A dancer in a long red dress stands alone in the darkness, facing away from the audience. A keening voice rings out and the dancer’s arms flutter slightly, as if awakened by its mournful sound. “Eres ...
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 Alyssa Teijeiro-Ficht and Brian Stark of the Illinois Flamenco-Jazz Collective, flamenco is an underappreciated art form, especially in a community like Champaign-Urbana. The duo met in 2019 at a ...
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 ...
In the heart of every stomp, swirl, and clap of flamenco dance lives a story—rich with tradition, emotion & fire. At Rosal Ortega’s Flamenco Dance Classes, that story comes to life through each ...
Two documentaries about flamenco dancing, part of Institute Cervantes’s Flamenco Film Series: Albertina Pisano’s 2004 short Flamenco Dancers (37 min.) focuses on four exemplars of the form, while ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In the United States, we tend to push flamenco music and movement into the category of folklore, something to be respected and admired for its showy skills, ...
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Centuries ago, Indian artisans migrated through Asia to Western Europe, creating an informal ethnic group known as the Romani. The resulting blend of the two cultures led to a unique musical ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by El Yiyo grew up in Spain’s Roma community. But it was watching Michael Jackson online, he says, that taught him to dance. By Raphael Minder BADALONA, ...
A toss of a skirt and a flick of the wrist. It's just one of the many moves that make up flamenco. A traditional art form born in southern Spain. Yet you don't have to travel far to experience it for ...