Spanish Steps: flamenco in a foreign land

Spanish Steps: flamenco in a foreign land is a warm -hearted documentary about how Britain caught the flamenco bug. Elders of the flamenco scene recount how they fell into the world of Spanish dance which shaped their lives and influenced future generations.  Personal stories are told against a vivid backdrop of archive footage & photos as well as contemporary flamenco.

Flamenco was one of those imports that helped lift the gloom, and captured the imagination of a sizeable number of Londoners. They joined up with Spanish expats who had fled life under Franco, and a burgeoning flamenco scene soon took hold, particularly in Soho. With no narrator, the film tells its story in the words of those dancers.

After the screening it will be a Q&A with Anna Holmes and Vera King of the Peña Flamenca de Londres, chaired by journalist Alicia Graham of Flamenco Fix Radio.

In English.