Dance in Film · 2023
La Singla (2023)
Paloma Zapata restores deaf Romani bailaora Antonia Singla to dance history by making her rhythm-without-hearing, explosive foot percussion, international rise, and disappearance from the stage the documentary’s central investigation.
La Singla is a 2023 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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Where to watch: Pragda’s official catalog links to a Vimeo On Demand home-viewing page; JustWatch U.S. listed free library streaming on Kanopy and myfilmfriend when checked on 2026-08-10. Access varies by service and library.
Trailer
Official trailer.
The dance sequences in La Singla
3 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
Elena's lesson with a deaf flamenco teacher
Flamenco with sign-language integrationDanced by Helena Kaittani
A deaf teacher folding sign language into a flamenco lesson while Elena follows her movement.
The lesson connects Elena's investigation to embodied Deaf experience through a teacher who incorporates sign language into flamenco movement.
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Los Tarantos archival extract
FlamencoDanced by Antonia Singla
Rare footage of the young Singla performing in Los Tarantos amid the documentary's recovered archive.
The documentary's extract from the 1963 film places Singla's dancing inside the screen work that helped preserve her early career.
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Opening teenage performance
FlamencoDanced by Antonia Singla
The train clatter becoming foot percussion and Singla dancing with the intensity Elena describes as almost exorcistic.
Train-wheel rhythm transforms into percussive flamenco as the documentary introduces the approximately sixteen-year-old La Singla in rare performance footage.
Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp was available. The 95-minute film was listed for rental on Vimeo On Demand when checked; the opened official trailer was not used to infer full-film timing.
Poster artwork from TMDB.
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