Flamenco at 5:15

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This Oscar-winning film is a visual and emotional thriller. It is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance class given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain, Susana Robledo and her longtime accompanist husband, Antonio Robledo. These dedicated teachers come to school every winter to conduct classes held after the day's regular schedule has ended. As trained dancers, the students pick up most of the steps easily, but Susana notices that many are apprehensive and scared since flamenco dance requires them to evoke different emotions entirely. This classic documentary film shows the beautiful young North American dancers - inspired by the flamenco rhythms and mesmerized by Susana's extraordinary energy - joyously merging with an ancient Gypsy culture.