amsdon,

We toured this museum in October and really enjoyed it. All I could think when we finished was that I wanted to go back to the start and do it all over again.

I actually have not yet gone to it . But will go in Oct for sure!

Was there a live performance? and how long?

There was not a live performance while we were there, but, there is a wall size video playing the whole time.

Ana: I thought that perhaps you, and Kimhe, and others, might be interested in this article in NYTimes:


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/world/europe/flamencos-foreign-saviors.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Read it yesterday. Interesting in that we saw several Japanese in Jerez last year during the Flamenco festival.

Thanks ekscrunchy, interesting about "Flamenco’s Foreign Saviors".

I think these things also work both ways, perhaps no coincidence that the two most cutting edge Spanish flamenco dancers on the current scene, Israel Galván and Rocío Molina, both seem to be more and more influenced by Japanese butoh dance in their effort to - as New York Times wrote in a review of Molina a couple of years ago - "lead an audience into the heart of flamenco at its purest and extend it by making it new."

I also think flamenco in Spain is very much alive and kicking, even though our interest from abroad certainly is very important today for keeping the tablaos, festivals and theater performances alive giving the current economical situation. But then again, and without being overly romantic, flamenco - as blues - perhaps blooms the most when the going gets tough, something we might see a bit further down the road.