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An Evening of Flamenco

  • The Sound Room 3022 Broadway Oakland, CA, 94611 United States (map)

Flamenco, 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). It often features the call and response known as jaleo, a form of “hell raising,” involving hand clapping, foot stomping, and audiences’ encouraging shouts. Nobody really knows where the term “flamenco” originated, but all agree that the art form began in southern Spain—Andalusia and Murcia—but was also shaped by musicians and performers in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe

Felix de Lola - vocals

Fanny Ara - dance

Gia Medina - dance

Marina Elana - dance

David McLean - guitar

Tickets at Flamenco

Earlier Event: December 8
Sam Reider Quartet featuring Ben Flocks
Later Event: December 10
Ray Obiedo & the Latin Jazz Ensemble