“Tangos de la Repompa” by Las Migas, performed here with Bravata Dance Group, offers a vivid blend of traditional flamenco with subtle Middle Eastern echoes. The song’s intense tangos rhythm, layered with intricate guitar and passionate vocals, draws on the Phrygian scale and vocal ornamentation rooted in flamenco’s Andalusian and Arabic heritage. Bravata’s choreography heightens this fusion, combining flamenco’s grounded, percussive steps with flowing, almost hypnotic arm movements that call back to Middle Eastern dance forms.

Please see my blog post here:

https://lhistoire.voices.wooster.edu/2024/08/28/print-capitalism-a-double-edged-sword-of-connection-and-fragmentation/

I apologize. When I finished my post, I realized that I posted it on my Voices website and not on this one…😅