{"id":1032752,"date":"2017-03-10T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/?p=1032752"},"modified":"2017-04-15T21:10:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T04:10:35","slug":"flamenco-at-515","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2017\/03\/flamenco-at-515.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch <i>FLAMENCO AT 5:15<\/i>, a Life-Affirming, Oscar-Winning Documentary About a Flamenco Dance Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hFVC7PH2zJU?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1986\/07\/14\/arts\/flamence-at-5-15-on-channel-13.html\"><i>FLAMENCO AT 5:15<\/i><\/a>, the Acad\u00ade\u00admy Award-win\u00adning short doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary, above, is a wel\u00adcome anti\u00addote to the depress\u00ading specter of youth\u00adful bod\u00adies in a chron\u00adic state of com\u00adput\u00ader-relat\u00aded pos\u00adtur\u00adal col\u00adlapse.<\/p>\n<p>Direc\u00adtor <a href=\"http:\/\/femfilm.ca\/director_search.php?director=cynthia-scott&amp;lang=e\">Cyn\u00adthia Scott\u2019<\/a>s thir\u00adty-minute vignette can\u00adnot help but show off the beau\u00adti\u00adful, high\u00adly trained physiques of the young dancers delv\u00ading into&nbsp;the art of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/flamenco\">fla\u00admen\u00adco<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbs-enb.ca\/Home\">Canada\u2019s Nation\u00adal Bal\u00adlet School<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She also cap\u00adtures the last\u00ading beau\u00adty of their instruc\u00adtor, <a href=\"https:\/\/nbsalumniblog.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/09\/susana\/\">Susana Audeoud<\/a>, then in her late 60s. Her pos\u00adture erect, her eyes shin\u00ading bright\u00adly in a face weath\u00adered by expe\u00adri\u00adence and time, Audeleoud&nbsp;shares one of flamenco\u2019s great secrets\u2014that its prac\u00adtion\u00aders, unlike their coun\u00adter\u00adparts in the bal\u00adlet, can con\u00adtin\u00adue danc\u00ading until they die. (Audleoud her\u00adself passed away on the first day of 2010, at the age of 93.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"oc-center-da\">\n<div data-fuse=\"22871471544\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Fla\u00admen\u00adco is an incred\u00adi\u00adbly exact\u00ading art, but Aude\u00adloud and her hus\u00adband, com\u00adpos\u00ader&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flamencos-enroute.com\/24-1-Antonio+Robledo.html\">Anto\u00adnio Rob\u00adle\u00addo<\/a>, showed them\u00adselves to be warm and good humored teach\u00aders.<\/p>\n<p>All of us could ben\u00ade\u00adfit from fol\u00adlow\u00ading Aude\u00adloud\u2019s&nbsp;instruc\u00adtions to her bare\u00adfoot pupils at the 1:10 mark. For\u00adgo your med\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion app for a day and give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>Or join the stu\u00addents in Robledo\u2019s joy\u00adful group clap\u00adping exer\u00adcise at the 8:00 mark.<\/p>\n<p>Accord\u00ading to Aude\u00adloud, fla\u00admen\u00adco dancers only dance when it\u2019s nec\u00ades\u00adsary\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I know that most of us are utter\u00adly with\u00adout train\u00ading, but it&nbsp;appears that we&nbsp;have entered a peri\u00adod of <em>extreme<\/em> neces\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/p>\n<p>So put on your shoes, stomp your feet, and clap as if no one is watch\u00ading.<\/p>\n<p>You can find&nbsp;<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1986\/07\/14\/arts\/flamence-at-5-15-on-channel-13.html\">FLAMENCO AT 5:15<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i>list\u00aded in our col\u00adlec\u00adtion of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/free-documentaries-online\">Free Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtaries<\/a>, a sub\u00adset of our col\u00adlec\u00adtion,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/freemoviesonline\">4,000+ Free Movies Online: Great Clas\u00adsics, Indies, Noir, West\u00aderns, Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtaries &amp; More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/videos\/passion-precision-and-swagger-join-an-oscar-winning-flamenco-masterclass\">via Aeon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relat\u00aded Con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/11\/the-graceful-movements-of-kung-fu-modern-dance-revealed-in-stunning-motion-visualizations.html\">The Grace\u00adful Move\u00adments of Kung Fu &amp; Mod\u00adern Dance Revealed in Stun\u00adning Motion Visu\u00adal\u00adiza\u00adtions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/09\/1944-instructional-video-teaches-you-the-lindy-hop-the-dance-that-originated-in-1920s-harlem-ballrooms.html\">1944 Instruc\u00adtion\u00adal Video Teach\u00ades You the Lindy Hop, the Dance That Orig\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded in 1920\u2019s Harlem Ball\u00adrooms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/10\/statistics-explained-with-modern-dance.html\">Sta\u00adtis\u00adtics Explained Through Mod\u00adern Dance: A New Way of Teach\u00ading a Tough Sub\u00adject<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ayunhalliday.com\"><i>Ayun Hal\u00adl\u00adi\u00adday <\/i><\/a><i>is an author, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, the\u00adater mak\u00ader whose new play. <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theater-of-the-apes.com\/current-productions\/zamboni-godot\/\"><i>Zam\u00adboni Godot<\/i><\/a><i>, is now play\u00ading in New York City in March 2017. Fol\u00adlow her <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ayunhalliday\"><i>@AyunHalliday<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 10px 0\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hFVC7PH2zJU?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>FLAMENCO AT 5:15, the Acad\u00ade\u00admy Award-win\u00adn\u00ading short doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary, above, is a wel\u00adcome anti\u00addote to the depress\u00ading specter of youth\u00adful bod\u00adies in a chron\u00adic state of com\u00adput\u00ader-relat\u00aded pos\u00adtur\u00adal col\u00adlapse. Direc\u00adtor Cyn\u00adthia Scott\u2019s thir\u00ad\u00adty-minute vignette can\u00adnot help but show off the beau\u00adti\u00adful, high\u00adly trained physiques of the young dancers delv\u00ading into&nbsp;the art of fla\u00admen\u00adco at Canada\u2019s Nation\u00adal [\u2026]<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[466,81,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1032752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance","category-film","category-life"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Watch FLAMENCO AT 5:15, a Life-Affirming, Oscar-Winning Documentary About a Flamenco Dance Class<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2017\/03\/flamenco-at-515.html\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ayun Halliday\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/flamenco-at-515.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/flamenco-at-515.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ayun Halliday\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/344a40179f8689f179df2ce8d5f7f050\"},\"headline\":\"Watch FLAMENCO AT 5:15, a Life-Affirming, Oscar-Winning Documentary About a Flamenco Dance Class\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-10T09:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-16T04:10:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/flamenco-at-515.html\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Dance\",\"Film\",\"Life\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/flamenco-at-515.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/flamenco-at-515.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/flamenco-at-515.html\",\"name\":\"Watch FLAMENCO AT 5:15, a Life-Affirming, Oscar-Winning Documentary About a Flamenco Dance Class\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-10T09:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-16T04:10:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/flamenco-at-515.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/flamenco-at-515.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/flamenco-at-515.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Watch FLAMENCO AT 5:15, a Life-Affirming, Oscar-Winning Documentary About a Flamenco Dance Class\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openculture.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Open Culture\",\"description\":\"The best free cultural &amp; 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