Pages perform their ensemble flamenco show "Autorretrato" ("Self Portrait") last night at the New York City Center. The show was breathtaking, a fine example of how this ancient artform still has new life and power. Despite being staged at the enormous City Center, "Autorretrato"…
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Flamenco photos and performance at Aperture Gallery
This week, I got an invite from my friend Leslie to the Aperture Gallery for the opening of flamenco photo exhibit called "No Singing Allowed." It's a really impressive retrospective of photography of the Spanish artform, told from both the outsider's eye and by Spaniards themselves. I found it very telling how this vernacular dance…