The air in the small basement room is thick with perspiration as seven young women stamp their feet in the same complicated rhythm again and again, still not getting it quite right. Their hard heels ...

Driving up Interstate 55 on my way to visit Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater last month, my GPS flashed a notification: Tornado warning. Like an on/off switch, torrential storms battered my car ...

MADRID – Spain's flamenco world is stomping its heels with joy now that UNESCO has declared the quintessential Spanish genre of music and dance an art form the world should treasure. Performers of the ...

Flamenco is perhaps Spain’s most alluring cultural phenomenon, characterised by the stereotypes of sun, passion and tumbling black hair. Political protest and social activism are less likely to come ...

Break out the castanets! GALA’s 13th Annual Fuego Flamenco continues this weekend with the U.S. Premiere of Binomio, a bold new piece created by Spain’s legendary Francisco Hidalgo, who enthralled ...

As we tipped off in our Fall Preview issue, opportunities abound this season to catch some of the world’s foremost flamenco dancers and musicians in and around D.C., including this month at GALA ...

It’s almost sunset, and the hilltop cave quarter of Sacromonte is just beginning to stir. The summer heat, which has been smothering Granada all day like a weighted blanket, has begun to lift; the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The intimate venues known as tablaos have mostly remained shuttered even as pandemic restrictions ease. That puts at risk a formative element of many ...