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 ...
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 ...
Quiero Flamenco is a Spokane dance company that does a mix of different dance styles. In a unique episode, Spokane dance company, Quiero Flamenco, brings their mix of traditional Spanish style dance ...
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 ...
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 ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Carlota Santana is neither a star performer nor a choreographer. But her skills as a director have kept her company an active part of the New York ...
Estela Vélez de Paredez of Furia Flamenca Dance Company discusses flamenco dance. Felicia Curry sits down with Estela Vélez de Paredez, a veterans law judge who is also the artistic director of Furia ...
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 ...
While dancers and musicians from around the world have embraced flamenco, the art form’s beating heart remains in southern Spain, where extended Gitano clans in small Andalusian cities hand the ...
Flamenco Fest, as it was originally called, was conceived in 2010 as part of the 75th anniversary of the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department’s dance program. Credit: Matt Bynum The WeFlamenco ...