In the Plaza de los Aljibes en Granada ‘y Alhambra, guests with colorful clothes began to enter, waiting for the singing contest to start.
This was not an ordinary day at the plaza. The plaza was adorned with plants and lamps,
decorated to the brim. Among the decorations stood women in shawls and men with light velvet vests, as they held in position, waiting for the cue to start the Flamenco.
In 1922, about one hundred years before today, Flamenco was born. It is a type of dance that was not a serious type of art form in the past, but now represents the culture of Spain. This singing contest in the square was being held by a musician called Falla, who was concerned that Flamenco would slowly fade away in time, causing Spaniards to forget the beautiful art style that was the definition of culture.
Falla once said “If we didn’t act to protect the music, many of its original palos (music forms)
would be extinct.,”
However, some people disagree with Falla. It was the 19th century, the roaring twenties, and
people were there, to become more modern. Some Spanish people thought that the art style was cheap and regressive, seedly and vaguely comic. The modernized people thought that it wasn’t a form of art, but just simple entertainment.
These days, however, we acknowledge the legacy of Flamenco and how some people managed to save other dance styles, like the martinete and liviana, from extinction.
On one June night, some flamenco dancers performed and staged an epic event.
León, a spectator of the dance, had said “”The Concurso generated a surge of creative energy and a poetic myth, and no art scorns the power of mythology.”
This was not an ordinary day at the plaza. The plaza was adorned with plants and lamps,
decorated to the brim. Among the decorations stood women in shawls and men with light velvet vests, as they held in position, waiting for the cue to start the Flamenco.
In 1922, about one hundred years before today, Flamenco was born. It is a type of dance that was not a serious type of art form in the past, but now represents the culture of Spain. This singing contest in the square was being held by a musician called Falla, who was concerned that Flamenco would slowly fade away in time, causing Spaniards to forget the beautiful art style that was the definition of culture.
Falla once said “If we didn’t act to protect the music, many of its original palos (music forms)
would be extinct.,”
However, some people disagree with Falla. It was the 19th century, the roaring twenties, and
people were there, to become more modern. Some Spanish people thought that the art style was cheap and regressive, seedly and vaguely comic. The modernized people thought that it wasn’t a form of art, but just simple entertainment.
These days, however, we acknowledge the legacy of Flamenco and how some people managed to save other dance styles, like the martinete and liviana, from extinction.
On one June night, some flamenco dancers performed and staged an epic event.
León, a spectator of the dance, had said “”The Concurso generated a surge of creative energy and a poetic myth, and no art scorns the power of mythology.”