Flamenco offers something unique. Did you know that the dancers, singers, guitarists and people clapping hands to hold rhythm are all communicating in real time through a language of flamenco?
This conversation relies on deep listening and is used throughout a performance. The shared language, which includes nonverbal cues, allows the dancers and musicians the freedom to improvise while keeping everyone together.
Participants must be determined to understand the speaker's perspective, to suspend judgement and be willing to receive new information from the speaker. In this way, flamenco itself is a metaphor for deep listening.
Join local dancers and musicians alongside award-winning choreographer and teacher Veronica Macquire for a demonstration of the unique ways that the dancers and musicians communicate with one another.
The first hour will include the demonstration and talk and the second hour will include improvised performances.
When: Sunday, September 8, 5-7 p.m.
What: Flamenco demonstration, followed by a performance
Where: Songhees Park Plaza
Cost: Free