Fandango

Danced joie de vivre - a passionate musical journey of discovery into the origins of the captivating dance "Fandango" Rich or poor, young or old, tall or small: almost everyone among the people knew the basic figures of this improvised of this improvisational song dance, which was danced in dance academies and theaters, but also on the street in cities, in cafés, dance halls and in the palaces of the upper classes. The fandango, the national dance of Spain in the 18th century, usually accompanied by guitar and castanets, was and is simply a dance of joie de vivre! And - as many a prudish contemporary of that time lamented - also of the joy of love: "The bodies move to the sounds of the cadence of the music, with all the love of the moment the bodies move to the sounds of the cadences of the music, with all passionate excitement, in extremely wanton movements, with stamping feet, glances, leaps, with all figures full of wanton intentions", complained the dean of Alicante in 1712. And if that is not yet enough evidence for the charms of the fandango, let us then reveal that even Giacomo Casanova himself explicitly described the fandango as "the most seductive and wanton dance in the world". And he should know..