INTERVIEW WITH MANOLETE, BAILAOR

"The fact that young guys still see me as modern makes me feel I have the right to do new stuff"

Silvia Calado Olivo. Madrid, October 2002
Photos: Daniel Muñoz

Manolete travels around the globe revealing the secrets he's learned from his years of experience. An experience that can be traced back to somewhere between the caves of Sacromonte in Granada and the flamenco high society of Madrid, where he rubbed shoulders with the generation of male dancers forged in the furnaces of Pilar López. Teacher of bailaores. And he himself Bailaor beyond compare. The brother of guitarist Juan Maya Marot offers a very simple explanation for his interest in teaching: "I try to transmit the truth of what I understand to be flamenco dance". On stage, his performance has come to be known for the farruca style, his trademark, and for his restlessness and desire to reinvent, nourished by the timelessness of his dancing.

From the classroom...

... to the stage