It’s Monday morning, my second dance class of the day. “The floor’s not going to break,” says Felipe Mato, my teacher. It’s one of the many ways he will find to tell me that I’m not stomping hard ...

The Lagniappe Stage took on an Andalusian atmosphere as New Orleans Jazz Fest crowds cheered on fierce flamenco rhythms clapped, tapped and stomped to somber-toned songs of lonely gypsies, wandering ...

In so many countries, live dancing cannot be separated from live music. That's been true of Spanish flamenco for centuries, but what made Saturday's flamenco concert at the Howard Theatre so memorable ...

Three-time world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates announce their programs for the 2025-26 Olympic season.

UPON THE FIRST resounding, authoritative clack of shoes in my first flamenco dance class, I was relieved and grateful that teacher Encarnación Muñoz had handed over a pair of worn flamenco dance shoes ...

I’ll never forget the first time I saw Maria Benitez dance flamenco. It was at a popular Santa Fe hotel snuggled into the languid, rolling hills of the Southwest. I was beyond mesmerized. I’d never ...

Though flamenco is one of the most iconic elements of Spanish culture, its origins are somewhat mysterious. Most of what is known comes from oral histories, passed down from generation to generation, ...

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