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an interview with Rosa Montoya

lori: Tonight our chat is with flamenco great, Rosa Montoya!One of the most widely recognized names in Flamenco Dance today, Rosa was born in Madrid, Spain, into a traditional gypsy family where music and dance were a part of her daily life. Today, Ms. Montoya is a master choreographer and an authority in the history and performance of traditional flamenco and classical Spanish dance. Ms. Montoya has brought the art of Flamenco and Spanish Dance to audiences around the world, touring throughout the U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, and Europe.

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Elaine: Is Flamenco dance a dance that one can learn as an adult or is it pretty difficult if you haven't grown up learning it?

Rosa Montoya: Yes, flamenco can be learned at the age of 24 or 25, but it takes a LOT of practice and discipline as opposed to someone who has started from an early age. [color=Red][b][i]It is the music and rhythm that is the most difficult to understand. I am speaking professionally[/i][/b][/color]

Holly: Is it easier to start when your younger?

Holly: Or older?

Rosa Montoya: When I say easier when you are younger I mean that since Flamenco is a Spanish dance one has to take into consideration the verse, which is sung in Spanish and the music and rhythms which are difficult to master. The more you hear it the easier it is to

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Barbiedoll: Rosa,  To what do you attribute the revitalization of this dance form now?

Rosa Montoya: What do you mean "revitalization" Barbiedoll?

Barbiedoll: I mean that there seems to be more interest on the part of students and audience than I remember being ten years ago.

Rosa Montoya: Well, the dance technically has progressed and mutated of course, but nowadays in my opinion the "art" has been lost. One closes their eyes and doesn't know if it is a man or a woman dancing. In my years one distinguished perfectly between a man and a woman

Barbiedoll: Do you mean you could "hear" or "feel" the difference between a man and woman dancing?

Rosa Montoya: You can see the difference. A woman has hips, has coquetish facial expressions, has a beautiful dress and is sensual and sexy and fiery and exudes this through her connection to the music. When a dance is serious, you feel it and express it.


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Barbiedoll: Do you think that the interest in tap dance in recent years has increased an awareness and interest by students in Flamenco?

Rosa Montoya: We have some tap dancing students currently in our class so maybe there has been a crossover in interests but really, the technique is totally different.

Rosa Montoya: In flamenco each dance has a theme and it could be sadness, loneliness, anger, love...etc. One must reflect it when one is dancing. [b][i][color=Red]You cannot dance an "alegrias" for example with a frowning face.[/color][/i][/b]*    *     *     *      *      *       *      *       *     *      *   

Rosa Montoya: What I would like to stress is that many people can appreciate Flamenco but it is part of a deeply rooted culture and tradition that must be understood and respected and LOVEd as I do. It does not come from without rather from within. One thing is people think gypsy and flamenco, they think of getting drunk and partying. A[b][i] [color=Red]true artist knows that one has to sacrifice so much and to have discipline, to rehearse again and again[/color][/i][/b][/i][/b]. My experience here has been that people, especially singers and guitarists want to learn a 2-hour program in one rehearsal and that simply cannot be done. It is doubly frustrating because you've got the dancers who have been rehearsing day and night for months!

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The more you hear it the easier it is to
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