Antonio Gades ~ Laura del Sol ~ Carmen (1983)

Antonio Gades (November 14, 1936 - July 20, 2004) was a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer (born Antonio Esteve Ródenas in Elda, Alicante, Spain). He helped to popularise the art form on the international stage. His most notable works included dance adaptations of Prosper Merimée's Carmen and Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre), as well as a feature-length adaptation of Manuel de Falla's 23-minute ballet El Amor Brujo. In the 1990s, he toured the world with his show Fuenteovejuna based on Lope de Vega's play of the same name. He collaborated closely with the Spanish director Carlos Saura in the filming of these adaptations, and also with Cristina Hoyos, one of the most prolific contemporary female flamenco dancers.

Gades has also co-founded and became the artistic director of the Spanish National Ballet (Ballet Nacional de España) in 1978. He died in Madrid after a long battle with cancer. About six weeks before his death, he had been decorated with the "Order of José Marti", one of the highest honors of Cuba, by the Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in Havana, Cuba. In 2004 his ashes were interred at the Mausoleum of the Frank País Second Eastern Front, a memorial cemetery in Santiago de Cuba.

He also stood out as political activist in Alicante proclaiming the self-determination of the catalan nation during the Spanish Transition between the late 1970s and early 1980s and was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Peoples of Spain, a marxist-leninist organization.
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Gades
More videos with Spanish Dances and Antonio Gades:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7AD580D283C6BD24

About the film "Carmen":
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_(1983_film)

The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Technical Grand Prize and the award for Best Artistic Contribution. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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• BAFTA award
• Cannes Film Festival

[velspir]

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[Leilazul]

Como el tango se necesita pasión para bailar flamenco. Un gran bailarín Antonio Gades. Gracias por subirlo.