Melissa Cruz’ life is full of motion — jarring stops, dramatic twists, hypnotic rhythms — and that’s just when she’s on stage. As one of the Bay Area’s stalwart Flamenco dancers, Cruz has carved out a ...

A Japanese dancer has been booed after becoming the first foreigner to win at Spain’s most prestigious flamenco festival. When the Cante de las Minas festival jury chose Junko Hagiwara as best female ...

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 ...

Kristina Martinez waves a red shawl back and forth as she dances around the stage. Her hands cut through the air, whipping the cloth from side to side, as if she's trying to agitate a large beast. "It ...

ROYAL PALM BEACH — Every Thursday, the rhythmic sounds of heel taps, hand claps and Spanish sevillanas seep from a classroom in Royal Palm Beach High School. Inside, Gabriela Reyes leads 10 women ...

Belen Maya is one of the world’s top flamenco performers. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Arte y Pasión Nonprofit performance group Arte y Pasión is presenting flamenco artist Belen Maya in Yo Quiero Ser ...

“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 ...

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 ...

At 54, dancer Sara Baras is in her prime in a dance form that prizes maturity - and whose modern bailaores are now pushing at the boundaries of its gender roles ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) — It’s a chance to ...