Culture

Olé Siam is a Flamenco platform aiming to share different cultures, create a community in Thailand to share and spread a better understanding of this one and only form of art that communicates through dance and music to reveal the 'duende'... the true being that lives in all of us, one's spirit.  

In Flamenco, duende refers to having and working from the soul at a heightened state of emotion that comes from inside as expression and authenticity. A term set by the beloved poet and songwriter Federico Garcia Lorca who writes:  "The duende, then, is a power, not a work. It is a struggle, not a thought. I have heard an old maestro of the guitar say, 'The duende is not in the throat; the duende climbs up inside you, from the soles of the feet.'

Carla Soledad Rivera, founder, Bangkok.

TOQUE TACóN, is an eclectic and innovative live performance ensemble creating arrangements and fussing rhythms rooted in Flamenco. . Currently based in Bangkok, consisting of founder Carla Soledad Rivera (dance) , Clark Berger(guitar) and Pong Nakornchai (percussion).

TOQUE TACóN is a soulful journey which inspires, evokes, motivates and educates.

As a bridge merging cultures, Olé Siam Flamenco continues to grow in numbers of students and aficionados.  We take this opportunity to bring to Thailand a piece of Spanish cultural heritage that happens every year in Spring time throughout the country. The Seville Fair (officially and in Spanish: Feria de abril de Sevilla, "Seville April Fair") is held in Andalusian capital of Seville. The fair generally begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week  and runs six days. It dates back to 1846.