A GUIDEPOST REPRINT: “La Chunga: A new Beginning”, 19 June 1970 »
La Chunga went through a period when the purity of her dance was seriously threatened by the criticisms of those who wanted her to be more “sophisticated”. Came the dance lessons, arrangements, costumes and make-up came. Each one marked the threat of a gradual transformation into a good but no longer “different” bailaora. . . Chunga has recently “re-appeared” at the newly inaugurated Café de Chinitas. For many who have seen her dancing there in the past two weeks, La Chunga seems to be bringing back to life the legend that once made her the hope of flamenco purists.
LA CHUNGA 2017: AN UPDATE OFA 1959 GUIDEPOST ARTICLE ON “A GYPSY THAT HAS DANCED PURE” »
"The way I dance is very primitive, I want to be remembered as a gypsy who has danced pure"
JAMAICAN DANCEHALL & SPANISH FLAMENCO: Two Passionate Peas in an Unlikely Pod »
My friends said, “How can you compare the two? They are just too different. Madrid may not even know what Dancehall is!”
Tablaos: Getting Back to Basics »
“‘Flamenco needs to gather in the intimacy of the tablao…We must return to three square meters'”
