Antonio Triana and the Spanish Dance

Antonio Triana and the Spanish Dance
Author: Rita Vega de Triana
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2016-02-04
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1134352611

This book also traces the evolution of the Spanish Dance technique, marked as it is by a turbulent history. Antonio Triana was a dancer of mature artistry, dignity and power. His physical and technical achievements went beyond what is generally known about Spanish Dance. His dance presented the essence of the Spanish character and, in his choreography, he used his traditional background for his brilliant inspirations. He partnered the legendary La Argentinita, Pilar Lopez and Carmen Amaya with spirit and gallantry. Over the years he developed a very distinct method of teaching and he became one of the foremost Spanish Flamenco dancers and teachers of his time. Rita Vega de Triana formed the Triana Ballet Español with her late husband. She currently teaches Hispanic dance and related subjects at the University of Texas at El Paso and directs her own school as well as performing around the United States as a guest artist and choreographer.

Evolving Synergies

Evolving Synergies
Author: Stephanie Burridge
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1317341384

A comprehensive overview of the dance culture of Singapore, this book embodies storytelling, personal reflections, memories, and histories of the artists. The extensive calendar of events encompassing companies and soloists from diverse dance practices, such as Indian, Malay and Chinese and a variety of Western contemporary dances, underline Singapore as a vibrant player in the evolution of Asian culture.

The Teatro Solís

The Teatro Solís
Author: Susana Salgado
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2003-07-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780819565945

The first comprehensive history of the oldest major opera house in the Americas.

Celebrating Flamenco's Tangled Roots

Celebrating Flamenco's Tangled Roots
Author: K. Meira Goldberg
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2022-01-18
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1527579425

This collection of essays poses a series of questions revolving around nonsense, cacophony, queerness, race, and the dancing body. How can flamenco, as a diasporic complex of performance and communities of practice frictionally and critically bound to the complexities of Spanish history, illuminate theories of race and identity in performance? How can we posit, and argue for, genealogical relationships within and between genres across the vast expanses of the African—and Roma—diaspora? Neither are the essays presented here limited to flamenco, nor, consequently, are the responses to these questions reduced to this topic. What all the contributions here do share is the wish to come together, across disciplines and subject areas, within the academy and without, in the whirling, raucous, and messy spaces where the body is free—to celebrate its questioning, as well as the depths of the wisdom and knowledge it holds and sometimes reveals.

“Take Me to Spain”: Australian Imaginings of Spain through Music and Dance

“Take Me to Spain”: Australian Imaginings of Spain through Music and Dance
Author: John Whiteoak
Publisher: Lyrebird Press lyrebirdpress.music.unimelb.edu.au
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0734037937

Australians have been transported to an imaginary Spain from at least the 1830s, when cachuchas were first danced on the Sydney stage. In Take Me to Spain John Whiteoak explores the rich tapestry of Australians’ fascination with all thing Spanish, from the voluptuous sensuality of Lola Montez to operas featuring señoritas, toreadors and Gypsies, and from evocative silent and later Spain-themed Hollywood movies to the dazzlingly creative artistry of the flamenco dancers and guitarists who toured Australia in the 1960s and ’70s. Examining the diverse ways that Spanish music and dance have been mediated or hybridised to cater for Australian popular taste, this landmark study reveals how Hispanic traditions have become integral to the cultural history of the nation.

A Guide to Hispanic Texas

A Guide to Hispanic Texas
Author: Helen Simons
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1996
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780292777095

Hispanic culture is woven into all aspects of Texas life, from mission-style architecture to the highly popular Tex-Mex cuisine, from ranching and rodeo traditions to the Catholic religion. So common are these Hispanic influences, in fact, that they have been widely accepted as a part of everyone's heritage, comfortingly familiar and distinctively Texan. This new edition of Hispanic Texas contains all the guidebook entries of the original volume in a compact format perfect for taking along on trips throughout the state. Entries are arranged by region: San Antonio and South Texas Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley El Paso and Trans-Pecos Texas Austin and Central Texas Houston and Southeast Texas Dallas and North Texas Lubbock and the Plains Within each region, a city-by-city listing details the historic and modern sites and structures that bear Hispanic influence. Descriptions of local festivals and events, public art, museums, natural areas, and scenic drives enhance the entries, which are also profusely illustrated with historic and modern photographs and other illustrations.