Dance in Film · 1995
Flamenco (1995)
A performance anthology by Carlos Saura that can anchor precise palo-level scene indexing rather than a generic 'flamenco' label.
Flamenco is a 1995 dance documentary centred on ballroom and social dance. For dancers, it's a chance to see the style performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.
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An excerpt — one number from the full work.
The dance sequences in Flamenco
6 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
Farruca
FarrucaDanced by Joaquín Cortés · Choreography Joaquín Cortés
Cortés dancing bare-chested as the string-backed farruca swells around him.
Cortés recasts the traditionally austere male farruca as a sensual, expansive solo against guitar and strings. The contrast between sharply marked flamenco attack and the lyrical accompaniment gives the number its modern tension.
Not currently available to stream; timestamp is for reference. No edition-specific timestamp used; JustWatch reported no US stream on 2026-08-06, with DVD purchase only.
Guajira — Hermosísima cubana
GuajiraDanced by Merche Esmeralda; female dance ensemble · Choreography Merche Esmeralda
The women opening their fans beneath mantillas in a stately, Havana-inflected formation.
Esmeralda shapes the ida-y-vuelta palo with poised ensemble geometry, fans and mantillas while retaining a clear flamenco pulse. Her choreography makes colonial imagery legible through controlled spacing and sensual phrasing.
Not currently available to stream; timestamp is for reference. No edition-specific timestamp used; JustWatch reported no US stream on 2026-08-06, with DVD purchase only.
Martinete II
MartineteDanced by Mario Maya; Marco Antonio Vargas; Israel Galván · Choreography Mario Maya
Two dancers locking their arms around Maya beneath the orange-and-black sunset panels.
Maya turns a form traditionally sung without dance into a compact drama of constraint. Vargas and Galván close around the soloist and physically arrest his movement, translating the martinete's gravity into images of oppression and resistance.
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Opening Jerez bulerías
BuleríasDanced by Dieguito de la Margara; Sebastiana Romero; Manuela Núñez; El Mono
Sebastiana Romero's veteran assurance followed by the adolescent Manuela Núñez.
A compressed Jerez fiesta passes short solo turns through several generations, keeping cante, palmas and dance in active conversation. The succession makes transmission itself the sequence's structure rather than treating age as hierarchy.
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Petenera — Sentenciao estoy a muerte
PeteneraDanced by María Pagés · Choreography María Pagés
Pagés' restrained silhouette holding the space beside Menese's grave cante.
Pagés answers José Menese's slow, tragic cante with sober, highly controlled movement rather than decorative excess. Her ballet-informed line clarifies the petenera's melancholy while leaving the singer's phrasing at the center.
Not currently available to stream; timestamp is for reference. Petenera is not present in the validated 381-style taxonomy; no edition-specific timestamp used. JustWatch reported no US stream on 2026-08-06.
Soleá del Farruco
SoleáDanced by Farruco; Farruquito · Choreography Farruco
Farruco and Farruquito becoming alternating silhouettes against a bright rectangular field.
Farruco sets the family style beside Farruquito's younger body as the soleá steadily accelerates. Their shared choreography makes lineage visible without flattening their different weight, timing and presence.
Not currently available to stream; timestamp is for reference. No edition-specific timestamp used; JustWatch reported no US stream on 2026-08-06, with DVD purchase only.
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