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"If the Tango had a flavor what would it taste like?" “Final Feliz” an exploration in human communication™ |
 Antonio Vargas |
Excerpt from “Final Feliz”
I am beyond dance; I am a lifestyle, solea in solitude
as my Gitano forebears may say. My roots are grounded in ancient Andalusian
culture. I am the outcry of the Gypsy. Faced with the hardship of marginalization
from society, music and movement are my refuge storybook. Here I safely
express the agonizing beauty that lives within me. Born of pain, each
work is like a teardrop with a precise blueprint of every encounter I
have ever known.
Although I didn’t hit the stage until the late 1800’s, my popularity quickly
spread and today my influences can be felt in many brands of fusion. My
rhythms and foot work increase in tempo at times, but I will always maintain
the essence of my Flamenco Puro style, nurtured in my heritage. I will
forever hold the secrets of my intrinsic Gypsy nature. Expanding and contracting
with the changing time, I parallel life in its joy, tragedy and new found
hope.
