The wailing nature of the vocalizations reveals its North African roots. Arabic, Moorish, Jewish, and Gypsy influences came together in Southern Spain to create Andalucia's signature musical genre.

Carlos Menchaca, one of Yjastros' dancers characterizes flamenco as, originally, the music of the disenfranchised.

"Flamenco has a tragic overtone at times. It speaks of anguish, of ill treatment of the poor or the immigrant. It is almost an outcry. It can also speak of the tragedy of forsaken love. However, sometimes it also paints beautiful poetic pictures of everyday village life," he said.

Menchaca was inspired by his aunt, who trained in both flamenco and classical ballet, while growing up in San Antonio, Texas. He came to Albuquerque to join Yjastros' distinctive approach to flamenco. When his aunt staged a three-day workshop with Joaquin Encinias, Menchaca was impressed with the Albuquerque artist's ability to "both dance and speak about flamenco with clarity" and knew then that he wanted to study with the dance group.

New Mexico has always been a hub for artists exploring new approaches to painting, photography, ceramics, writing, and dance in artist communities in the solitude of the desert.

To appeal New Mexican audiences who have a long history of appreciating avant-garde and experimental art forms, Yjastros has a somewhat revolutionary approach that combines the structured improvisation of traditional Spanish flamenco with modern American repertory dance.

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