When Alexandre Dumas toured Spain in 1846, he indulged in what had become a ritual for romantics. Entering the Andalusian city of Granada, the French writer and his coterie of arty companions found a ...

Until we read The Spanish Gypsy, nothing would have persuaded us that Miss Evans could write lines so absolutely discharged of meaning as these : — “For strong souls Live like fire-hearted suns to ...

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 ...

He spoke of moons on the run, of black angels carrying snow water, of winds that brandished hot swords against hearts made of olive oil. It was 1935 and the Andalusian poet Federico García Lorca was ...

After 12 years of hoping one day I would visit Spain, I finally found myself in Europe's southern jewel. The land of the setting sun, where cobblestone streets coated with cigarette butts, is your ...

The passionate, compelling “Vengo,” the latest film of veteran Gypsy writer-director Tony Gatlif, takes us into the proud and dangerous world of rival Spanish Gypsy clans whose obsession with ...

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A small army of Manhattan’s Latins turned out to see Carmen Amaya, famed Spanish gypsy dancer at the Roxy Theater last week. But a very critical segment of that army really went to hear one of her ...

Castanets and tablas may seem an unlikely combination. But a New York City production called Nacho Nacho: Gypsy Storytelling actually combines flamenco traditions with northern Indian kathak dance ...

Sorcery of all sorts captures our imaginations. There’s witchcraft, with its errant rites for reward and retribution; love – at times seeming just as supernatural – casting its own spells, and art, ...