The art of flamenco developed in the Andalusia region in the South of Spain, blending the folk traditions of Sephardic Jews, Arabs and gypsies from Northern India. The oldest historical record of ...

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 ...

Paco de Lucia, considered by his fans and critics to be the world's greatest flamenco guitarist, died Wednesday in Mexico of a heart attack. The 66-year-old musician was a modern superstar in a Roma, ...

For decades, the Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler has opened the South Florida dance season with a diverse program of Miami dance companies hosted at Miami’s New World School of the Arts. In 2020, the ...

"ALMOST EVERY flamenco artist sooner or later wants to play Lorca," declares Sara Baras, Spain's most acclaimed flamenco dancer of the moment. Federico Garcia Lorca, along with Cervantes, remains ...

Maria Del Espadin says it is her mission in life to show people what traditional flamenco dancing really is. Flamenco puro, as she refers to it in Spanish, is not rehearsed. Instead, it’s spontaneous ...

An Orange County flamenco dance program is teaching students not only how to dance, but also about a folk art form that is part of the cultural heritage of Spain. Laura Gutierrez Vila, founder of ...

The art of Flamenco dance has been around since the 15th century. This passionate dance form, when performed properly, can keep an audience entranced from the first note of a flamenco guitar to the ...

The origins of the modern flamenco dress trace back nearly two centuries to Seville’s Feria de Abril, where gypsy women wore inexpensive calico dresses accentuated by layers of ruffles. As flamenco ...

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2 Video: On the Red Carpet at the 2026 Chita Rivera Awards 3 Photos: Stars Walk the Red Carpet at the 2026 Chita Rivera Awards New York City Center and the Flamenco Festival are now presenting the ...