点评:My wife and I were here on a 2-week guided tour of Spain, our 4th time here.
We had been to another Flemenco dance long time ago and weren't going to this one, but ... there wasn't much else to do and we decided to join our fellow tourist and go.
We were bussed over, and there were over 10 buses parked around the Flemenco! I told our tour director later that she was in the wrong business - should have been an owner of a Flemenco place. They have a dance with dinner at 7, and 9, and just a show at midnight. Dinner was 3 course meal - we had a shrimp cocktail, salmon and pork cheek as entree and a dessert. All was very good. My wife did have to wait a long time before her Pork Cheek meal came, though she had asked 4-5 people about it. I was almost done with my salmon meal by the time her meal came, and the two fellow tourists that sat at our table were more than half done with their chicken dinner.
What about the show itself? To be honest - to me, and only speaking for myself - after 15 minutes of the Gypsy dancing, tapping of shoes on the floor, chanting, to the rhythm of telling different stories, it started to seem all the same. This is not to take away anything from the performers, as they were very good, and you can tell that they really worked at it, seeing the sweat that came out. However, for me - again - not understanding what they were chanting (it's not Spanish, but Gypsy), and many of the dances and rhythms seem alike. I know each one tells a story, but ... I don't know what the story was all about! The show had, at various times, 3 guys with music and chanting, and 3 women and guys performing dances and alternating and changing of outfits. The rhythm with the beating of the heels on the wooden floor, coordinated with the dancing was nice. Hope you enjoy the slides on the various performers.
Flamenco music has medieval roots and is strongly associated with Spain’s large Roma, or “gitano,” population and with southern Spain. Its dramatic singing and dancing, clapping and stomping, flamboyant dresses for female performers and guitar accompaniment have made it a symbol of Spanish culture worldwide.
There seem to be various scenes in which it appeared that the final curtain was coming down, only to continue on with another dance. Finally around 8:40, it was over and we piled into the bus and got back to the hotel after 9pm.
翻译:我和妻子此次是参加一个为期两周的西班牙跟团游,这已经是我们第四次来这里了。
很久以前我们曾看过一次弗拉门戈舞表演,本来这次并不打算去,但是……当时也没什么别的事情可做,于是我们决定跟随其他游客一同前往。
我们是乘大巴去的,当时有十几辆大巴停在弗拉门戈表演场地的周围!事后我告诉我们的导游,她搞错行业了——她应该去开一家弗拉门戈表演馆才对。 那里有晚上7点和9点两场带晚餐的弗拉门戈演出。只有一场午夜演出而已。晚餐是三道菜的套餐——我们吃了虾cocktail、三文鱼和猪颊肉作为主菜,还有一份甜点。所有菜品都非常美味。不过,我妻子等她的猪颊肉菜肴上桌等了很长时间,尽管她已经询问了四五个人。当她的菜终于上来时,我已经快吃完三文鱼了,而和我们同桌的两位游客也把他们的鸡肉大餐吃去了一半多。
至于演出本身呢?说实话——对我来说……仅代表我个人观点——在观看了15分钟的吉普赛舞蹈、脚步敲击地板的声音以及伴随着各种故事叙述而发出的吟唱之后,一切都开始显得千篇一律了。我这么说绝非贬低表演者,他们非常出色,从他们流下的汗水就能看出确实付出了巨大努力。不过对我来说——再次强调——由于听不懂他们所吟唱的内容(那不是西班牙语,而是吉普赛语),而且许多舞蹈和节奏看起来都差不多。我知道每一个表演都在讲述一个故事,但是……我完全不明白故事的内容是什么!演出中,不同时段有3名男子演奏音乐并吟唱,还有3名女子和男子表演舞蹈;他们轮流上场并更换服装。高跟鞋敲击木地板的节奏与舞蹈配合得恰到好处,十分悦耳动听。希望您能喜欢展示各位表演者的幻灯片。
弗拉门戈音乐起源于中世纪,与西班牙庞大的罗姆人群体,也就是所谓的“吉普赛人”有着密切联系。这种表演与西班牙南部地区紧密相关。其富有戏剧性的歌唱与舞蹈、拍手和跺脚动作、女演员们华丽的服饰以及吉他伴奏,使其成为西班牙文化在全世界范围内的象征。
似乎有多个场景中,人们以为表演就要落幕了,但紧接着又开始了另一支舞蹈。最终在8点40分左右,表演才真正结束。我们挤上巴士,晚上9点过后回到了酒店。