a beginner one is not able to grasp the soul searing intensity of the song or accompaniment. But one will always be able to appreciate the grace and sensuality of the dancers movements. Unlike the other forms of flamenco, flamenco baile requires that the body be the means of expression.
             Flamenco dancers (bailaore's) use movement to dig into their emotional selves and express their most unutterable emotions through their body's movement. A true flamenco bailaore will elicit emotional response without analysis.
             The dance of the arms, hands, shoulders and fingertips is the very essence of the feminine dance. The female dancer (bailaora) uses various arm movements, "rhythmically linked, flowing one into the other, forming continuous spirals that culminate in curving, meandering, sinuous fingers. The hands and fingers receive the emotions articulated by the arms framing a slightly arched body." (Flamenco, Body and Soul p.116). She dances, "with a bending, undulating waist designed by nature itself to express her vol
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