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The film Carmen (1983) by the director Carlos Saura and the dancer & choreographer Antonio Gades played a significant role to make flamenco popular in the world.  I figure many people started learning flamenco dance after watching this movie.  The film is based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée, the French writer, in 1845 and recreated by Georges Bizet, the French composer, in 1875.  The film consists of several levels of representation: world view created by Mérimée and Bizet, dance theater by Gades and his company, and realistic world of flamenco artists written and directed ..read more

Sometimes unexpected thing happens, and this is is one of them. Along with wonderful sites below, this blog was listed as one of 40 top flamenco blogs (the last 35th:) by Feedspot. Wow! https://blog.feedspot.com/flamenco_blogs ..read more

I visited Granada in my early 20s for the first time. After that I was in Granada in the summer of 2002, 2006, 2010 and again this summer in 2017. Granada has a magic that makes me feel at home. I love staying in Albaicin, the old Moorish quarter in front of the Alhambra, old palace & fortress of the Moorish monarchs. Albaicin is a very attractive and exotic neighborhood – narrow winding roads, Cármenes - typical houses in Granada with a garden, a breathtaking view of Alhambra and Sacromonte, Plaza Larga that is full of life. Granada is a special place for me because flamenco is everywher ..read more

Going to flamenco festivals is one of the most enjoyable experiences.  I had opportunities between 2002 and 2016 to go to several festivals: the Festival International de Música y Danza de Granada, Los Veranos del Corral, Festival Flamenco Cuevas del Sacromonte, Festival de la Guitarra de Córdoba, and Potaje Gitano de Utrera, and in the U.S. , Festival Flamenco International de Albuquerque.  All festivals have different charms and allures.  In Festival de Granada, you could see flamenco shows or concerts in the most amazing venue: Alhambra - you can enjoy a concert and show in t ..read more

I am learning to sing Pata Negra’s “Bodas de sangre “ played by a nuevo flamenco group, Raimundo & Rafael Amador, gypsy brothers from Seville.  The song is in an album called Blues de la Frontera released in 1987.  As the title indicates, the song is inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca’s play Bodas de sangre.  He has always been my favorite poet and maybe the favorite of many flamenco lovers.   Listening to the song naturally reminds me of Lorca’s play Bodas de sangre.  When I was a student, Bodas de sangre was the literature that I read most eagerly and that excited ..read more

I was really excited to find this website which is for all lovers of Flamenco in Hawaii.  I have loved Flamenco ever since I saw a flamenco show when I was twenty and was so inspired by the dancing that I left home for Madrid so that I could study this wonderful dance form. That was many, many years ago and I had some wonderful teachers.  Estampio who was famous for his brilliant footwork. By the time I studied with him, he was a very old man. He had no teeth and so it was quite difficult to understand his strong Seville Spanish.  He wore soft house slippers and didn't get up t ..read more

I started this website in the hope that not only people who are interested in flamenco find teachers, classes, workshops and get connected in Hawaii but also flamenco professionals and aficionados elsewhere can find us.  Living in Hawaii, for many of us it’s difficult to study this difficult art form, maintain passion and interest for flamenco, as we are located so far from the source.  We would like to take any flamenco opportunities possible; we welcome more professional shows and workshops and hope that more people are interested in flamenco and that we get better and more flamenc ..read more