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 ...

The obsession with flamenco in the U.S. is no different in OC, where aficionados shell out around $50 for the best seats in the house whenever a show comes to town. But one of OC's great hidden ...

Quick steps form a syncopated beat, and hands are drumming like rain. A dancer spins in a crest of fringe or long hair flying. A guitarist flicks a rapid rasgueado strum, recalling Camarón de la isla, ...

At Tierrita Flamenca, a flamenco-dance company populated by little girls with slick black hair, long colorful skirts and hand fans, the girls are encouraged to have attitude. The baby troupe is the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In the United States, we tend to push flamenco music and movement into the category of folklore, something to be respected and admired for its showy skills, ...

UPON THE FIRST resounding, authoritative clack of shoes in my first flamenco dance class, I was relieved and grateful that teacher Encarnación Muñoz had handed over a pair of worn flamenco dance shoes ...