[April 22, Sevilla]
There is no more evocative place to see flamenco than Sevilla. The problem is to find a genuine performance rather than a flamenco "show" mixed with dinner, drinks, and tobacco smoke. We followed a recommendation to Casa de la Memoria de Al-Andalus (conveniently around the corner from our hotel!) presented by a cultural organization dedicated to preserving the art in full integrity.
It was presented in a lovely old patio, on a minimalist stage surrounded by the small attentive audience seated in folding chairs. There were no flouncey costumes, no complexly orchestrated pas de deux. Just unpretentious but virtuoso singing, dancing, and guitar, glued together by irresistible rhythm.
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