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SHOP FOR FLAMENCO
+ The
Spanish Table Berkeley,
CA Stores also inSanta Fe, NM and Seattle, WA http://thespanishtable.hypermart.net/ + Flamenco Connection http://www.flamencoconnection.com/ + Catalina's + Flamenco
Guitars + San Francisco Dance Wear www.sfdancewear.com + Flamenco
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QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES
Purchase your own copy at http://www.gypsyheartproductions.com/ + Read the interview with director Jocelyn Ajami: November issue of SF Flamenco. QUEEN
OF THE GYPSIES, a Portrait of Carmen Amaya (1913-1963) is a feature length
documentary, produced and directed by filmmaker, Jocelyn Ajami. This biography
is the first American film portrait of Gypsy dancer, Carmen Amaya, who
brought the fury and grit of Flamenco "puro" to the international
stage. Born in abject poverty, Carmen Amaya began to dance at the age
of four on the streets of her native Barcelona. At the age of twenty three
she became a star of Spanish Cinema and shortly thereafter, the darling
of Broadway and Hollywood. Nobody before or after has managed to transmit
such strong, almost electrical energy, such "duende". She will
be forever identified with the passion and fire of Spanish dance. This
is the most comprehensive portrait of Carmen Amaya, to date. Interviews
with family members, company dancers and scholars add a personal dimension
to Amaya’s virtuosity. Archival footage, vintage photographs, music
by Sabicas, Carmen Amaya and Domimgo Alvarado. English, Spanish and French
with subtitles. For additional information contact ajami@mindspring.com |
