Hello everyone! I’m thrilled to announce that I’m currently writing a flamenco novel! Weeehh! I want to give you a peek into my creative world. Right now, I’m fully immersed in the process of crafting my novel, and let me tell you, it’s quite the journey! The Flamenco Writer’s Innermost Cave of Creation Imagine me here, in my cozy writing nook within my Tiny House, surrounded by notes, with my pink/purple flamenco shoes in sight, either typing away on the keyboard or consulting with my new colleague ChatGPT, all while being serenaded by the honey-filled melodies of Vicente Amigo’s flamenco gu ..read more

1,2,3 olé! I give you the top 3 best-read posts on Flamenco Artworks, plus one of my personal favourites…meeting rebel flamenco dancer Israel Galván. READ: How Surrealist painter Dalí smeared his canvas with flamenco beats. Magical flamenco ACTION painting! And flamenco ‘made in Holland’. Feeling inspired? Share one of the posts and leave your likes and comments below. All of my succes up until now has depended on you guys sharing and liking my magic, especially through Facebook. So thanks for that! # 1 A daring Dutchman – interview with flamenco guitarist Tino van der Sman # 2 Salvador Dal ..read more

SPLASH! Things will get messy…There it goes, emotion blotched on the canvas to magically form a flamenco singer. Or dancer. Or guitarist. Whatever the moment brings him, Spanish artist Patricio Hidalgo Morán invents a performing art called ‘live-action-flamenco-painting’. I interviewed him with flamenco panache and found out: combine flamenco with action painting and things will get messy. Originally published in ‘Mundo Flamenco‘ nr.32, 2015. Click here for a Spanish version in pdf. With sure strokes Patricio splatters black ink onto white canvas to create flamenco singers, d ..read more

Flamencos! Join me in Sevilla where I literally find flamenco in the streets. Be it painted, sung, danced or drunk flamenco. I step out of my house and find guitarists playing bulerías on a terrace and I join an improvised flamenco party in one of the antique little bars. -reporting live from Sevilla, Spain A flamenco fiesta in bar ‘La Habanilla’, Sevilla. That’s me in the middle, having finally found the guts to enter the circle of ‘flamencos’.  Fiesta flamenca  On Mondays usually a flamenco party called juerga or fiesta takes place at bar ‘La Habanilla’ at the ..read more

A flamenco dancer on stage looks amazing. But what about backstage, what does it really take to become one? I asked two famous flamenco dancers from Spain, Úrsula and Tamara López, who run their own dance academy in Seville. Hidden behind a roll-down shutter smudged with graffiti in a back alley of Seville you can find a little gem of a dance academy called ‘Flamenco Danza Estudio’ run by sisters Úrsula and Tamara López. They have been my teachers in Seville and inspire me with their artistry and open mindedness. Let me introduce them to you. Tamara, me, and Úrsu ..read more

For those of you who didn’t read some of the articles by Flamenco Artworks© last year… you missed out on all the fun! So now is your chance to catch up on your reading. I give you the top 3 best-read posts on Flamenco Artworks© plus one of my personal favourites. If you feel inspired, I would love it if you shared one of the following posts or leave your likes and comments below. All of my succes up until now has depended on you guys sharing and liking my posts, especially through Facebook. So thanks for that! # 1 A daring Dutchman – interview with flamenco guitarist Tino van der Sman # 2 Sal ..read more

Spanish artist Patricio Hidalgo Morán invented a performing art called ‘live-action-flamenco-painting’. Flamenco Artworks© interviewed him and found out: combine flamenco with action painting and things will get messy. Originally published in ‘Mundo Flamenco‘ nr.32, 2015. Click here for a Spanish version in pdf. With sure strokes Patricio splatters black ink onto white canvas to create flamenco singers, dancers, guitarists and poetic imagery, carried by the rhythm and emotion of flamenco music. There is no official term for what Patricio Hidalgo does. Last fall, I m ..read more

To all you flamenco, art, vintage film, photo or history lovers: 2018 might be your lucky year. If you follow Flamenco Artworks, that is.  Cover image: ‘Bailaora’ by Patricio Hidalgo © 2014 Flamenco Artworks will be starting off the new year interviewing flamenco action painter Patricio Hidalgo … Photo © Patricio Hidalgo Morán…and flamenco dancers Úrsula and Tamara López. Photo © Úrsula and Tamara LópezCurious what else Flamenco Artworks has in store for you in 2018? Sign up now and I’ll keep you posted! Or follow Flamenco Artworks on Facebook and WordPress ..read more

A Merry Christmas to you all in the traditional flamenco spirit. Watch how it’s done in this video by flamenco group ‘Triana Pura’.  This flamenco group, called ‘Triana Pura’, became famous in Spain with their hitsong ‘Probe Miguel‘. They are all elderly amateur singers aged from 66 to 78 years old and from a flamenco neighbourhood in Seville called ‘Triana’.  Flamenco sing-along ‘Triana Pura’ aims to get people of all ages to move their feet and enjoy themselves with folkloric and flamenco songs, like in the traditional zambomba: a Christmas party where friends ..read more

“Make sure to master the profession of ‘tocaor’ first. That is where the essence of flamenco can be found.” Tino van der Sman is a Dutch guitarist and composer in the Spanish flamenco scene. Read on and learn from the maestro. Cover photo by Tino van der Sman © 2017 A Dutch version of this interview will be published in the next Mundo Flamenco nr.42, 2018.  Tino van der Sman teaching his guitar students. Photo © John Flury Boy, was I surprised when I first came to Seville fifteen years ago and walked in on a tall, blond guitarist playing amazing flamenco music on stage. Could it ..read more