Artisode; 2.1; Center for Land Use Interpretation

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I started with ballet and I wanted to be a ballet dancer. When I was around 14, I realized that I wasn't, I didn't have the ballet type. The legs weren't straight enough, the hips weren't open enough. Also, I didn't have the temperament. I like to be a little bit gutsier, I like to be earthy. That's what I love

about flamenco. It's the coquettishness, the fortaciousness, it's strength, it's power, it's mean, it's angry, it's sexy. The important thing is the power, because you want to transmit a power of what you are saying from the heart, and it has to come from the heart. Flamenco has been compared to jazz many times because it was born out of a persecuted people. And it started with the song, as the blues did. And then later the guitar was introduced and last was the dance. But it's also variations on a theme. There are approximately 12, 13 rhythms

of flamenco. And most of them are in 12 count, like most of the blues are in 12 count. Whereas the blues developed into quite a quite complicated musical form, jazz. When you get a group of jazz musicians together they introduce the thing. And then one by one they improvise on that thing. That's exactly what happens in flamenco. But what I like is

when I watch someone is that I don't know what they're going to do next. You got to surprise me. So, if instead of turning this way, I go that way. You know I was going to do that. We used to say before, everybody had told us before we went on stage. Every performance, since I can remember for 13 years, 14 years, aspiring fashion, that's how dance is, you know. She always tells us fire and passion, I'm sure you heard that a lot.

Just she says that she can't teach us that. We have to find that within ourselves. I mean, I was thinking a long time ago that you can't dance forever, then what do you do? I perpetuate what I have spent so many years doing. And that's what our mission is to perpetuate and disseminate and take it out there. Introduce people to it, train people, give young emerging artists opportunities that I didn't have. What I love about flamenco is

just the passion. It just enchants you and draws you in and you can never get out of it once you start. It's very expressive and in some cases kind of harsh. She can definitely out dance all of us even at her age now. She's still amazing.