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ORIGINAL: Ricardo

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ORIGINAL: Erik van Goch

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ORIGINAL: KMMI77

Ericwhydidyoumakethisthreadsohardtoreadwithyour..........scroll=annoying?


How about you delete some of your ................................... and i will delete these ones?

If you also had read the text before and behind that long interruption you might have understand that it visualized the moment were the dancer was starting his escobilla and nothing happened for minutes :-) We were waiting and waiting and he just stood there waiting for inspiration that never came.

Your point was made and it's cute. But I need a microscope to view the Ipad screen. PLEASE EDIT IT!!!!!!!!

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I also have a question. Since today the page-presentation of this site on my screen is totally different than before and for the first time i have to scroll horizontally to be able to read the text. Did the foro alter it's settings or have i somehow altered the settings on my computer? Did wrestle with adding a printer yesterday and might have changed settings in the process (to me computers are so much more difficult than bulerias ;-).

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I'm surprised to hear you had the impression Moraito didn't ring a bell to dutch public and that they generally expected flamenco to be touristic
here in the netherlands he was already a big name.

It was no impression. I was hired specifically to introduce the show was because the organization wanted the audience to understand who Moraíto and Diego Carrasco were, and their importance in flamenco. Clearly, neither one was known in Holland at that time. The three of us travelled together from Jerez, and both Diego and Manuel talked a great deal about how they would be received.

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The director of the festival had, and still has the prime objective of banishing Dutch people’s misconceptions about flamenco, namely that it’s just clicking castanets, polkadots and sweaty ladies seducing sweatier guys.

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if you forget all the wonderful moments you probably shared with him [Diego Carrasco] among friends and only value the performance he gave that night..... would he pass your acid test?

I don’t remember ever seeing Diego Carrasco have an off night. He’s so instinctive, he manages to tap into his flamenco self as easily as most people breath in and out.

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The only one that made me think i was watching tourists stuff was Diego Carrasco

Tourists don’t “get” Diego Carrasco. He’s best appreciated by hard-core flamenco fans.

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(Quote): It was no impression. I was hired specifically to introduce the show was because the organization wanted the audience to understand who Moraíto and Diego Carrasco were, and their importance in flamenco. Clearly, neither one was known in Holland at that time. The three of us travelled together from Jerez, and both Diego and Manuel talked a great deal about how they would be received. (unquote)

Maybe because it was their first visit? Still many of us new Moraito from our visits to spain, his records, his video, spanish television and all the posts on youtube.

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Then can you explain why Farruquito and his family did only generated a reluctant applause for a applause fishing (tourist pleasing) bulerias and a standing ovation for a fabulous seguiriyas ? Should one not expect the opposite reaction from ignorant foreigners?

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I don't follow.

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the only record i found so far were i like his contribution is the alegrias of Sanlucar.

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ORIGINAL: zata


I understand now, you're talking about the flamenco community, only a very small percentage of the audience. Of course at that point there was no one in flamenco who did not know who Moraíto was. When you're on the inside looking out, it's hard to imagine (for example) that "normal" people outside of Spain have never heard of Camarón, and Paco de Lucía is no household word either.

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Then can you explain why Farruquito and his family did only generated a reluctant applause for a applause fishing (tourist pleasing) bulerias and a standing ovation for a fabulous seguiriyas ? Should one not expect the opposite reaction from ignorant foreigners?

I don't follow. Bulerías is the last thing I'd expect non-flamenco people to appreciate because it's a compás trip. Farruquito dances the same style for siguiriyas, bulerías or anything else, only the musical backdrop changes. But people who get off on compás can appreciate what he does with bulerías.

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PS are you going to see Carmen Linares or Israel Galvan this weekend in Rotterdam?

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Diego's toque will melt your hagen daas:

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ell then I edited my dots on page 5....Ahem!

Man, what a mission to get page 5 sorted out

Come on Eric. It's down to you now. Second last post on page 5. Edit required.