How does this philosophy come into play during the Fuego Flamenco Festival?
The annual Fuego Flamenco Festival explores the diversity and profound amalgam of other cultures that have influenced the passionate and time-honored Spanish art form of flamenco. From its Moorish and gypsy influences to the contemporary rhythms derived from art forms of the Americas like jazz and tango, flamenco contains and transmits the powerful voices of many races. I love Spain’s flamenco tablaos, the real ones, those of Seville and some of Madrid. It is the intimacy, I believe, that mesmerizes me. The atmosphere is almost ritual and celebratory of the place and the symbiosis that occurs between the artist and the audience. That’s what we are creating at GALA with Fuego Flamenco; it is an encounter of lovers of flamenco with its artists. GALA’s space, which is smaller and more intimate than the usual setting for this type of event, permits that vibration, that communication between the performers on the stage and the members of the audience. vDC: Speaking of Spanish tablaos, give
