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RE: Best places to see Flamenco in A... (in reply to Guest)
One of my greatest mistakes in life has to be not to have spent more time in Andalucia
I've never been, but I've heard this place in Seville is good
Casa de la Memoria de Al-Andalus (a cultural center) Calle Ximénez de Enciso, 28 Barrio de Santa Cruz, Séville 41004 Tél.: 34-954-560-670
This is a cultural center that puts on flamenco shows by students from the local academies. Apparently it is a relatively small room so you are close to the artists, the quality is very high and the price is relatively modest. What more could you want (appart from Agujetas himself)?
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I will then be taking a train to the South of France (Provence) and eventually moving my way up to Normandy where we are planning to visit Sainte-Mère-Église which my wife has been wanting to visit for a long time. That is where her grandfather, who was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII, parachuted during D-Day and led an assault to capture the town. He flew the first American flag over this town and which was also the first occupied territory in France.
No doubt Spain and flamenco will be the high point of your trip, Shroomy. But the visit to Sainte-Mere-Eglise, where your wife's grandfather parachuted during D-Day and led an assault to capture the town, will be a great tribute to him. He was part of the greatest invasion force in history; not only the thousands of ships and landing craft that participated, but men like her grandfather who parachuted in, and the pilots who flew the 12,000 aircraft that were in the air from before dawn to well into the night providing air cover. You'll get a chill up your spine thinking about it in that place.
Bill
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RE: Best places to see Flamenco in A... (in reply to Guest)
There is a fair amount of flamenco in the south of France - many Spanish settled there in the time of Franco. In Nice you can see a Centre Andalucia as you come into town (from the west) on the train. There is a large festival there, but I think you missed it already this year. Then in Arles there is a large gitano influence, you could try contacting dance schools etc there to ask what is going on. This festival sometimes includes flamenco acts http://www.suds-arles.com/ For example...
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Casa de la Memoria de Al-Andalus (a cultural center) Calle Ximénez de Enciso, 28
They moved here a while ago: Calle Cuna, 6 The shows are top notch, specialized in "traditional" flamenco. Don't be put off by the large number of tourists, it's well worth the visit. If you pass by in the afternoon, you can pick up tickest for the evening show.Find out more here
RE: Best places to see Flamenco in A... (in reply to Guest)
Plenty of places to go in Sevilla and Granada. I'd also try to visit some peñas and maybe you're lucky and you can see some good stuff there! You speaking Spanish will make it a whole lot easier, if you bring your guitar even better :) at least you'll get some info there. Maybe you can contact Paco Navarro thrue FB in Cordoba, he's got a school there amd is a really nice guy. I know your not planning to visit Malaga but it's pretty close and there is the Bienal flamenco this year so you might want to check it out. http://www.malagaenflamenco.com/bienal2015/?cod=4971 Have fun
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Hi Lionel,
If you need some advice on Normandie, let me know, I visited the place with my son to see all the beaches and sites. Saintes mere Eglise is a nice place. The Hotel "john Steele" named after the soldier who was hanging on the church tower,is a nice hotel to investigate the surroundings.
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We went here last December.....yes its touristy but the one hour show is fantastic and the venue is small and is also a museum of flamenco guitar started by guitarist Jose Luis Postigo....big smiles all round....we loved it!!!
Centro Cultural Cass De La Guitarra C/Meson del Moro, 12 , Sevilla (Barrio de Santa Cruz)
The venue was included in a documentary that Ramzi posted recently about, I believe, a south American guitarist who visited Seville to study some years back and ended up staying. I'm sorry I can't find the clip....Ramzi help?
RE: Best places to see Flamenco in A... (in reply to Guest)
Casa de la guitarra is cool, especially because it's a guitar museum essentially. It's very intimate for shows, pretty cool. Casa de la memoria was pretty good too. My favorite was El Carboneria, el Arenal was pretty good too, least favorite was probably Los Gallos. But then again I'm judging everything on the talent I saw that particular day so it could vary. All top notch tablaos though....
RE: Best places to see Flamenco in A... (in reply to Leñador)
Don't expect to see much flamenco in cordoba. There's good amount of flamenco in Granada and in the nearby villages, and also in the coast. Most Peñas flamencas can be found by google. If you go to sevilla, jerez is one hour by train, cadiz about two hours. But even in Jerez, you need to speak to aficionados to know the opening hours of the flamenco Peñas and know what's happening and where. I was three months in Jerez and while there is alot of aficion of the art, there is not that much flamenco that is open to the public(you need to have friends to get access to some of the flamenco happenings), which was a surprise to me. There is of course the flamenco festival and the flamenco week in jerez, but in general would be nice if there was stuff happening year round.
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Lionel, I sent you a PM the other day, but it bounced back. I tried sending the message again to the associated email address. Let me know if you didn't get it.
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