Saturday, August 28, 2010

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Seville in 1896 Lesson

Almanac Bailly-Bailliere, 1896


E mong the articles published in the Almanac Bailly-Bailliere , 1896 Seville find this lesson by Professor Alfredo Medina and dancer Matilde Prada Bailor, illustrated by photographs of the couple.

De Matilde and we deal on March 31, 2009, may see the entry in this link.

magazine the wide world of February 1, 1902 gave some hints about these masters of dance:

La Prada and Medina formed an excellent partner, and dance, reproduced from photographs, has been used to explain ketones and available through the various figures of the dances of Andalusia. Adolfo
[sic] Medina died tragically, committed suicide at his home in Colon Street, facing an altar that was installed in his own bedroom. Matilde
(...) Prada danced much in theaters and cafes, and in the same Coquineras danced season, the Macarronas, Jane and Mary, which made famous by the kidnapping of one of them, the Bayonet and many other notables, among which the Scotch deserve special mention. (...) (...)

had danced in Berlin, in Berlin, Wilhelm II himself, Matilde Prada, the Macarronas and other bowling alleys and mint. Incidentally, the German expedition to flamenco, told by Matilda would be a highly interesting and funny book about the incidents that prompted the trip (...)


reviews that dispatch to Germany -1895 - can be viewed at the David Friend, Flamencos Papers .

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