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
Enrique Morente Medal of Andalusia, awarded by the autonomous government of Andalusia (2005) National Critics award for best DVD and best flamenco singing record for "Morente sueña la Alhambra" (2006) National Award of Music for best flamenco recording for "Morente sueña la Alhambra" (2006) Morato de Oro, awarded by Peña El Morato (2006) Best flamenco recording, Deflamenco.com Awards (2006) Enrique Morente Enrique Morente Cotelo (25 December 1942 – 13 December 2010), known as Enrique Morente, was a flamenco singer (in Spanish, cantaor) and a controversial figure within the world of contemporary flamenco. After his orthodox beginnings, he plunged into experimentalism, writing new