http://www.zacharychartkoff.com/2007/07/23/blood-wedding-act-i-scene-i-remix/ poetry: a curious look at this 21st century pleasure Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:35:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.zacharychartkoff.com/2007/07/23/blood-wedding-act-i-scene-i-remix/#comment-28910 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:10:18 +0000 http://www.zacharychartkoff.com/2007/07/23/blood-wedding-act-i-scene-i-remix/#comment-28910 Some years ago I had to teach 'Blood Wedding' to two consecutive classes of 12 - 18-year-olds. Pretty much an uphill struggle having constantly to contextualise the action, the characterisation, the language, the references. I was helped considerably by a video of a BBC documentary about flamenco in Andelusia. Just the combined effect of the singing, dancing & playing - the cante jondo - provided a powerful sense of duende. I'd have been helped further had I had access to a translation as elegant as yours! Some years ago I had to teach ‘Blood Wedding’ to two consecutive classes of 12 - 18-year-olds. Pretty much an uphill struggle having constantly to contextualise the action, the characterisation, the language, the references. I was helped considerably by a video of a BBC documentary about flamenco in Andelusia. Just the combined effect of the singing, dancing & playing - the cante jondo - provided a powerful sense of duende. I’d have been helped further had I had access to a translation as elegant as yours!

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