Kristina Martinez waves a red shawl back and forth as she dances around the stage. Her hands cut through the air, whipping the cloth from side to side, as if she's trying to agitate a large beast. "It ...

In Spain, in America and around the world, flamenco is back. At the cutting edge of the flamenco revival, Luis Montero not only preserves the tradition but also carries its influence into both ...

Mario Maya, a Spanish-born Gypsy who created memorable works of flamenco dance and as a choreographer broadened the scope of the traditional form by adding elements from modern dance, died Sept. 27 of ...

A Japanese dancer has been booed after becoming the first foreigner to win at Spain’s most prestigious flamenco festival. When the Cante de las Minas festival jury chose Junko Hagiwara as best female ...

Fiesta’s La Primavera fundraiser for 2023 will feature a Four Nations dinner, and a performance by one of Spain’s most celebrated flamenco dancers, Patricia Guerrero. The event takes place May 13 at ...

Flamenco dancing has long been a symbol of Spanish identity. Each year, people gather to recognise the day UNESCO recognised it as part of the country's heritage. Dancers in Spain on Tuesday ...

Driving up Interstate 55 on my way to visit Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater last month, my GPS flashed a notification: Tornado warning. Like an on/off switch, torrential storms battered my car ...

Created in the southern Andalusia region of Spain, flamenco is rooted in the complex multi-cultural and ethnic society of southern Spain from the 16th and 17th centuries. Dancers in Spain recently ...

HAVANA – Their costumes are typically Spanish – refined dresses complemented with hand-held fans, painted faces and sculpted hair styles. But these dancers are clearly Caribbean, and while the music ...

Japan's Junko Hagiwara has caused a stir in Spain’s traditional flamenco world by unexpectedly winning the prize for best dancer at the country’s leading flamenco festival – the first foreigner to do ...

Flamenco, the plaintive music of Spain, faces the worst crisis since the Civil War. The thundering stomp of the dancers – called zapateando – has been silenced across the nation, another casualty of ...

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