If the Old Mission steps could speak, they’d tell a thousand stories of Fiesta: slamming heels, swirling skirts, breath held before dancers cross the stage into the light. But just beyond the glow — ...
Flamenco is a passionate and expressive Spanish art form that combines music, dance, and song. Originating in the late 18th, early 19th centuries, flamenco is a powerful form of cultural expression, ...
ROYAL PALM BEACH — Every Thursday, the rhythmic sounds of heel taps, hand claps and Spanish sevillanas seep from a classroom in Royal Palm Beach High School. Inside, Gabriela Reyes leads 10 women ...
Quick steps form a syncopated beat, and hands are drumming like rain. A dancer spins in a crest of fringe or long hair flying. A guitarist flicks a rapid rasgueado strum, recalling Camarón de la isla, ...
Most people don’t watch Jennifer Lopez to check out how accurate her flamenco dance steps are. We doubt they even notice her feet. Still, Dallas flamenco dancer and promoter Julia Alcántara believes ...
Olga Pericet’s “La Leona” and a dance panorama by Ballet Nacional de España look to the past, with an eye to recovery and invention. By Marina Harss For Olga Pericet, flamenco is an invitation: to ...