Flamenco

The flamenco dance genre emerged in the late eighteenth century agricultural towns and villages of Lower Andalusia.

In 1783 Charles III, King of Spain, passed a pragmatic regulating the social situation of the Gypsies. This was a significant event in the history of Spanish gypsies who, after centuries of marginalization and persecution, saw their status improved substantially.

After the War of Spanish Independence, was developed in the Spanish consciousness a sense of racial pride, which opposes the Frenchified illustrated the majo telluric force, archetype of individualism, grace and purism. In that environment trumps gypsy fashion, as the purism sees the Gypsies an ideal model of this individualism. The emergence of bullfighting schools Ronda and Seville, the rise in banditry and the Andalusian fascination expressed by European romantic travelers, were shaping the manners of Andalusia, which triumphed at the Court of Madrid.

The cafes were musical nightlife where spectators could drink glasses while enjoying musical performances. They produced excesses of all kinds, so that most of the population lived his back to them.

The fashion of the cabarets allowed the emergence of professional singer and was the crucible where flamenco was configured. In these non-Gypsies learned the songs of the Gypsies, while these reinterpreted their style of Andalusian folk songs, expanding the repertoire. Public taste also helped to shape the flamenco genre, technique and unifying theme.