I think he/she (sorry, I just don't know !) is talking about Antonio "el bailarín" :) Antonio Gades was too young in the dates he/she is talking about. But, Claire, you know much more about Flamenco than me, I just don't enjoy it too much but that dancers are impossible not to know them here in Spain.

I knew it wasn't Gades, but I have seen footage of 3 different "Antonios," all from the early 60s, all very different, and I was wondering which had come to the US (if that is where he saw them) on a tour. I love all this archival stuff!

He/she wrote to have seen him in Spain :) But Antonio "el bailarin" also went to the States, in fact, he lived in NYC for some years.

I did--1987 in Granada or Seville--I can't remember which.

I saw Lola Flores at an Air Force Base somewhere in Sothern Spain--1962. Tourists, we were invited to the Officers' Club at the last minute and stood around the room while Ms. Flores performed in the center. I didn't know who she was at the time, but I was blown away.

OK. Yes, he was in the New York circuit and he is in the Rito y Geografia tapes. Lucky happy for seeing that live!

I am still envious of my ex's mother who saw Carmen Amaya's South American debut.

In last incarnation I attended Tablao El Arenal http://www.tablaoelarenal.com/TablaoIngles.htm
I found it nice.

Happy- Lola's daughter is now a sort of Flamenco pop star. Her name is Rosario and she sings such hits as "Marcha, marcha" and "mi gato." She was the female matador in Almodovar's "Hable con ella" and is becoming a platic, glow in the dark shrine to something that was once very real.

We also saw Los Gallos - arrive early to get a good seat!

Rosario is a pop star, period :) I really don't believe in fusions...hahaha. But, she is much more influenced musically by her father and the catalan rumba than from her mother.

Yes, but she sure plays off of that "hija de Lola Flores" thing, and more than that, she always shows up on "flamenquillo" soundtracks (Viva la Rumba, for example).

Sure she plays it !! No way to avoid that here in Spain, really...too much "cotilleo", LOL.

Nice interview with Soledad Barrios in today's New York Times Art Section.

Thank you, Pausanias. I just read it and I agree it was interesting. If anyone in NYC gets to see the show, I would like to hear about it. I think I will be getting it on film in a few weeks, but without being in the audience you never can tell.

FYI for those following this thread: tomorrow I leave to cover the International Flamenco Festival of Albuquerque, NM. If you would like to read the articles and blogging I do, as well as some sweet sweet photos, visit www.flamenconow.org. We just re-branded (before it was flamencousa.com), so some of the stuff is under construction, but my stuff will be up starting on the 10th.

Oh, and I get to interview Manuela Carrasco. Oh Holy God!

Antonio Canales AND Soledad Barrios?
Wow!

OK, I am in ABQ and so far have only had hints of flamenco. . . I called the festival director and heard a male rehearsing a Saeta in the background, and the walls of the dorms are plastered with signs that say "no dancing in the building." I am proud to say that I resisted breaking the rule, though I have both pairs of shoes at the ready. Tomorrow is when it gets thicker. And yes, Canales will be here, too. Sole won't as she is in NYC. She is a great teacher, though. I took from her a while back and she has great shoulders and knows how to teach them.

We saw Canales in "Carmen, Carmela" with Lola Greco two summers ago in San Sebastián. Have a great weekend of flamenco! Lucky duck:)

Maribel- try 10 days! The activities start tonight and I drive home on the 18th!

In an hour I meet with the festival organizer. . . I am wearing a coquette polka dot skirt and a white blouse. . . professional à lo flamenco.

I am going to Seville in October. Which evening show would you recommend at Los Gallos?

Hi

We went to the 8pm session. The show was fantastic, the venue was intimate and not overcrowded - there was still quite a few spare seats. Afterwards go for dinner around the corner to the atmospheric plaza.