Good things come from Jerez, Spain: the bulls, the sherry, the flamenco. “It’s said the first cry of flamenco was born of Jerez de la Frontera,” said Maria Bermudez. Bermudez’s show is intimate ...

Fiesta, or, more accurately, Old Spanish Days, in Santa Barbara is many things to many people. To some it is a commemoration of a period of our town’s history. To others it is a good excuse to drink ...

There are twists and tangos. Waltzes and jitterbugs. The mash and the meringue. There are dances, Marga Soler says. And then there is the flamenco. “The dance of the Spanish gypsies,” she says. “It’s ...

HAMPTON — To Helena Malone, flamenco dancing is more than just a musical expression. It's a way to share the history, traditions and heart and soul of another culture. "Flamenco dancing is not meant ...

“This is a wild goose chase!” whined my friend, even as Google maps claimed, “You’ve arrived”. It was almost midnight by the time we crossed on foot the Puente de Triana, the 19th-century bridge that ...

Sorcery of all sorts captures our imaginations. There’s witchcraft, with its errant rites for reward and retribution; love – at times seeming just as supernatural – casting its own spells, and art, ...

Castanets and tablas may seem an unlikely combination. But a New York City production called Nacho Nacho: Gypsy Storytelling actually combines flamenco traditions with northern Indian kathak dance ...

The passionate, compelling “Vengo,” the latest film of veteran Gypsy writer-director Tony Gatlif, takes us into the proud and dangerous world of rival Spanish Gypsy clans whose obsession with ...

Vicente Escudero, 60-odd, all but forgotten as the past master of the Spanish gypsy dance, sat in his room in Madrid reading a letter from France. “You have been the eagle of the dance,” it said, “and ...

Lola Montes, one of the country’s most renowned Spanish dancers and a frequent Southland performer over a career of more than 70 years, has died. She was 90. Montes died at her home in Laguna Woods on ...