The word "flamenco" has an international resonance, yet few people know much about flamenco itself - for most it means a colourful Spanish dance but behind the superficial image lies a significant history and evolution. This study explores this history from its earliest beginnings in songs, to its present sophistication in the combination of leading singers and dancers. The religious and ethnic influences on flamenco are analyzed as well as its place in literature, the themes that appear in it songs, its grounding in Andalusia and the 20th-century revival of its basic meaning under the aegis of the poet Lorca and other Spanish notables.
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Captures the essence of the artform. . . . The images are exquisite. -- Sara Jarrett, Dance Spirit, October 2000
Flamenco is passionate, romantic, and dramatic, and care has been taken to convey these qualities through the book's design. -- Joan Stahl, Library Journal, 15 November 2000
Seriously gorgeous . . . it's the astonishingly immediate and direct photos that make this book such a treat. -- Time Out London, 13 December 2000
Flamenco is passionate, romantic, and dramatic, and care has been taken to convey these qualities through the book's design. -- Joan Stahl, Library Journal, 15 November 2000
Seriously gorgeous . . . it's the astonishingly immediate and direct photos that make this book such a treat. -- Time Out London, 13 December 2000
About the Author
Professor of Spanish at the University of Wales, Gwynne Edwards has written widely on Spanish theater and film, as well as translating most of Lorca's plays into English. Ken Haas has traveled the world on award-winning photographic assignments for twenty-five years. He is the author of the standard text for photographers on the move, The Location Photographer's Handbook, and the principal photographer for Tango!, published by Thames & Hudson.
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Captures the Fire of Flamenco!,
By Jennifer Guerra (McAllen, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Flamenco! (Hardcover)
This coffee-table sized, lavishly illustrated book presents a gorgeous panorama of flamenco in Spain, from its origins with the Gypsies of Andalucia to the modern Nuevo Flamenco movement. The text is thorough, comprehensive, and supremely interesting. Edwards' style flows nicely among the many photographs, never failing to follow this engaging detail or that, and always presenting the art of Flamenco in its truest light: from artists to its impact upon Spanish culture. Words cannot adequately express the beauty of Haas's photographs; the man deserves at least an extra hundred pages. Dancers whirl in blurs of light and fabric; ancient cantadores sing with all the passion of their soul; a pair of Gypsies laugh and play guitar in the light of a barrel-fire. Haas effectively - and gorgeously - captures the very heart of Flamenco in his photos. The book is further enhanced by a number of smaller, black-and-white, historic photos and illustrations, bringing the masters of the past to life. Enough good things cannot be said about this book - order a copy today!
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The Best of Its Kind,
By Richard Parker (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Flamenco! (Hardcover)
The Haas/Edwards Flamenco is worth more than its price for the photographs alone. They are lush, seductive, and captivating, even if one has no particular interest in flamenco as an art. Miraculously, the prose comes very close to living up to the photographs it accompanies. It's a careful, accurate account of the development of flamenco. If your flamenco shelf has room for only two books, they should be Donn Pohren's Art of Flamenco, for the encyclopedia and the "insider's" view, and this one for the overall story and the pictures that capture the art so well.
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Visually Stunning!,
By Deborah A. DeFonzo (The Garden State) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Flamenco! (Hardcover)
The photographs in this book are astonishing. They convey a feeling of warmth and movement that is rarely seen in still photography. This is a wonderful book to own, both for latin dance lovers and photography buffs.
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