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veet -> RE: Farruca (Mar. 24 2005 1:14:18)
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Hi Jim.
This thread's been going on a while, I see! I've been seeing more and more farrucas every year, in the states usually done by a woman in pants. Sara Baras did a great one this February, had the audience breathless in silent suspended moments.
But for my money, the best farruca I've seen has been Manolete's, I've seen him do it twice at the Villamarta in Jerez in recent years. This year's festival de Jerez had a twist on the farruca --Rafaela Carrasco's modernist interpretation had three guys dancing a farruca in bata de cola. The press dubbed it "falduca." Quite the gimmick, taking the most macho butch dance of them all and putting a frilly skirt on it.
I also heard it done with cante more often than not, usually the standard letra about a farruca grieving the death of her man, or sometimes a letra from tangos de malaga.
Veet
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