27
January 2026

The Power and Passion of Flamenco

The Arts Society Nerja
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - 18:00
Centro Cultural,
Calle Granada, Nerja, 29780
Online Event

Flamenco is song, music and dance. It is passion and poetry, an ancient memory of pain.

This lecture will show the history of Flamenco but also many different rhythms, called palos. These will be illustrated with videos showing the very best of flamenco dancing and singing but also different styles and moods, from the very sad to the very merry, from dirges to Christmas celebrations.

Helen Sijsling
Drs Helen Sijsling MA (born in Australia, lived in the Netherlands, lives in Spain), MA History of Art (University of Leyden), MA English Literature (Universities of Leyden and Oxford) and MA Educational Management (University of Amsterdam). Helen taught English for the first part of her career to later become management consultant on education, advising and training secondary schools on educational improvement in The Netherlands and the Antilles. Helen is Chairman of The Arts Society Nerja and has lectured to The Arts Societies in Europe and many other societies on many different subjects like Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Ernst Barlach, Moroccan Orientalism, Rembrandt and Caravaggio, Barcelona 1900, Magic Melilla and Ceuta, three different lectures on Flamenco, Cave Art from Sulawesi to Spain, El Greco, Goya, Santiago de Compostella, Juana the Mad, Famous Freemason Artists.