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A Summer in Flamenco
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Jackie Cornwall
Flamenco was one of my reasons for coming to live in Spain – although I have four Spanish sisters, I’m Welsh by birth. In 2012, the flamenco dancer Adrián Brenes was kind enough to allow me to follow his career for an entire summer, and this book is the result. The summer was a huge learning curve for me, and as I struggled to master sevillanas, and made my hands tingle doing palmas, Adrián calmly and patiently filled in the gaps in my knowledge. Adrián’s voice and mine alternate as we unfold our theme. Photographer Kelly Lawlor captured some beautiful moments.
One of the highlights of the summer was the world’s first flamenco-Shakespeare fusion show which we directed together. However, the book is about more than flamenco; it also documents the difficult choices before the young as they struggle to make their way in difficult economic condition and records a unique inter-generational friendship.
‘A Summer in Flamenco’ is 190 pages long with 30 colour pages and many other images. Available from bookshops in English or Spanish (‘Un Verano de Flamenco’) or online in English.
If you have difficulty finding a copy of the book, please contact diamondeyesartsenterprises@gmail.com
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