At over four thousand kilometers in length, the Spanish “LITUS” (coastline) is bathed by two seas and an ocean. As though the water possessed the country’s very culture, the land that it bathes is permeated by its emotion and life.

The Mediterranean Sea, with its warmth and ancestral culture, provides soft and melodious rhythms full of style and charged with symbolism. This journey along the coastline begins along the Mediterranean coast. From Catalonia to Valencia, passing through the Balearic Islands, we can see how the Mediterranean’s soft waves cradle with rhythmic dances that make one float in a calm se of notes and steps.

Upon approaching the Atlantic Ocean, the rhythms become accentuated along the Andalusian coast. That Mediterranean cadence intermingles with the turmoil and joy of the ocean, creating a vivid and colorful staging.

Each year, the arrival of the Feria de Abril in Seville marks the beginning of the Andalusian feria season (Spring and Summer). Last Sunday, the Feria de Abril closed with a spectacular fireworks show, but there are still a lot of ferias to enjoy in 2010...

Between April 29th and May 2nd the first edition of the Buenos Aires Flamenco Feria will take place in Tattersall. Over thirty artists, both Spanish and Argentine, make up the performance program, the highlights of which include Diego Amador's concer and the closing performance in which Argentina's most important flamenco artists will perform together for the first time. The feria will also include a cinema cycle including films by director Pilar Távora, Paco Sánchez's photography exhibition "El color del baile flamenco" (The Color of Flamenco Dance), conferences, a gastronomy section and guitar, dance and percussion workshops.

For more information visit www.feriaflamenca.com.ar

Source: Aireflamenco.com

Photo by Pepe Gil Paradas on Flickr.