My Account“Flamenco born from the mines”
A music, dance, and multimedia production presented in partnership with Cape Breton Miners Museum and The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
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Program
Last updated: August 3, 2022
BLACK FLOWERS
(a song and story across the Atlantic)
TIENTOS Y TANGOS
ASTURIAS
SOLE Á POR BULERÍAS
TARANTAS
TARANTOS
RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA
REQUIEM
(Vicente Amigo)
Black Flowers
Lynn Miles, Unravel, 2001
Well I live beside this old coal mine
Where the whistle blows everyday on time
When the rain pours down and the wind blows hard
Black flowers grow in my yard...
When I lost my man down that dark cold shaft
I swear I heard the devil laugh
And the angels left and they took my heart
now black flowers grow in my yard
The undertaker is a busy man.
He’s got a clean blue shirt, he’s got soft pink hands
He’s got a paved driveway and a brand new car
and black flowers grow in my yard
And when the baby cries, I sing hush little one
But I swear that I’m gonna come undone
When the rain pours down and the wind blows hard
Black flowers grow in my yard
Black flowers grow in my yard
Tarantos (traditional)
Why does that miner have a heart?
That miner suffers and feels
Why does he have a heart?
Ominous death is always present
He doesn’t abandon the mine
Because he is true and brave
Translation: María del Mar Aguilera González, 2021
Support
Heather Gibson, Executive Producer, NAC
Cape Breton Miners Museum
The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Library and Archives Canada
Daniel Farrow, Digital Archivist
Martine Durier-Copp
Matthew Martin
Brenley Heaver
Marina Roussakova
Ruth Pacis
Csaba Kanyasi
Gwen Noah
The NAC Foundation would like to thank the Faris Family for helping make the NAC a more accessible and inclusive space through their support of free summer programming.
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