cy to allow him/her to communicate with spectators his/her emotions and passion for flamenco. Jondo flamenco is not concerned with a mastering of technique for improved technique does not mean an increased ability to relate emotions to the public. If an artist becomes too involved with the difficulty or complexity of their art they may lose the ability to impart duende for their energy is focused specifically on technique.
             Flamenco intermedio consists of styles that tend toward flamenco grande but the intermedio is not as difficult to perform properly and not as moving.
             Flamenco chico is sensuous, tender and poetic and is usually not intensely moving. This style of flamenco usually consists of shouting, stomping and fast movements.
             Popular flamenco is the collaboration of all three above forms and does not resemble pure flamenco.
             It is the commercialisation of flamenco and is aimed at the general public who like a good show but seek no emotional involvement.
             The contrast between flamenco juerga and popular flamenco is best surmised in the words of an artist, "primitivism versus polish, warmth versus anonymity, creation versus rigidity, emotion versus intellect, instinct versus schooling, fun versus formality."(The Art of Flamenco, p.51).
             The professional flamenco artist must follow either the commercial route in which the art is sacrificed to some extent to money or the private route, in which money is sacrificed, to some extent, for purity of expression. True flamencos are purists who will in no way compromise the art and if they must go hungry in the process it is just one of the hazards of the trade. The contrast between popular flamenco and flamenco juerga is most evident in the flamenco baile due to its extroverted nature.
             Often an amateur to the art of flamenco will appreciate the baile most while paying negligible attention to the cante and toque. This occurs mainly because as ...