Flamenco Quote of the Day

At night in my Triana,
my gypsies cried their pain
to the river,
for gone forever is
the song of the forge, pure Triana,
the song of the Caganchos,
purest essence of what is gypsy.
My God! What I would give
to be in that cave,
listening to those gypsies
of my ancient race.

De noche en mi Triana
le apenaba al rio
mi gitanillo y mis gitanas,
porque se habran ido
el canto fragueros,
puro de Triana,
los de Cagancho,
eran los mas puros esencia gitana.
Dios mio, que yo diera
por estar en la cava
pa' yo escucha' aquellos
gitanos de mi vieja raza...

Solea/Jose de la Tomasa

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

I put a cross on my chest
so the devil would not enter,
for one day you entered there,
and  it became a purgatory.

Hice en mi pecho una cruz
para que no entrara el demonio.
Porque un dia entraste tu,
y hiciste alla un purgatorio.

Solea/Popular

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

Becoming a top dancer is far more complicated than it used to be, and only in part because technically much more is expected from today's dancer. Much of the grace and femininity of the female dance is being lost as the two sexes compete in the battle of complexity of footwork. Long displays of footwork, in tact, dominate both the female and male dance, causing spectator interest to wane, as it pretty much all looks the same to the non-performer.

Don Pohren/Author

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

I don't know which is worse,
to love as I do,
or to have no heart at all.

Yo no se que es peor,
si querer como yo quiero,
o no tener corazon.

Bulerias/Popular

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

"I understood that the preferential treatment which we give certain fingers of our hands, in order to carry out specific tasks on the guitar, was nothing more than relegating the other fingers to a secondary importance. I focused my work on educating each finger, one after the other, so that each would have its own autonomy, and each would be capable of doing what the others could do."

Manolo Sanlucar/Guitarrista

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

When I hear a guitar,
I feel the urge to weep,
because I remember Spain,
land of my dreams.
In the clear night,
even the breeze sings,
and from someone's throat
I can almost hear
words of love
pass through barred windows.

Cuando siento una guitarra
me da ganas de llorar,
porque me acuerdo de
España, la tierra por mi soñada.
Y en la noche clara,
hasta el aire canta,
y de una garganta
yo creo escuchar
palabras de amores
muy junto a una reja.

Milongas/Traditional

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

Tell me whose company you keep, and I'll tell you who you are.

Dime con quien andas, y te dire quien eres.

Spanish/Andalusian Saying


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