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 ...

There's something intangible about flamenco, says Monica Mota. "It lights everything on fire, and you can't understand why," says Mota, who founded the Spokane-based group Quiero Flamenco. "You're ...

SAN ANTONIO – She helped break down barriers for Flamenco dance in San Antonio. Local icon Teresa Champion continues to inspire young dancers who walk into her South Side studio on S. Flores Street.

Melissa Cruz’ life is full of motion — jarring stops, dramatic twists, hypnotic rhythms — and that’s just when she’s on stage. As one of the Bay Area’s stalwart Flamenco dancers, Cruz has carved out a ...

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 ...

Sep. 4—Castanets will click on September weekends at several Santa Fe restaurants, a testament to flamenco's popularity in Northern New Mexico. It's easy to assume the distinctive Spanish dance style ...

Passionate, exciting, fiery and fierce — flamenco fever has been spreading, ever since the annual Flamenco Festival at New York City Center earlier this month. It's not too late to catch the ...

“People came from everywhere to see her shows,” an admirer said — including, on at least one occasion, the ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov. By Brian Seibert María Benítez, an American dancer and ...

It was 17 years ago when flamenco dancer Celia Fonta and her husband, guitarist Paco Fonta, organized the first Siempre Festival de Cante Miami. Their mission was to present the best dancers and ...

Presenting world-class, highly acclaimed and influential flamenco performances direct from Spain, the 2024 Los Angeles International Flamenco Festival returns this March with two nights at two venues ...

A bata de cola is a flamenco dress with a long train that is very heavy and difficult to maneuver. But when the stars align and it converges with a skilled dancer, they become one. "They control and ...