Tempestad - Flamenco - Solea

Tempestad performing Solea accompanied by Master Guitarist, Carlos Sanchez, & Del Espadin Baile Espanol - Gala 2005

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• flamenco
• tempestad
• solea
• guitar
• dance
• spanish
• gypsy
• espadin

[Marvinsteel]

The most unusual and individual Solea I have seen. The guitarist is superb.

Who is she?

The dancer does not copy any one, she is herself. Wondeful, Wonderful!

[InLacrime]

The dancer is "La Tempestad" & the guitarist is Carlos Sanchez. The performance was done in the traditional style of Flamenco...completely improvised.

[Khwaab]

Love it how it accelerates. Just like love: first it´s kind of sneaking, then it quietly takes you over, then you feel it with full emotions, then it threatens to end, and then you desperately fight to keep it, until the end when you get enough and everything crashes down.

Very inspiring and amazing! Truly spiritual.

[joselemexico]

esa si es mi mujer , jaja , wow , menuda tia , sus besos deben saber a fresas!

[chicagopatty]

@Gitanoz verdad!



[Khwaab]

@ViaDiSole

So agree with your comment! You said it so well with just a few words while I had to write somewhat of an essay to convey what I felt ;).

[Khwaab]

..response is unplanned and also the dancer "answering" back the guitarist with her zapateado. He "twists and turns" the sound of the guitar and she immediately catches on with her footwork, which seemed completely unplanned.

Wonderful, inspiring and genuine Flamenco!

[Khwaab]

8. All in all, it´s such a wonderful performance!

I LOVE Flamenco and have watched many a 100 vidz of it but a lot of dances seem to be choreographed to such extent that it´s take the "soul", surprise, improvision and feel of the dance. This one, I keep coming back to, because it seems so unplanned and natural. Even the sitting dancers seem to be awstruck, focused and surprised by how she "develops" the dance. And you can tell their response is...

[Khwaab]

5. Those little shoulder shakes or jerks she does and then clicks her fingers...only a natural dancer, someone who FEELS the dance, does that sort of "quirky" moves because they´re so into it.

6. The way she "wakes up" the ladies clapping in the background with her "zapateado" and clapping after 5:37: AMAZING control of her surrounding!

7. At 2:44, she´s glancing into the distance and seems completely oblivious of her audience. Seems so genuine and focused.

[Khwaab]

..to be in tune with the feelings you get from the song/music.

3. A lot of dancers seem to think "the faster, the more skilfull" but no. When you dance slowly, like this lady, it´s more difficult because you have to be razor sharp in your details or else, every little flaw will be visible.

4. 1:24, 6:29 the way she looks upwards in pain (and almost questioning) and then claps violently...very spiritual and even religious. Wonderful because it could be interpreted in various ways!

[Khwaab]

I keep coming back to this vid because there are so many things worth watching and FEELING in it.

1. The way this is a pretty "quiet" dance which gladly puts emphasis on the sound of her shoes and the slow, almost sneaky, guitarsound which accelerates extremely well with her "mood".

2. A true dancer couldn´t care less about the way they look or happen to make faces when they´re feeling the dance. She seems to be completely in her own world and THAT is true Flamenco to me: to be in tune...