Vicente Escudero

Vicente Escudero 27 October 1888 in Valladolid Spain 4 December 1980 in Barcelona was a Spanish flamenco dancer He was closely associated with the avantgarde of his time and brought modernist aesthetics to bear on his theory of dance Escudero was one of the few theorists of his time to comment on the choreography and presentation of the male flamenco dance and his Decalogue or ten rules for the male dancer are still respected today As well as being the leading flamenco dancer of his era he was a talented painter in the style and his studies of flamenco are frequently exhibited His work was admired by the Spanish modernist painter Joan Miró Escudero also appeared in the films Castille On Fire 1960 and With the East Wind 1966 Escuderos writing on the subject of flamenco dance and choreography was influential in forming the tastes of his own generation and the next and he both worked with and influenced the legendary Antonio Gades Description above from the Wikipedia article Vicente Escudero licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia