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Meet Spain’s new flamenco prodigy ‘El Yiyo’
By AFP - Dec 26,2020 - Last updated at Dec 26,2020 El Yiyo was born into a Roma family in Badalona, near Barcelona (AFP photo by Pierre-Philippe Marcou)
MADRID “El Yiyo”, a flamenco dancer whose real name is Miguel Fernandez, honed his skills by watching YouTube videos. Now, aged just 24, he made his debut at Spain’s main opera house with a show he developed during the country’s virus lockdown.
Spain’s new flamenco prodigy was born into a Roma family in Badalona, near Barcelona, who are from the southwestern region of Andalusia, the birthplace of the art form which incorporates poetry, singing, guitar playing, dance and rhythmic hand-clapping and foot-stomping.