Flamenco! Eve Costarelli & Anthony Tiriti (in collaboration with Young Audiences of Massachusetts) Eve provides the baile (dance) and Antonio the toque (guitar), in a powerhouse demonstration of Flamenco—a genre famous for fiery finger-picking on guitar, precise posture and gesture in movement and above all, dramatic flare and boisterous audience participation! Students will use palmas (clapping rhythms) to follow complex rhythmic patterns and jaleo (calls) to encourage the performers. Between the music and dance, students will learn the roots of a truly multi-cultural art form created by the Roma (or Gypsies) who fused dance from the Spaniards, music from the Moors, song from Sephardic Jews, and spirituality from Northern India. At the end of the performance, volunteers will be called upon to learn a few moves. Post-Performance Workshops Eve Costrarelli teaching a dance workshop Eve Costarelli teaching a dance workshop Workshops introduce students to the physical language of flamenco. They learn its dramatic postures; its hand, arm and footwork and its intense rhythms. They will stomp their feet, clap their hands and snap their fingers as they encounter an art form from a culture in which dancing is a way of life.