Flamenco show- madrid or seville?

Old Apr 13th, 2015, 03:36 PM
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Flamenco show- madrid or seville?

Any suggestions on where to see a show in either Seville or Madrid. will be in Seville on a weekend and Madrid during the week.
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Old Apr 13th, 2015, 05:50 PM
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Old Apr 13th, 2015, 10:38 PM
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he-he Robert

Casa de la Memoria and La Casa del Flamenco are intimate venues with only top artists in Sevilla. No Food, no drinks, just flamenco.
Casa de la Memoria: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractio...Andalucia.html
La Casa del Flamenco: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractio...Andalucia.html

Casa Patas in Madrid is the finst tablao in the country in recent years: http://www.casapatas.com/

Close by Cardamomo is also great. http://cardamomo.es/
Fabulous Paloma Fantova often dances here. Here she tear down the house at prestigious Sadler's Wells in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck7hMzNH3b8

Major theater performances and other concerts are updated here. In these events there is mostly a local and knowledgeable crowd:
http://www.deflamenco.com/seccion-conciertos.html
http://www.guiaflama.com/
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Old Apr 14th, 2015, 12:53 AM
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Bookmarking this for upcoming trip. Lots of great info - thanks again, kimhe!
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Old Apr 14th, 2015, 06:04 AM
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kimhe, thanks much for sharing this information.

I see that the links at the bottom of your reply also include Cordoba, Granada, Jaén, and other venues throughout Andalucía and Spain. That's perfect for our fall trip!
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Old Apr 14th, 2015, 08:18 PM
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Thanks so much for all the help.
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Old Apr 15th, 2015, 07:49 AM
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Casa de la Memoria was an absolute hilight of our trip thanks to Kimhe's suggestion. I was not expecting much. The atmosphere is very intimate-perhaps 30 or so folding chairs set up around an elevated stage.

The musicians, singer and dancers kept us mesmerized the whole show without the "kitchy" I was expecting.
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Old Apr 15th, 2015, 02:56 PM
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he-he, the touristy flamenco can be very kitchy, but good flamenco never, it's all about comunication between the artists and with the audience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOjtXiPl8Rk
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Old Apr 17th, 2015, 11:43 AM
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Definitely Seville, Flamenco originated here and there are many excellent and more to the point authentic shows still available to see in this region of Andalusia. Tablao El Arenal in Seville is excellent and one of the most popular, be sure to book a table for one of the twice nightly shows as they get booked up in advance.
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Old Apr 17th, 2015, 03:27 PM
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Flamenco "viene del sur"/(comes from the South/Andalucia) but everyone has to conquer Madrid to get to the top. Madrid is now the flamenco capital of the world. El Arenal in Sevilla stages great artists every now and then with their full meal packages, but you are usually much better off in the places I mentioned above, both in Sevlla and Madrid.
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Old Apr 17th, 2015, 05:33 PM
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We went to Cardamomo in Madrid in December 2013, it was a great night out.
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Old Apr 24th, 2015, 09:02 AM
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How far out in advance is it necessary to book one of the Madrid venues, say Cardamomo or Casa Patas? Days, weeks, months? It's likely we would do dinner as well.

In making our hotel reservations for a trip in October I'm surprised to see how many hotels are already partially booked for our dates, perhaps by group package tours who will later release some of the rooms. (This happens in US National Parks, for example).

Do these flamenco shows fill up far in advance? Thanks.
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The performances fill up fast when the big artists are on. In both Casa Patas, Cardamomo, Corral de la Moeria, Los Tarantos etc they are always top shelf, but when a really big name is on stage, you must book way ahead. In general, I would recommend to book three-four weeks ahead when the pogram is scheduled.
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We didn't book ahead at all for Cardamomo, and it wasn't full. But we're not savvy enough about flamenco to know who the big artists are, and it may have been a slow time of year (also, a Sunday night).
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Old Apr 24th, 2015, 06:54 PM
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Thanks for the replies. We are not savvy about flamenco either, and will only have a couple dates to chose from. We will read up on it a bit beforehand, and watch more of kimhe's video links.

Probably we'll book something about a month out. At least we'll get in if it does turn out to be a big name that sells out early.

Thanks again.
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Old Apr 25th, 2015, 06:07 AM
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Coincidentally, someone spam-posted this on the United Stated forum this morning, a "Flamenco-TV" YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4H...fyuCshf_VKDRYA
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Thanks Nelson,

They just published this clip with many recordings of my favourite dancer in the world Rocio Molina under the label "The best tricks of flamenco": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSWLkleRQWc
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WOW! I want to be José Greco when I grow up!

Rocio Molina with the wine glass near the beginning was amazing. Talk about precision control of your body.

I'll confess Israel Galvan playing in the dust was a bit weird to me ... but Farruquito on the table was worth waiting for, even if a short clip.

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P.S. And Rocio Molina in in the chair was also amazing. That much dance passion sitting down, incredible.
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Bookmarking for our trip this summer. Thank you so much for posting this information!
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