Flamenco is song, music and dance. It is passion and poetry.
Flamenco is an ancient memory of pain but also exuberant joy.
Flamenco is not just a show you can go to as evening entertainment, it IS the heartbeat, the very soul of the people and very much a part of everyday life.

We will have a look at the history of flamenco, see where the name flamenco comes from, why flamenco is so difficult to understand and what they sing about. We will see and hear different rhythms by watching ten video fragments of prize winning Flamenco artists, see the difference between traditional flamenco and modern flamenco and finally get explained what they are singing about.

A very special lecture and one not to be missed.

About the Lecturer

Helen Sijsling born in Australia, lived in the Netherlands, lives in Spain, MA History of Art (University of Leyden), MA English Literature (Universities of Leyden and Oxford) and MA Educational Management (University of Amsterdam). Helen taught English for the first part of her career to later become management consultant on education, advising secondary schools on educational improvement and training teachers and managers in The Netherlands and the Antilles. Helen is presently Chair of The Arts Society Nerja and Chair of the EU societies of The Arts Society. She has lectured to The Arts Societies in Europe and many other societies on many different subjects like Zaha Hadid, Ernst Barlach, Moroccan Orientalism, Rembrandt and Caravaggio, but also on many Spanish subjects like Barcelona 1900, Magic Melilla and Ceuta, Flamenco, Cave Art from Sulawesi to Spain, El Greco, Goya, Santiago de Compostela and Juana the Mad.