Flamenco of dress worn for the Sevillanas at the annual Feria in Seville. In traditional flamenco, young people are not considered to have the emotional maturity to adequately convey the "duende" (soul) of the genre. Therefore, unlike other dance forms, where dancers turn professional early to take advantage of youth and strength, many flamenco dancers do not hit their peak until their thirties and will continue to perform into their fifties and beyond. Flamenco Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is a professionalized art-form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain in the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Extremadura
Juana la Macarrona 1935, Ferdinando el de Triana, a flamenco cantaor, had written, "Everything that can be said about La Macarrona is not enough." She is "appraised by many as the greatest female flamenco dancer of all times. Others claim she was the greatest of her epoch." Juana la Macarrona Juana la Macarrona (May 3, 1860 or 1870 – April 17, 1947) was a famous Spanish flamenco dancer ("bailaora"). Born as Juana Vargas de las Heras in the barrio Santiago at Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, she later added the name "La Macarrona". Her Gitano parents started her on her dancing career,