5/9/2023 0 Comments Flamingo dance![]() It often features the call and response known as jaleo, a form of “hell raising,” involving hand clapping, foot stomping, and audiences’ encouraging shouts. Flamenco’s shifting fortunes show how Spain’s complex national identity continues to evolve to this day.įlamenco, which UNESCO recently recognized as part of the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage, is a complex art form incorporating poetry, singing (cante), guitar playing (toque), dance (baile), polyrhythmic hand-clapping (palmas), and finger snapping (pitos). Over the years, many Spaniards considered flamenco a scourge of their nation, deploring it as an entertainment that lulled the masses into stupefaction and hampered Spain’s progress toward modernity. Indeed, the world’s love of flamenco has long created problems within Spain, where the performance was once considered a vulgar and pornographic spectacle. Inside Spain, however, the relationship between the flamenco art form and Spanish national identity has been fraught for more than a century. ![]() Indeed, the world outside Spain often stereotypes the nation as inhabited by flamenco dancers, singers, and guitar players who are so “passionate,” they have little time to engage in the day-to-day world of the mundane. For proof of its currency in pop culture, look no further than Toy Story 3: Buzz Lightyear is mistakenly reset in “Spanish mode,” and becomes a passionate Spanish flamenco dancer. and elsewhere, flamenco is a pervasive marker of Spanish national identity. The text beckons us to “fall in love with Spain-and Bates’ ‘Flamenca!’” and encourages us to discover “fashion’s new passion in bedspreads … each bedspread smoldering with two tones of a hot-blooded color.” ![]() There truly is something when staying at this suburban Palm Springs spot.During the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, an advertisement for the Bates textile company in the Pavilion of Spain’s official guide book featured a fetchingly posed young woman, rose in mouth, with a ruby red bedspread draped over her body to form the likeness of a flamenco dress. Keen golfers will also be delighted to hear about the abundance of courses in the immediate vicinity. ![]() And if you’re looking for adventure, drive just forty minutes to Joshua Tree National Park to embark on a day of fun-filled hiking and breathtaking scenery. Rustle up blissful barbecues to be enjoyed alfresco around the patio dining table, or why not head out to sample the local cuisine? Located in northern Palm Springs, you’ll be a ten-minute drive from downtown and all of its fabulous array of world-class restaurants, bars and shopping boutiques. Share sociable moments around the gas fire pit come evening time - the most idyllic spot in the house to warm up over smores with the shadows of the mountains in the background. Welcoming eight guests, Flamingo Dance offers incredible mountain views and plenty of space to spend quality time together as a group or apart for those much needed moments of solitude. Playful details, bold colours and a pristine pool make this desert escape an excellent choice for your next trip to Palm Springs.
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