Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi
Seville, Spain
Season 3 Episode 10 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Mickela learns the passionate dance of flamenco in Seville, Spain.
The passionate dance and music of flamenco come alive as Mickela explores the city of Seville, Spain, learning from some of the greatest dancers of the art form. She gets outfitted in flamenco dress, visits the iconic sights of the city, eats at one of the oldest tapas bars in Seville, and takes a lesson from legendary dancer, Cristina Hoyos, at The Flamenco Dance Museum.
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Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi
Seville, Spain
Season 3 Episode 10 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The passionate dance and music of flamenco come alive as Mickela explores the city of Seville, Spain, learning from some of the greatest dancers of the art form. She gets outfitted in flamenco dress, visits the iconic sights of the city, eats at one of the oldest tapas bars in Seville, and takes a lesson from legendary dancer, Cristina Hoyos, at The Flamenco Dance Museum.
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IT'S VIDEO.
YOU CAN MOVE.
[LAUGHTER] MICKELA: I'M A DANCER, AND I'M A TRAVELER, AND WHEREVER I GO, I EXPERIENCE THE WORLD ONE DANCE AT A TIME.
[MUSIC PLAYING] I'M MICKELA MALLOZZI, AND THIS IS "BARE FEET."
BIENVENIDOS.
WELCOME TO SEVILLA, SPAIN.
SEVILLE HAS BEEN ON MY "BARE FEET" BUCKET LIST FOR YEARS.
SO WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT MY DNA COMES FROM THIS AREA, I JUMPED AT IT, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO LEARN... FLAMENCO.
OLE!
SEVILLE IS THE CAPITAL OF THE ANDALUSIA REGION IN SOUTHERN SPAIN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CAPITAL OF FLAMENCO, THE ICONIC MUSICAL AND DANCE ART FORM FROM THIS REGION.
WITH INFLUENCES FROM THE ROMA PEOPLE AND NORTH AFRICA'S ANDALUSIAN STYLES, FLAMENCO HAS BEEN CULTIVATED HERE IN SOUTHERN SPAIN SINCE THE 19th CENTURY.
SEVILLE'S MIXTURE OF SPANISH AND MOORISH CULTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AND MUSICAL INFLUENCES MAKE THIS 2,000-PLUS-YEAR-OLD CITY A COLORFUL REPRESENTATION OF THE MOST TYPICAL FLAMENCO TRADITION.
MY VERY FIRST STOP IS IN THE MACARENA NEIGHBORHOOD OF SEVILLE.
I HEAD TO FLAMENCO Y MAS TO MEET WITH SHOP OWNER AND FLAMENCO DRESS DESIGNER VIRGINIA CAMPOS, SO I CAN BE OUTFITTED AND READY TO LEARN FLAMENCO DANCE HERE IN ANDALUSIA.
THIS SHOP IS JUST FULL OF TOPS AND SKIRTS, CASTANETS AND SHOES AND EARRINGS, ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO BE FULLY COSTUMED INTO A FLAMENCO OUTFIT, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
I SEE SO MANY POLKA DOTS, SO MANY RUFFLES.
IT'S JUST LIKE A FEAST FOR THE EYES RIGHT HERE.
SO, YOU THROW ALL THE RULES OUT THE WINDOW WHEN IT SAYS, LIKE, NO STRIPES OR PRINTS...TOGETHER, AND WE SAY, LIKE, YOU DON'T MIX, BUT HERE YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
IT'S VERY VIBRANT.
DO YOU EVER SEE THE CHOREOGRAPHY?
LIKE, DOES A DANCER COME AND SAY, "I WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS"?
DO YOU WORK WITH THEM?
YES.
THEY COME IN...
NORMALLY THEY COME IN, AND THEY SAY, "I WANT TO DANCE A SOLEA OR AN ALEGRIAS, " DIFFERENT TYPE OF FLAMENCO.
DEPENDING OF THE STYLE THAT YOU DANCE, YOU WEAR DIFFERENT...
SO, EACH SPECIFIC STYLE OF FLAMENCO HAS A DIFFERENT SKIRT?
YES.
VIRGINIA DRESSES ME FIRST IN A SOLEA OUTFIT, USING DARK AND MUTED COLORS TO CONVEY THE EMOTION OF THE STYLE-- SADNESS, LOSS, AND LOVE.
JUST THE FRINGE, EVERYTHING THAT DRIPS FROM HERE.
AND YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE USING IT AS PART OF THE CHOREOGRAPHY.
ASIDE FROM THE SKIRT, PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS PART OF THE FLAMENCO OUTFIT ARE THE SHOES.
LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHOES.
THEY HAVE NAILS IN THEM, TINY LITTLE NAILS.
THAT'S WHERE THE SOUND COMES FROM.
IT'S AN INSTRUMENT.
IT IS AN INSTRUMENT.
THE QUALITY OF THE SHOES MAKE DIFFERENT SOUNDS.
OF COURSE, HOW THE DANCER DANCE IS NOT THE SHOES, BUT...
THE SHOE HELPS.
YEAH, IT'S LIKE AN INSTRUMENT FOR YOUR BODY.
[MUSIC PLAYING AND MEN SINGING IN SPANISH] OH, GOD, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
YOU JUST PUT THAT IN PERFECTLY SITUATED.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE THE PROFESSIONAL.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
VIRGINIA, I NEED YOU TO PUT FLOWERS IN MY HAIR EVERY DAY.
YES.
HA HA HA!
NEXT, VIRGINIA THEN DRESSES ME IN AN ALEGRIAS-INSPIRED OUTFIT.
ALEGRIAS, RIGHT?
SI.
THE JOY.
THIS...
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST SHOUTING JOY.
I LIKE THESE SHOES.
HOW COOL.
IT FEELS SO DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER OUTFIT I HAD.
I MEAN, THE OTHER ONE WAS SOMBER AND DRAMATIC, AND THIS ONE IS JUST POPPING WITH LIFE, LITERALLY.
YOU HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT RUFFLES AND PATTERNS AND MIXED COLORS.
IT'S GREAT.
OH, MORE FLOWERS.
WHOA!
I LOVE IT!
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
OH, MY GOSH, VIRGINIA, I LOVE IT.
AND YOU MADE THIS?
YOU MADE ALL OF THIS.
SHE MADE ALL OF THIS.
THIS IS JUST GORGEOUS.
TINA, WHO WORKS IN THE SHOP, IS ALSO A FLAMENCO DANCER HERSELF AND GIVES ME A LITTLE INTRO TO WHAT I SHOULD EXPECT FOR MY TRIP.
OLE!
VERY NICE!
GRACIAS!
WITH MY NEW SHOES AND BEAUTIFUL FLAMENCO OUTFIT, I HEAD TO THE CRISTINA HEEREN FOUNDATION OF FLAMENCO ART, A NONPROFIT FLAMENCO SCHOOL WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROMOTE, TEACH, AND CONSERVE FLAMENCO BOTH IN SPAIN AND ABROAD.
I MEET WITH LEGENDARY FLAMENCO DANCER MILAGROS MENGIBAR TO GIVE ME MY VERY FIRST LESSON ON THIS INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE AND BEAUTIFUL DANCE.
THE STUDENTS OF THE CRISTINA HEEREN FOUNDATION COME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO LEARN ALL ASPECTS OF THE FLAMENCO TRADITION.
FROM THE MUSICIANS TO THE DANCERS, THIS IS A HOUSE OF INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING IN FLAMENCO.
UNO, DOS.
UNO.
VUELTA.
I START WITH THE BASICS, A WARM-UP IN FLAMENCO TO FAMILIARIZE MY ARMS WITH THE MOVEMENTS AND EMBELLISHMENTS OF THE DANCE.
JUST THE HANDS?
JUST THE HANDS.
TWO...
I THINK IT'S THE HANDS THAT I'M TRICKING.
YOU'RE MY TEACHER, SO I FOLLOW YOU.
MILAGROS TEACHES ME A VERY QUICK INTRODUCTION TO THE CASTANETS, THE MOST ICONIC INSTRUMENT AND SOUND OF FLAMENCO.
UNO, DOS, TRES, CUATRO.
AH, THAT'S NOT EASY.
SO, MY FINGERS HAVE TO KEEP MOVING, AND I THINK I'M JUST TENSE RIGHT NOW.
[CASTANETS CLACKING] OH, WAIT.
MY THUMB IS TURNING PURPLE.
[CASTANETS CLACKING] NO?
[SHOES TAPPING] FLAMENCO RHYTHMS ARE MADE OF A COMPAS, OR A SERIES OF BEATS.
THIS PARTICULAR COMPAS THAT MILAGROS INTRODUCES ME TO HAS 12 BEATS.
THE COMPAS DICTATES THE RHYTHMS AND STRUCTURE TO WHICH THE FLAMENCO CHOREOGRAPHY CAN FIT.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
OK. EH?
TRES, CUATRO, CINCO...NO.
SI.
UNO, DA, DA-DA-DA.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN.
ONE, TWO.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
OH!
EH?
OK. SIETE, OCHO, NUEVE, DIEZ.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN.
ONE, TWO.
SHE HAS SO MUCH ENERGY, AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE HER HOME WITH ME, BECAUSE SHE IS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, IT BRINGS ME JOY THAT SHE SEES THAT I'M ENJOYING THIS.
HEY!
HEY!
YES, I LIKE IT!
MAN, I LIKE THIS.
LIKE, SHE SAID, A LITTLE BIT LIKE "I DON'T CARE," A LITTLE BIT OF ATTITUDE, RIGHT?
SI?
SO I'VE GOT TO CHANNEL THAT.
ESO ES MUY FEMENINO.
VERY FEMININE.
LIKE, "I DON'T CARE."
HOMBRO.
IT'S LIKE PUTTING PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER IN MY HEAD.
IT FEELS SO GOOD.
EN MI DNA.
YEAH, IN MY DNA.
IT'S IN MY BLOOD.
IT'S IN MY BLOOD.
PA-PA, PA-PA PA. PI, PA PA.
THE RHYTHMS THAT MILAGROS AND ALL THESE DANCERS ARE DOING FEEL SO COUNTERINTUITIVE TO ME, BUT THEY'RE NATURAL TO THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'VE GROWN UP HERE, THEY SING THE SONGS, THEY KNOW THIS MUSIC.
IT'S COMING.
IT'S TAKING A LITTLE TIME FOR ME, BUT IT REALLY FEELS WONDERFUL.
ONCE IT CLICKS IN, IT FEELS GREAT.
OK. WHOO.
NO PRESSURE.
[SHOES TAPPING] YAY!
YAY!
GRACIAS.
[WOMAN SINGING IN SPANISH] SEVILLE IS THE EPICENTER OF THE FLAMENCO TRADITION FOR SO MANY REASONS-- CULTURAL INFLUENCES FROM THE SPANISH, THE MOORS THAT INVADED THE IBERIAN PENINSULA FROM NORTH AFRICA, AND THE NOMADIC ROMA PEOPLE FROM THE EAST.
THIS MIXTURE IN CULTURE REPRESENTS THE IDENTITY OF SEVILLE.
I MEET WITH LOCAL GUIDE AND SEVILLANO, CHRISTIAN BUSITIL, TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HIS HOME CITY.
OUR FIRST STOP IS TO ALCAZAR, AN OSTENTATIOUS DISPLAY OF THE ROYAL POWER OVER THE CITY.
CHRISTIAN: WELCOME TO THE ALCAZAR.
"ALCAZAR," WITH A SPANISH PRONUNCIATION.
THIS WORD COMES FROM ARABIC.
THE TRANSLATION WOULD BE "THE CASTLE" OR "THE PALACE."
THIS IS A ROYAL RESIDENCE EVEN NOWADAYS.
THIS IS, BY THE WAY, THE OLDEST ROYAL RESIDENCE IN EUROPE THAT'S STILL IN USE.
MICKELA: THE ALCAZAR WAS ORIGINALLY A MOORISH FORT BUILT IN THE 10th CENTURY, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CURRENT STRUCTURE BEGAN IN THE 14th CENTURY.
LISTED AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, THE ALCAZAR WAS BUILT WITH REMNANTS OF THE 800-YEAR-OLD CITY WALL STILL INTACT AND INTEGRATED INTO THE VARYING ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROYAL COMPLEX.
I JUST LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THREE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FACADES FACING EACH OTHER, AND YOU CAN SEE THREE DIFFERENT PARTS OF HISTORY.
WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THREE DIFFERENT PALACES FROM THREE DIFFERENT PERIODS.
MICKELA: WOW.
CHRISTIAN: THIS IS MY FAVORITE, AND IT'S CALLED THE MUDEJAR PALACE.
THAT'S A KIND OF ARCHITECTURE THAT YOU WILL ONLY FIND IN SPAIN OR PORTUGAL.
IT'S LIKE A COMBINATION OF BOTH CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM ELEMENTS.
MICKELA: RIGHT, YEAH.
ISLAMIC, GOTHIC, RENAISSANCE, AND BAROQUE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS CAN BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE PALACE AS WELL.
ALCAZAR'S MAZE OF PALACES LEADS US THROUGH INCREDIBLE GARDENS ARRANGED IN THE ARAB, FRENCH, AND RENAISSANCE STYLES, LEADING OUT TO AN IMPRESSIVE SYSTEM OF FOUNTAINS.
NEXT STOP, CHRISTIAN TAKES ME TO PLAZA ESPANA, ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MONUMENTS HERE IN SEVILLE AND IN SPAIN.
WHEN WAS THIS BUILT, WHAT ERA?
CHRISTIAN: WELL, IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1900's, EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.
IT WAS DESIGNED BY A LOCAL ARCHITECT, ANIBAL GONZALEZ.
HE WANTED TO REPRESENT OUR PAST AND OUR HISTORY THROUGH ARCHITECTURE.
FOR INSTANCE, THE TWO TOWERS, THEY REPRESENT THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS.
OK?
VERY IMPORTANT IN SPANISH HISTORY.
THEN BACK THERE, YOU HAVE A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL BENCHES, OK, DECORATED WITH THE TYPICAL SEVILLA CERAMICS, AND THEY REPRESENT DIFFERENT SPANISH PROVINCES.
THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE FOUR BRIDGES.
THOSE FOUR BRIDGES REPRESENT THE FOUR OLD KINGDOMS OF SPAIN.
AND ABOUT THE MATERIALS, HE USED PLENTY OF TILES, A LOT OF BRICKS, TYPICAL MATERIALS OF MUSLIM ARCHITECTURE.
BY USING THEM, HE ALSO REPRESENTED OUR MUSLIM PAST.
[LOUD HOOFBEATS] THIS IS THE PLAZA DE DONA ELVIRA, WITHOUT A DOUBT, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SQUARES IN THIS WHOLE CITY.
IT'S NAMED AFTER A LADY FROM THE 1500's.
SHE OPENED HERE A CORRAL DE COMEDIAS.
IT'S AN OLD TERM IN SPANISH TO SAY "OPEN-AIR THEATER."
MICKELA: AH.
AFTER A DAY OF SIGHTSEEING, CHRISTIAN HAS ONE MORE STOP FOR ME FOR THE EVENING, TO EL RINCONCILLO, THE OLDEST TAPAS TAVERN IN SEVILLE, ESTABLISHED IN 1670.
WE COME INTO THIS OLD BAR.
PEOPLE HAVE LITTLE DISHES.
WHAT IS TAPAS?
THAT'S EXACTLY IT.
I MEAN, A TAPA IS A SMALL PORTION OF FOOD.
BACK IN THE DAY WHEN YOU WENT TO A BODEGA, A TRADITIONAL BAR, AND YOU GOT YOUR GLASS OF WINE, A TAPA WOULD BE A LID OR A COVER IN SPANISH-- OF BREAD?
UH-HUH.
BREAD WITH MAYBE SOME CHEESE OR HAM ON IT.
THE IDEA WAS THAT FLIES OR OTHER INSECTS WOULDN'T GET INTO YOUR DRINK.
TELL US ABOUT... WE SEE THEM WRITING CHALK ON THE BAR.
WHAT ARE THEY WRITING?
WELL, THAT'S YOUR BILL.
OH, WOW.
THEY'RE KEEPING TABS OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE.
EXACTLY.
OH, HERE COMES SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
GRACIAS.
SO, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
IBERIAN HAM.
PROBABLY THE BEST HAM THAT YOU CAN GET IN THE WORLD.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TRY THIS.
MMM!
MMM-MMM!
ISN'T IT DELICIOUS?
IT MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH.
THESE PIGS, THEY'RE FED WITH ONLY ACORNS ALL THEIR LIVES.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS MEAT SO SPECIAL.
THE OIL THAT COMES OUT, RIGHT?
OMEGA 3 AND A LOT OF HEALTHY STUFF.
THIS IS BASICALLY SPINACH WITH CHICKPEAS.
OK.
IT'S A VERY OLD RECIPE, REALLY TRADITIONAL AND REALLY YUMMY, TOO.
AND THIS IS HEART OF ARTICHOKES.
WITH A LITTLE ANCHOVY.
AND THIS?
AND THIS IS SALMOREJO.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DISHES IN SEVILLA.
BASICALLY A LOT OF TOMATOES, BREAD, EXTRA-VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, DELICIOUS HAM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF BOILED EGGS ON TOP.
AND SOME EGGS.
MMM!
♪ MMM MMM MMM ♪ MMM MMM MMM ♪ MY NEXT STOP IS TO MEET WITH ANTONIO ZOIDO, DIRECTOR OF THE BIENAL DE FLAMENCO AND A FLAMENCO HISTORIAN, TO LEARN ABOUT THE ORIGINS AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES OF THIS INCREDIBLE MUSIC AND DANCE.
[FLAMENCO MUSIC PLAYING] [WOMAN SINGING IN SPANISH] MICKELA: THE NAME "FLAMENCO," WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
[FLAMENCO MUSIC PLAYING] DO YOU DANCE FLAMENCO OR SING OR PLAY MUSIC?
SI, YO NO.
HA HA HA!
TU NO.
YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT... SI, SI, SI.
[APPLAUSE] THIS HISTORY THAT ANTONIO ZOIDO SHARES LIVES ON IN THE FLAMENCO DANCE MUSEUM.
TUCKED AWAY IN THE HEART OF SEVILLE'S CITY CENTER, THIS MUSEUM WAS FOUNDED BY WORLD-RENOWNED FLAMENCO DANCER CRISTINA HOYOS.
HER MISSION WITH THE MUSEUM IS TO PAY HOMAGE TO HER OWN TEACHERS AND THE FLAMENCO MASTERS OF THE ART FORM WHO CAME BEFORE HER.
WITH DAILY PERFORMANCES, INSTALLATIONS INCLUDING OLD FOOTAGE, PHOTOS, AND COSTUMES, AND FLAMENCO DANCE LESSONS AVAILABLE, THE MUSEUM IS AN ALL-INCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE ON FLAMENCO PAST AND PRESENT.
I SAW YOU DANCE AT CITY CENTER AT THE FLAMENCO FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY, AND YOU ARE A LEGEND.
HOW DID YOU START FLAMENCO?
SI.
AND HE'S SITTING RIGHT HERE WITH A HUGE SMILE ON HIS FACE.
AMOR, AMOR.
SI.
I WAS THEN GIVEN A BEGINNER DANCE LESSON IN TANGOS FLAMENCOS, WITH CRISTINA WATCHING AND GIVING ME SOME STYLIZED GUIDANCE.
THREE CLAPS.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
AND THE FOURTH TIME, FOOT.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
PERFECT.
NOW WITH FINGERS.
SEVILLIAN STYLE.
YES.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
YES.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
[FLAMENCO MUSIC PLAYING] MICKELA: THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PERFORMER AND THE AUDIENCE IS KNOWN AS DUENDE.
THERE IS NO ONE REAL DEFINITION OF THAT WORD, BUT IT IS SOLELY KNOWN TO SEVILLANOS AS A FEELING OF SOMETHING SO POWERFUL, IT'S ALMOST INDESCRIBABLE.
SHOW US SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED.
WOMAN: YES.
AHORA PATADA, LA PATADA POR TANGOS.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
AH, LEFT.
YES.
OK?
AGAIN.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
ONE, TWO, FOR EXAMPLE.
TWO, THREE?
ONE, TWO.
OH.
ONE, TWO.
ONE, TWO.
YES.
AH!
HA HA HA!
PATADA.
AND ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
AND ONE, TWO, THREE.
ONE, TWO.
ESA.
WE'LL SEE IF I CAN DO THIS.
MINI LESSON.
AND I HAVE THE AMAZING CRISTINA HOYOS WATCHING ME.
SO NO PRESSURE.
PATADA.
IBERIA?
SI.
AND YOU TALKING ABOUT HOW DANCE IS SUCH A BIG PART OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU ALWAYS DANCED.
IT GAVE BACK TO YOU.
YOU GAVE BACK TO IT.
I GET EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
PATADA.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
ONE, TWO.
AH, THAT'S FAST!
HA HA HA!
THAT'S FAST!
HOLY COW.
AND ONE.
TWO, THREE, FOUR.
TRY THAT AGAIN.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
AHA!
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR!
AND ONE AND TWO AND THREE.
AH AH!
YAY!
AT FIRST, I WAS A LITTLE INTIMIDATED BY YOU WATCHING ME BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A LEGEND, BUT THEN, WHEN I SAW YOUR SMILE, IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE, "OK, I GOT THIS."
AND ONE, TWO, THREE.
AH!
I FEEL, LIKE, ADDICTED TO THIS FEELING.
THERE'S A... YOU WANT TO KEEP HAVING THIS MOMENT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I WILL DEFINITELY COME BACK.
AND WE'LL ALL DANCE TOGETHER.
SEVILLE'S CULTURAL COMBINATION OF ANDALUSIAN, SPANISH, ROMA, AND ARABIC INFLUENCES PERFECTLY COME TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS EVER-EVOLVING ART FORM OF FLAMENCO.
GRACIAS TO ALL THE SEVILLANOS WHO SHOWED ME WHY THEY ARE SO PROUD TO CALL SEVILLE THEIR HOME.
BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF MY FLAMENCO EXPERIENCE, TRACING MY DNA ROOTS TO THE IBERIAN PENINSULA.
FROM THE PASSION TO THE JOY TO THE HEARTBREAK TO THE DUENDE, FLAMENCO HAS TOUCHED ME IN SUCH A DEEP AND PERSONAL WAY THAT, OF COURSE, I ONLY WANT TO EXPERIENCE MORE, MORE MUSIC, MORE DANCE, MORE LOVE, AND MORE CONNECTION.
STAY TUNED AS WE HEAD NEXT TO THE CRADLE OF FLAMENCO AND CELEBRATE THE POTAJE GITANO FESTIVAL IN UTRERA, SPAIN.
AND I'LL SEE YOU ON MY NEXT "BARE FEET" ADVENTURE, WHEREVER IT MAY TAKE ME.
[SINGING AND CHEERING] YOU CAN STAY CONNECTED WITH US AT TravelBareFeet.com, WHERE YOU'LL FIND EXTRA BONUS VIDEOS, JOIN OUR "BARE FEET" SERIES CONVERSATIONS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, AND STAY UPDATED WITH OUR NEWSLETTER.
BIENVENIDOS.
WELCOME TO SEVILLA, SPAIN.
WHEN I FOUND OUT--NOPE.
WELCOME TO SEVILLA, SPAIN.
NOPE.
THAT WASN'T IT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET ENERGY.
IT'S YOUR WEDDING DAY?
EH...SI.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WHERE'S THE HUSBAND?
WHERE'S YOUR GROOM?
THE BEER.
THE BEER.
HA HA!
OK, READY?
TAKE 17.
[MUSIC PLAYING] ANNOUNCER: "BARE FEET" IS FUNDED IN PART BY...
THE ISLAND OF IRELAND.
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOUR HEART.
FILL YOUR HEART WITH IRELAND.
ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS PROVIDED BY KOO AND PATRICIA YUEN THROUGH THE YUEN FOUNDATION, COMMITTED TO BRIDGING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN OUR COMMUNITIES; AND BY THE ANN H. SYMINGTON FOUNDATION.
ANNOUNCER: THE FARMERS AND PRODUCERS AT LANDCRAFTED FOOD IN GRAYSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, ARE DEDICATED TO SUSTAINING AND SERVING OUR FARMS AND COMMUNITY, WITH THE GOAL OF PRODUCING FOODS THAT ARE AS GOOD FOR THE LAND AS THEY ARE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO EAT THEM.
LANDCRAFTED FOOD.
STUBBORNLY REAL.
FARMER OWNED.
TAUCK, GUIDING TRAVELERS AROUND THE WORLD SINCE 1925, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE ONCE IN A LIFETIME ONLY HAPPENS ONCE.
HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD MATTERS.
[CHILD BABBLES]
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