AOL

Pioneering dancer popularized flamenco scene in area, worked to build it over decades

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 ...
katc

Flamenco dancer Fanny Ara brings global art form to Lafayette

LAFAYETTE — For flamenco dancer Fanny Ara, the art form began with a childhood memory that stayed with her. Ara first discovered flamenco while watching her aunt dance in France at a young age. Soon ...
WLRN

Sonia Franco, the Flamenco dancer who is not afraid of 'Ser.rana,' returns to Miami

Dancer Sonia Franco will present “Ser.Rana” on Saturday, Nov. 2 and Sunday, Nov. 3 at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. Like a jeweler who travels the world showing her most endearing filigree, the ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Flamenco Íntimo Explodes with Passion!

They were joined by world-renowned dancer-singer-percussionist Manuel Gutierrez, Artist in Residence for ¡Flamenco! Santa Barbara, who sang joyful and humorous letras (verses) for the dancers. Peñas ...
Noozhawk

Meet Santa Barbara’s 2026 Spirits of Fiesta Dancers

At the center of Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days Fiesta lies flamenco dancing. Each year since 1949, organizers have named ...
PBS

Flamenco! The Passion of Spanish Dance (2001)

Maria Benitez and her troupe take us on a whirlwind tour of the styles of Spanish dance. Acclaimed dancer Maria Benitez and her troupe take a live audience on a whirlwind tour of the many styles of ...
Noozhawk

Rosal Ortega Adult Flamenco Dance Classes: Passion, Culture & Community

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 ...
The New York Times

At Flamenco Festival, Molting Into a New Idea of Spanish Dance

Olga Pericet’s “La Leona” and a dance panorama by Ballet Nacional de España look to the past, with an eye to recovery and invention. By Marina Harss For Olga Pericet, flamenco is an invitation: to ...
The New York Times

María Benítez, Dancer Who Championed Flamenco, Is Dead at 82

“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 ...
Newsday

Flamenco fever on Long Island: The classes, the culture and the passion of the dance

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 ...
WLRN

'Like a hammer to let go of their sorrows.' Venezuelan Siudy Garrido is a flamenco force

Venezuelan-born, Miami-based Siudy Garrido is a modernizing force in a historically Spanish-dominated art form. She performs this weekend in Aventura. Flamenco is a revered Spanish art form — and ...