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Root of artistic force, Lorca says: “In every other country
death is an ending. It appears and they close the curtains.
Not in Spain. In Spain they open them.” *
I start the exhibition again
in the foyer of Oriental origins. Cross-continent pollination... Carmen’s castanets.
In the room second to last
I recognise the silhouette
of Monique’s plats.
In a grainy documentary
an old woman dances, possessed by a white dress. Spellbound Monique
improvises off-beat muted claps.
Her father enters again, stretches out his giant arms. Tiny windmill fists
spin to fight him off.
He leaves