Chicago Flamenco Festival 2012: Opening Night with the Diego Amador Trio
WBEZ
The Chicago Flamenco Festival returns in 2012! The most acclaimed flamenco stars from Spain and North America will once again make the cold Chicago winter sizzle with the passion of flamenco music, dance performances, films, and workshops.

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ThirdCoast Digest

Flamenco Vivo: “Jaleo” (“hell-raising”) in South Milwaukee
ThirdCoast Digest
By Kat Murrell Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center. SMPAC photos by Alex Clark. Flamenco has four essential parts: Dance, song, guitar and jaleo, colloquially described by one source as “hell raising.

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Flamenco dancers to add colour to festival
Oman Tribune
MUSCAT The Spanish Embassy in Muscat will present two Flamenco performances by Casa Patas Flamenco Foundation for the Muscat Festival at the Qurum Natural Park on Wednesday and Thursday at 7.30pm. Two dancers, Monica Fernandez and Jose Antonio Jurado …

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PR Web (press release)

From Madrid to Jerez – Flamenco Stars Shine in Louisville
PR Web (press release)
FlamencoTalk Brings Celebrated Flamenco Artists to Debut its New Production Mosaico Andalus at the Kentucky Center. Granjero's blistering footwork is show-stopping. His feet move with such astounding speed that they virtually freeze in space, …

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Hurriyet Daily News (press release)

Turkish flamenco guitar master to perform at Alt
Hurriyet Daily News (press release)
Accomplished Turkish flamenco guitarist Doğan Canku will be meeting with fans with a rare Istanbul performance at club Alt on Feb. 8. Accomplished Turkish flamenco guitarist Doğan Canku will be meeting with fans with a rare Istanbul performance at club …

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New York Times (blog)

Flamenco Festival Takes London
New York Times (blog)
By VALERIE GLADSTONE Feet will be stamped, guitars strummed and cries of love sung as the Flamenco Festival returns to Sadler's Wells on Tuesday through Feb. 19. Now one of the city's most popular festivals, it features the guitarist Vicente Amigo, …

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Bulgarian fashion directory

International Flamenco Fashion Show 2012 in Seville
Bulgarian fashion directory
By Fashion.bg Published: 06/02/2012 From 2nd to 5th February took place the18th edition of the Seville International Flamenco Fashion Show 2012. Flamenco flowers, dresses, shawls, shoes, necklaces and earrings were showcased at the fashion event in …

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GO! WATCH: International dance festival returns
North County Times
At 8 pm Friday and 2 pm Saturday, the program will have performances by: Center for World Music Odissi Dance School (India), Divine Desi Dance (Afghanistan), Flamenco Arana (Spain), Highland Fusion (Scotland), Nos De Chita & Maracuta Jangada (Brazil), …

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Event Planner Spain (press release)

World-class Flamenco in Jerez
Event Planner Spain (press release)
Since only the best performers are invited, the 16th Festival of Jerez will be offering world-class flamenco from 24 February-10 March 2012. It's a groundbreaking event, which goes beyond the limits of the stage, since the critics, the general public …

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Los Angeles Times

The eclectic sounds of Rodrigo y Gabriela
Los Angeles Times
The Mexican duo have won fans with their distinctive instrumental style, which welds heavy metal's energy with a Latin flavor and flamenco-like guitar percussion. By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero came to this …

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WND.com

California Dems toy with plan to ignore law-breaking
WND.com
In the case of the state of New York, it was Luis Rodriguez Flamenco, 24. According to police reports, Flamenco allegedly stabbed to death 45-year-old Kathleen Byham outside a Wal-Mart in Albion, NY, last November. Flamenco, in the US illegally, …

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Bangkok Post

Flamenco guitar heroes bring 12 strings to fiesta
Bangkok Post
Rafael Rodriguez plays classical flamenco. Daniel Lopez Vicente, or Dani de Moron, fuses modern flamenco with Brazilian and jazz influences. In their solos the difference is apparent; when they play together the combination creates a rich and resonant …

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Olive Press

Still passionate about Flamenco
Olive Press
A BRAND new edition of Flamenco; an Englishman's passion will be hitting the shelves next month. The book by English author and music journalist Tony Bryant takes the reader on a journey through Andalucia into the largely unknown world of authentic …

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ThirdCoast Digest

Duke University to hold symposium on flamenco
BlueRidgeNow.com
AP Duke University is holding a lecture, panel discussion and master class about the art of flamenco, which has a history that involves more than its Spanish influence. Saturday's lecture at the East Duke Building will explore flamenco's African …
“La Pasion Flamenca” in South MilwaukeeThirdCoast Digest

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ThirdCoast Digest

Duke University to hold symposium on flamenco
WRAL.com
DURHAM, NC — Duke University is holding a lecture, panel discussion and master class about the art of flamenco, which has a history that involves more than its Spanish influence. Saturday's lecture at the East Duke Building will explore flamenco's…
“La Pasion Flamenca” in South MilwaukeeThirdCoast Digest

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Romania-Insider.com

Spanish Flamenco legend Angel Muñoz dances in Romania this spring
Romania-Insider.com
Spanish Flamenco dancer Angel Muñoz will hold two shows on Romanian soil, on March 13, 2012, at Sala Palatului in Bucharest, and March 14, 2012, at the Banat Philharmonic in Timisoara. Both shows will start at 19:00. Angel Muñoz's performance will be …

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Andalucia: Sunny Southern Spain
Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
Andalucia, with its main city of Seville, conjures up images of colourful Flamenco dancers, Moorish palaces and mile upon mile of olive groves bathed in sunshine. Sadly, this extraordinarily diverse region of southern Spain is often ignored by …

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ThirdCoast Digest

“La Pasion Flamenca” in South Milwaukee
ThirdCoast Digest
By Tom Strini New Yorker Carlota Santana encountered flamenco in her teens, and that was that. Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, the company she founded in 1983 with the late Roberto Lorca, will dance, sing and play Saturday evening (Feb.

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The List

Interview: RM Hubbert in his own words
The List
So I decided kind of arbitrarily to learn flamenco guitar. I'd never played acoustics but I thought, "That looks really fucking hard". I don't think I'd ever really heard flamenco music. It was very complex and very aggressive and it sounded like punk …

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Ski Season in Spain
New York Times
22), I was happy to see an article about Spain that doesn't mention the words “sun,” “paella,” “flamenco” and “party” for once, but the article is full of the classic stereotypes. We don't take lunches that go on for hours, and we don't take siestas.

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Chamber music at Roxy on Saturday
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Beard will be doing a full flamenco concert in March, and this 20 minute set could be considered a teaser for he and his daughter's (Flamenco dancer troupe's) concert, according to a media release. Beard will play various rhythms and themes based on …

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Singer Anna Calvi. Source: Supplied
The Australian
BRITISH singer Anna Calvi's passionate voice, dramatic songwriting, film score-drenched arrangements and accomplished flamenco-style electric guitar led to her eponymous album being nominated last year for the coveted Mercury Prize in Britain.

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Bristol24-7

Ian Pemble: Getting into the groove with Bristol's Flamenco Thief
Bristol24-7
By Ian Pemble His real name is Craig Sutton but, to his rapidly expanding circle of admirers, he's The Flamenco Thief. He is also, and it's not a word I bandy about loosely, unique. He plays his own brand of music: influenced by traditional Flamenco…

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ABC News (blog)

Today in Pictures: Pool Performance, Flamenco Fashion, 6 More Weeks of Winter
ABC News (blog)
(Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) A model wears a creation by Spanish designer Margarita Freire during the International Flamenco Fashion Show in Seville, Spain, Feb. 2, 2012. (Miguel Angel Morenatti/AP Photo) New York Giants' Lawrence Tynes poses during a …

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Flamenco Festival evokes emotion through dance
Chicago Daily Herald
By Sara Hooker Amid the ruffles and fans, bright colors and castanets associated with Spanish flamenco dancing, exists Jelena Sanchez's grandma and grandpa. “There is a deep appreciation for music and dance in Spain. People express their joy and sorrow …

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A Southwest concert
East Valley Tribune
Flamenco guitarist Chris Burton Jacome, Native American flutist Arvel Bird, composer Frank Darmiento and the Chandler Celebration Choir also perform. DETAILS >> 7:30 pm Friday, Feb. 3. Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Ave.

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Wisconsin Antiques Dealers show; Flamenco in South Milwaukee; Iranian spike …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana performs "La Pasión Flamenca" at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center. The dancers will be available beginning at 6:30 for a preshow discussion. 901 15th Ave., South Milwaukee. Tickets: $25-$40 at the box office, …

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Santa Barbara Dance Arts to Present 'Dance Teachers Gone Gild'
Noozhawk
Faculty from Santa Barbara Dance Arts, the Gustafson School of Dance, Timo Nunez Flamenco, SBCC Dance Club and work from choreographer Robin Bisio will be featured in this incredible showcase of talent and love. From passionate flamenco to raw …

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La Chica the dancer goes all chic
Courier Mail
ON FIRE: Flamenco dancer Francesca 'La Chica' Grima. Pic Mark Calleja Source: The Courier-Mail SPANISH flamenco dancer Francesca "La Chica" Grima has about 20 hand-made costumes – some worth thousands of dollars. La Chica scours Spanish shops to locate …

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Miami New Times (blog)

Paco de Lucía, Flamenco Master Shredder, at Fillmore Miami Beach on April 5
Miami New Times (blog)
He plays some straight-up nasty Flamenco guitar. And he has come to shred. Born Francisco Sánchez Gómez, this Spanish virtuoso was born into a deeply musical family with numerous decorated Flamenco veterans, including Gómez's guitar-playing father.

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EntreFlamenco takes to the 'Aire'
San Antonio Express
“Aire” also connotes something fresh and intoxicating, which the artists feel is the essence of flamenco. “With every show I try to give more information about flamenco and help audiences understand the concepts of flamenco, not only in song and dance …

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What's going on in Mercer County: Feb. 1
Mercer Space
By Community News Staff Flamenco Dancing at Malaga Restaurant. Featuring Julia Lopez and Carlos Rubio. Reservations required. $12. (609) 396-8878. 511 Lalor St., Trenton. malagarestaurant.com. Darla Rich Quartet at Fedora Cafe.

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Flamenco Festival begins at North Central College
Chicago Sun-Times
During the month of February, North Central College will host the fifth annual Flamenco Festival that showcases the emotive, rhythmic music and dance from Spanish culture. Several events are planned including dance classes, films, a lecture and …
Duke to study the flamencoDurham News
Flamenco Vivo to perform, teach Spanish culture, danceElizabethton Star
'La Pasion Flamenca' to hit WCU on Feb. 13Waynesville Smoky Mountain News

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ThirdCoast Digest

On Stage 1/31: Fiery flamenco, MSO guests, and a novel Rep show
ThirdCoast Digest
Saturday, the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center brings the fire of Spanish flamenco to Milwaukee, hosting Flamenco Viva Carlota Santana's La Pasión Flamenca. The performance features solos, duets and group works all inspired by the Andalusian …

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Sofia Echo

Sofia Live Club hosts a night with Arcangel
Sofia Echo
The 35-year-old singer is a new Flamenco rising star with profound knowledge of traditional flamenco, respect for the genre's musical roots and continued interest in innovations and defining his art. In his recent album, he suggests an imaginary …

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Flamenco Vivo to perform, teach Spanish culture, dance
Elizabethton Star
By Staff Reports Flamenco is a uniquely flamboyant art form. Arms rotate, heels stamp, skirts and shawls swirl, guitar and voices trill and mourn with flourish. It's not quiet. It's not shy. And it's not to be kept a secret of the culture, according to …

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Flamenco's passage from India
The Australian
As they travelled through the Middle East, Africa and Europe, the Romani evolved the Kathak classical dance and song, creating what we know today as flamenco. In a new show, Gypsy Pathways, dancers and musicians explore the history of flamenco, …

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Artists of the week: Matt Sellick and Jon Reid
The Argus.ca
You need to play traditional flamenco, because I don't, but you need to learn so you have to go to Spain,” said Jessie Cook several years ago, and that's when it all started. Whether imported from somewhere else or homegrown, Thunder Bay has many …

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San Antonio Express (blog)

Flamenco on tap
San Antonio Express (blog)
This month's WIP — aka, Wednesdays-in-Performance/Works-in-Progress — features flamenco from Fandango (above), performance art from Marisela Barrera and nu-style poppin' from Xavia/Xman Perkins. The evening starts at 7 pm Wednesday at the Sterling …

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Flamenco Vivo to perform, teach Spanish culture, dance
easttennessean.com (subscription)
Flamenco is a uniquely flamboyant art form. Arms rotate, heels stamp, skirts and shawls swirl, guitar and voices trill and mourn with flourish. It's not quiet. It's not shy. And it's not to be kept a secret of the culture, according to the director and …

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Briefly: MMAM activities, Chinese new year, Flamenco dancing
Winona Daily News
Dancer Deborah Elias will lead a Flamenco dance presentation at 7:30 pm Friday at the Valencia Arts Center, 1164 W. Howard St. Special guest for the event is singer Vicente Griego. Tickets are $12 for adults, and $5 for seniors and students.

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California lawmaker wants ban on ICE detainers…despite risk to the public
Examiner.com
Then, in late October, illegal alien, Luis Rodriguez-Flamenco, 24, was charged with murdering a woman outside a Walmart in upstate New York. According to the Orleans County Sheriff's Office, the victim, 45-year-old Kathleen I. Byham was leaving the …

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The Hindu

Anoushka Shankar and 'Traveller' — A raga-flamenco journey
World Music Central
“Traveller” brings together the soulful soaring music of Spanish flamenco with the unique texture and rhythms of Indian classical music. The album and concert series re-interpret the thousand-year-old link between Spanish and Indian music, …
Mum and the musicianThe Hindu

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Looking for flamenco in OC? He's shown the way
OCRegister
Ted McKown is the lifeline to the intricacies of flamenco music's past and the dynamism of its growing presence in Orange County. At 78, he still gives private lessons to about 20 students, from the comfort of his reclining chair.

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Flamenco talks
Gibraltar Chronicle
Cristina Heeren, president of the Fundación de Arte Flamenco Cristina Heeren (Cristina Heeren Foundation), delivered a lecture with the title La Humanidad: Patrimonio del Flamenco (Humanity: Heritage of Flamenco) at the Instituto Cervantes in Gibraltar …

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Longwood Gardens features popular Spanish flamenco group Soledad Barrio and …
Philadelphia Daily News
Go to Spain, at least in spirit, by traveling to Chester County's Longwood Gardens for one of Spain's most dynamic and beloved flamenco groups, Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenco. Flamenco, invented in southern Spain's Andalusia region, is part dance, …

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Flamenco Vivo performs at the Ellen Eccles Theatre
Cache Valley Daily
By Amanda Castillo / Cache Valley Center for the Arts Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, the premier Flamenco Company in the United States will be performing at the Ellen Eccles Theatre in Logan, Utah on February 21 & 22, 2012. Visit www.

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Local flamenco student wins scholarship
Delta-Optimist
Eileen Barrientos, a student at Tsawwassen's Los Gitanos School of Spanish Dance, was recently awarded a scholarship to study flamenco in Europe. Los Gitanos School of Spanish Dance student Eileen Barrientos recently won a scholarship as "the most …

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Flamenco dancer brings Spanish flair to Marlow
Buckinhamshire Free Press
By Rebecca Cain » A FLAMENCO dancer who has taught in Oxfordshire for about ten years is bringing her classes to Marlow. Amarita Vargas first discovered the dance when she went to Spain about 15 years ago, and hasn't looked back since.

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Datebook
Baltimore Sun
Dance performance The Oakland Mills Community Association presents the Arte Flamenco dance troupe at 5 pm at The Other Barn, 5851 Robert Oliver Place in Columbia. Natalie Monteleon created Arte Flamenco while living in New Orleans and re-created the …

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Flamenco class: Can we get an ole?
Bakersfield Californian
BY MATT MUNOZ Californian staff writer Forget Esteban and those corny late night infomercials: Aspiring guitarists looking to add spice to their strum can now get it in seven steps with help from Bakersfield Flamenco guitarist John Gomez.

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West End Word
Their repertory—created during 36 years of national and international performances—includes more than 125 dances in flamenco, folkloric, and classical Spanish styles. The finale of their St. Louis program will be their smoldering flamenco rendition …
Ensemble Espanol brings Spanish dance to St. LouisSTLtoday.com

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Hollywood Reporter

Gypsy Davy: Sundance Film Review
Hollywood Reporter
Doc borne of an abandoned daughter's indignation is made watchable but not compelling by flamenco backdrop. Rachel Leah Jones documents her beguiling journey toward her elusive father. PARK CITY — Uncovering the startling truth that musicians cheat on …

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Flamenco for all
Rundtownnews.co.uk
THE OFFICIAL presentation of the Flamenco for All (non profit) Cultural Association was held recently at the Casa de Cultura in San Pedro del Pinatar. The presentation was made by the Councillor of Culture and Citizen Participation, Silvia Egea, …

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The Hindu

Magic of blends and contrasts
The Hindu
Many of the tracks, which figure in her latest album, 'Traveller,' explore the intriguing similarities between the classical music of North India and the traditional gypsy music of Spain (Hindustani music and Flamenco). This past week she presented a …

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Flamenco group performs at OCC
Olney Daily Mail – Press Mentor
A dancer with the Chris Burton Jacome Flamenco Ensemble performs Tuesday at the Dr. John D. Stull Performing Arts Center. The audience was encouraged to shout,”Ole” during various parts of the show. The group performed for Southeastern Illinois Concert …

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Packet Online

PRINCETON: DANCE: Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca Flamenco come to McCarter …
Packet Online
By Keith Loria For those who are unfamiliar with the art of flamenco, visions of pretty girls in polka-dot dresses with flowers in their hair is probably what they might expect. In actuality, flamenco is a gritty physical expression of emotions told …

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Flamenco dance heats up region
Post-Bulletin
The performance is by Deborah Elias, a dancer and choreographer with Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre of the Twin Cities, and singer Vicente Griego, of New Mexico. Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens, available through the …

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FLAMENCO FOR ALL OFFICIAL PRESENTATION
The Leader Newspaper Online
The official presentation of the FLAMENCO FOR ALL non profit cultural association was held on Wednesday, January 18th at the Casa Cultural in San Pedro del Pinatar presided by the Counsellor of Culture and Citizen Participation Silvia Egea.

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Flamenco ensemble brings cultural experience to foreign language students
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Julia Chacon dances the flamenco style during the Chris Jacome Flamenco Ensemble performance at Fairfield Union Monday morning. Foreign Language students from around the county came to learn about flamenco. / Jess Lanning/Eagle-Gazette The Lancaster …

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Duke to Offer Flamenco Symposium
Duke University
Durham, NC – Duke University's Dance Program will place flamenco under a microscope in early February with a lecture, panel, and masterclass, all free and open to the public. This vibrant and dynamic dance & music form will be the subject of "Flamenco…

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Carolina Lugo's & Carole Acuna's Ballet Flamenco, Sunday March 18th 6:15 & 7:15pm
San Francisco Chronicle
Carolina and her daughter, Carolé Acúña, have a rich history of performing Flamenco and Classical Spanish dance to sell out audiences in the Bay Area."It is when Lugo and her daughter Carolé dance together that the women unearth a new dimension in …

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Music Review: Letters to Zerky [A Companion CD]
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The music that this CD offers brings readers even further along that magnificent journey, as they listen to flamenco music in all different styles; from the waltz to courtship dances, with overtones of everything from Mozart to harmonious Andalucian …

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Flamenco Fire
Courier Mail
Spain's most famous dance is brought to the world's stage by a Maltese flamenco artist educated in Australia, discovers Marie-Christine Sourris. Francesca "La Chica" Grima was born in Malta, educated in Australia and settled in Spain, from where she …

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Striking chords of a star in waiting
The Australian
Above all of the big voices stands Calvi, whose passionate voice, dramatic songwriting, film score-drenched arrangements and accomplished flamenco-style electric guitar put her eponymously title album onto the prestigious British Mercury prize list …

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Reworked 'Traveller' a bit for live shows: Anoushka Shankar
Moneycontrol.com
A: It's so lovely to be back especially with this album that's a crossover between Indian music and flamenco. We have been presenting it in Europe for a few months now. It feels so important to then come and do the parallel and present it here in India …

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Daily Mail

Falling for Flamenco (and an expert dancer called Antonio) in a central …
Daily Mail
And until my visit to Mexico, I would never have expected to say: 'I have a flamenco injury.' But I have now uttered those very words. I blame Strictly Come Dancing. Those couples make it look so easy, don't they? Pair any old flat-footed celebrity …

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Flamenco at Valley Beth Shalom and More [VIDEO]
Patch.com
1. Today will be partly sunny with a high of 63, according to the National Weather Service. 2. The cheapest places to fill your tank are still the Costco at 6100 Sepulveda Blvd (at Erwin Street) and the Arco at 15711 Victory Blvd (at Haskell Avenue). …

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Anoushka's Indo-Spanish treat
Times of India
BANGALORE: With world music being the order of the day, Anoushka Shankar is treading her father Pt Ravi Shankar's footsteps with project 'Traveller', a raga-flamenco journey. It originated with Anoushka's wish to retrace the 1000-year-old bond between …

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The Guardian

Rodrigo y Gabriela: Area 52 – review
The Guardian
Who knew you could take over the world with heavy metal-influenced flamenco rock? By 2009's 11:11, the pair were looking to enrich their palette, and this collaboration with a 13-piece Cuban orchestra is a further attempt to push forward their sound. …

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Instituto Cervantes presents Spanish flamenco guitar concert at CCP
GMA News
Enjoy an evening of the purest sounds of the Spanish flamenco guitar as Instituto Cervantes de Manila proudly features renowned Spanish guitarists Dani de Morón and Rafael Rodríguez in concert on Saturday, January 28, 7:30 pm at the Cultural Center of …

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The art of flamenco
Gibraltar Chronicle
Cristina Heeren, the president of the Cristina Heeren Art of Flamenco Foundation, will give the lecture La Humanidad. Patrimonio del Flamenco next Wednesday 25 January, at the Instituto Cervantes at 7pm. This is a non-profit making private foundation …

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Flamenco del Oro at Old 5 Mile House
The Union of Grass Valley
Flamenco del Oro Music and Dance Troupe perform Friday at The Old 5 Mile House in Nevada City. Flamenco del Oro, joined by singer La Leta's voice accompanied by the rooted guitar works of Gopal Slavonic and the powerful and beautiful dancing of dancers …

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Flamenco Festival 2012 Set for 3/1-4
Broadway World
Flamenco Festival 2012, presented by New York City Center and the Flamenco Festival, will celebrate the tradition of great female flamenco choreographers and will showcase four of today's most acclaimed bailaoras (flamenco dancers): Rafaela Carrasco, …

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Winter/Spring movie preview
The Province
Gerhard Richter Painting, Flamenco, Flamenco, Happy People: A Year in the Taiga. The Three Stooges: The life of three nyuck-nyuck-nyuckleheads from the time they are left on the orphanage steps until their fame in a reality-TV show. …

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How about a flamenco show at your meeting?
New Mexico Business Weekly
Musician Andrew Thomas has performed for meetings and conventions in Albuquerque. Convention bureaus are going “all out” with incentives such as musicians to boost the numbers of events and meetings at their facilities. With the meetings and convention …

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Toronto Life

Introducing: Pachuco, the new Danforth Mexican restaurant from the sisters …
Toronto Life
The sisters arrived in Toronto at various times over the last few decades, but ultimately, their shared love of food and entrepreneurial nature led them in 2002 to open Embrujo Flamenco, the Danforth tapas bar with live dancing, and Café Madrid in the …
Bust out the zoot suits: new Danforth restaurant pays tribute to a bygone …Post City

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Aaj Ki Khabar

A spirited journey
Livemint
In Traveller, Shankar explores the possibilities in bringing together flamenco with Indian classical strains, resulting in some thrilling compositions. For her last album, Breathing Under Water, Shankar had worked with several styles of music, …
Anoushka on a musical tripTimes of India

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FOXSports.com

Flamenco beat is back in Andalusia
FOXSports.com
Seville is famous for its vibrant night clubs where the tapping on the stage of flamenco ballerinas mixes with the chords of flamboyant guitars and the percussion of zesty North African drums. On Saturday, however, the two teams that define this …

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Today’s Zaman

Souad Massi bringing a huge world of emotions to İstanbul
Today’s Zaman
“I started with a flamenco group at the beginning and then continued with a rock group called 'Atakor.' Actually, it was my brother Hassan, also a musician, who encouraged me to play the guitar,” says Massi, adding: “I loved singing a lot because I …

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Brisbane Times (blog)

Sexy dancing and stereotypes
Brisbane Times (blog)
Did you know that Gypsies had a crucial role in the creation of flamenco dance? Gypsy Pathways is a new dance production by Flamenco Fire which delves into the rich and diverse cultures of the Romani people, whose Kathak traditions from India were …

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Calendar weekend
Vancouver Sun
SOLEDAD BARRIO AND NOCHE FLAMENCA Chan Centre, 8 pm Spain's most lauded flamenco ensemble performs the kind of stripped bare music and dance of Gypsy flamenco but with elements of theatrical savvy associated with sleek Spanish dance companies. …

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Oakville.com

A Night of Spanish Guitar and Flamenco this Saturday
Oakville.com
Versatile, talented and exciting, this is a great opportunity to enjoy A Night of Spanish Guitar and Flamenco Dance featuring Oakville's Johannes Linstead and his Guitar of Fire! Visit Johannes' web-site at www.JohannesLinstead.com. …

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Find yourself in flamenco
The Province
If the soul of flamenco is its juxtaposition of mourning and celebration, of piety and passion, then Spanish dancer Soledad Barrio certainly came to it with the proper pedigree. Her father was a Segovian shepherd who moved the family to Madrid to …

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Aaj Ki Khabar

Anoushka on a musical trip
Times of India
On Traveller, a musical experiment that dovetails the passion of flamenco with the mystical energy of Indian notes, Anoushka explains that it was an exploration of the possibilities of what both flamenco and Indian classical could do together. …
A spirited journeyLivemint

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Man gets 55 years for McAllen prostitute's murder
Monitor
Jurors spent two days before they convicted Jose Antonio Flamenco, 27, of murder Tuesday evening in the 430th state District Court. They spent most of Wednesday before returning the 55-year prison sentence, as well as a $5000 fine. …

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ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS
Brainerd Daily Dispatch
STAPLES — The Zorongo Flamenco Dance Company will perform at 7:30 pm Jan. 28 at Centennial Auditorium in Staples, as part of the Staples Motley Area Arts Council's concert series. Susana di Palma founded Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre in 1982. …

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Yasmin Levy with Omar Faruk Tekbilek Play Pace Presents in NYC 2/16
Broadway World
Levy, who sings in the Judeo-Spanish language Ladino, combines traditional Sephardic styles with Flamenco and Mediterranean influences to create music. Her latest album, Sentir, is the fourth since her 2005 debut to be recorded in Ladino, …

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Rayder Beat: Going to the “D”
my.hsj.org
Most students on a school day are sleeping at 5:30 in the morning, but the Spanish 4 class was up and ready on November 9, 2011 to go to Detroit to a see a Spanish Flamenco Ballet and experience a restaurant in little Mexico Detroit. …

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International Dancers hold holiday celebration
The Record Gazette
This was followed by Sevillanas from Vanessa Albalos, Instructor of Flamenco for the International Dancers of Sun Lakes. Albalos is considered one of the best dancers in California, and her guitar player, Edgar Bravo; followed by the Flamenco Dance …

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An ode to Latin American music
The Daily Star
For one month, the Al-Bustan audience will have the chance to attend flamenco and tango dance shows, as well as a variety of musical performances. The Spanish and Venezuelan Paco Pena Dance Company will open the festival on Feb. …

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Album review: Rodrigo y Gabriela, "Area 52"
Colorado Daily
By Ashley Dean, dean@coloradodaily.com Rodrigo y Gabriela (Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero) are known for their acoustic guitar blend of heavy rock and flamenco — something that sounds impossible until you hear it done — so Area 52 might come …
Album: Area 52NPR
The Lowdown: Rodrigo y GabrielaAltsounds.com

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Album: Area 52
NPR
Raised in Mexico, based in Ireland, and not too far removed from life in metal bands — how could Rodrigo y Gabriela not wind up with a sound that splits the difference between jazzy flamenco and heavy rock? On 2006's self-titled album and the 2009 …
The Lowdown: Rodrigo y GabrielaAltsounds.com

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Deccan Chronicle

Strings that pull
The Hindu
The sitarist is scheduled to perform in the Capital as part of the 'Vh1 Handpicked presents Anoushka Shankar Traveller' tour, “Traveller” being her new album that explores the threads that tie Flamenco and Hindustani music. “This album came about more …
Flamenco in South IndiaDeccan Chronicle
Anoushka traces links with FlamencoThe Asian Age
Anoushka Shankar loves performing liveTimes of India

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Jan. 13: Yoga, Flamenco And Wrestling
Patch.com
By Adina Genn 1. Take a yoga class at Sands Point Preserve at 9 am Pay what you wish after a $10 entry fee to the preserve. Learn more. 2. Friday is alumni night for the Viking wrestling team and friends. 6:30 pm at Schreiber High School, …

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Grantham Today

Passionate flamenco stage performances
Grantham Today
DANCERS from Fiesta Flamenco will be performing in special shows involving local participants at Grantham's Guildhall Arts Centre later this month. The group will perform Vida, a rich and fiery performance of contemporary and Flamenco dance inspired by …

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North America's premier mobile guitar festival returns to Philadelphia
Examiner.com
In the meantime he has established an outstanding reputation as a composer and guitarist whose curiosity has taken him to southern Spain in search of flamenco roots and to South America, exploring various musical styles of Latin Jazz. …

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Beaverton Valley Times

Out & About
Beaverton Valley Times
FLAMENCO DANCE WORKSHOP – At Tigard library. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 7-8:30 pm Professonal dancer Laura Onizuka will offer a brief Flamenco performance before a dance workshop with live musical accompaniment. Onizuka has performed extensively with Flamenco…

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Millburn High School Dance concert this weekend
NorthJersey.com
The concert will include modern dance, jazz dance, Latin (Flamenco) and hip hop dance. The concert will feature the MHS Dance Company, which is in its third season, and two dances from the Dance ACC fine arts class. Choreography by Maria Perna, …

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Sadler's Wells Theatre, 2012 Season
The Arts Desk
7-19 February, Sadler's Wells: The annual Flamenco Festival London will feature artists including Latin Grammy Award-winning Vicente Amigo, gypsy flamenco dancer Manuela Carrasco, and the great Rafael Amargo and includes commemoration of Federico …

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