Theatre and Dance in Malaga
When traveling the streets of Malaga, Spain in August, its hottest month of the year, one just might stumble across one of two fairs. The Holy week and the Feria de Malaga, Malaga Fair. At the culturally enriching Malaga Fair, the streets are filled with sweet wines, tapas, and of course this country’s most popular style of music and dance – flamenco. It is believed that the roots of flamenco dance date back to the Spanish Inquisition. The term flamenco was at that time synonymous with Gitano or gypsy. During the Inquisition, gypsies were persecuted and thrust into the ghettos, where it is said that this isolation protected their freedom of expression, which became an exploratory period for the art form of flamenco dancing. If you are not able to travel to Malaga in August, Carlos Saura’s 1992 documentary film Sevillanas is another means of accessing the true flavor of flamenco music and dance. If you are able to get there, however, there are a plethora of four and five star hotels Malaga Spain has to offer. If Holy Week is your fair of choice, then perhaps staying at the Petit Palace Plaza Malaga would be more appropriate as there is there is a view of the well-known lop-sided Cathedral, which is situated on the corner of Calle Larios.
One of this region’s native sons, Hollywood superstar Antonio Banderas, began studying acting at the School of Dramatic Art in Malaga. The future Mask of Zoro star began rehearsing his rebellious ways early, when he was arrested at age fourteen for performing in a Bertolt Brecht play, which was forbidden because of political censorship. Banderas had given up his dream to become a soccer player and chose acting as his new profession after breaking his foot and subsequently seeing a performance of Hair. His futbol roots do not go unrecognized, however, as he financially invests in Malaga’s home team Malaga CF.
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