The Mute Flamenco Dancer

Sign Language was her go-to method. Born with congenital hearing loss, she had coped with it throughout the years. Flamenco was her raison d’etre — She would be nothing with out it.

“Interpret these” She would writhe her hands into a variety of patterns as she signalled for class to begin while silently mouthing Unos, Dos, Tres, Quatro…

Ana was an expert-level dancer, having spent the majority of her childhood with Lola Margarita — her maternal grandmother. Although this was so, she had no superiority complex and neither would she shy away from teaching the…