Alice Blumenfeld featured on OAC’s Traditions Tuesday

“The stomp of a heel. The click of castanets. The artful flick of a ruffled skirt. These are some of the sounds and images which flood the mind when we first think about Flamenco. For this #TraditionsTuesday we meet Huron, Ohio, artist Alice Blumenfeld, an OAC Individual Excellence Award winner and artistic director of ABREPASO Flamenco. Flamenco, she explains, is so much more than the woman in the red dress—it’s even more than simply a form of dance. It is a full and rich culture all its own.

“Historically rooted in the desire for freedom within the marginalized communities of Southern Spain, Flamenco culture—its music, poetry, aesthetic, and yes, dance—is about personal expression and a fearless devotion to being true to oneself. It comes from the people and, Blumenfeld insists, is best experienced in the small, intimate settings for which it was first intended. But that doesn’t mean that she and her fellow artists at ABREPASO are just rehashing the greatest hits of this traditional art form. Far from it; in fact, she is expanding the very idea of Flamenco.”

Click below to read the full article. Every Tuesday the OAC features a different Ohio traditional artist to feature.