FLAMENCO NIGHT

I LOVE Flamenco dancing. I had never seen anything like it before I arrived in Spain. It is just beautiful everything about it is just eye and ear capturing. The music is fast and slow the singing is strong and sad and the dancing is passionate and mysterious. I just loved it I wish I was a better writer so I could put into words the way I felt watching it. The night began in an outdoor amphitheatre. It kicked off with a showing of Spanish horses. These horses are very rowdy with lots of vigor however they are well trained and remain close to their owner. It was so cool the flamenco dancers came out onto the dirt floor and dance in front of the horses. They stare the horses in the eyes and seduce them into backing down and behaving, it is an odd phenomenon to watch. After that there was a mini bloodless bull fight. That was also really fun to watch. Traditionally in Spain a bull fight is only ended if the bull is killed by its fighter however this one was just a bull in training, so we saw everything leading up to when the bull would be killed. After this short performance we were escorted inside where we had tables waiting for us filled with Tapas, white wine, and delicious sangria! Here we watched the flamenco dance performance. It was so moving. Like I said before the passion that these dancers have not only for the dance itself but for their Spanish culture is so apparent. I loved every minute of being at the flamenco show.