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Article: Gypsy king; Hailing from one of flamenco's most renowned families, 21-year-old Farruquito is taking the traditional Spanish dance form back to its roots. Sarah Frater meets him.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2004
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Byline: SARAH FRATER
Watch the flamenco dancer known as Farruquito walk on stage, and you're not sure if you should cheer or weep, or run and hide. His stride is a charismatic glide, a step and a pause, and then a slow slide of the back foot that is two-parts languor, two-parts danger.
Farruquito wears the sharpest of suits, slim trousers, slim jacket, his sooty hair long and silky, his inky eyes downcast. It is, literally, the calm before the storm, a moment of stillness before this hugely talented dancer grabs you by the throat and pins you to the wall with one of the wildest, raggedy-raw performances you will see almost anywhere.
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