Monday, April 27, 2009

President lauds Spain's yoga ashrams for boosting cultural ties - Hindu

President lauds Spain's yoga ashrams for boosting cultural ties - Hindu

President lauds Spain's yoga ashrams for boosting cultural ties
Hindu, India
"And maestros like Vicente Escudero or Ravi Shankar renewed reciprocal interest in our rich musical legacies with roots that converge in flamenco," he said. "But we do know that nowadays India is highly interested in the dynamic and modern Spain, ...

Triple threats North Bergen dance school sweeps performing arts ... - The Hudson Reporter

Triple threats North Bergen dance school sweeps performing arts ... - The Hudson Reporter

Triple threats North Bergen dance school sweeps performing arts ...
The Hudson Reporter, NJ
Novak, who won the Junior Miss title, performed a flamenco solo number, sang “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and performed a monologue from “The Babysitter.” Garcia said her solo dance even had forms of Arabic dance in it. Novak admitted that she prefers ...

Tales from abroad: Málaga - CMU The Tartan Online

Tales from abroad: Málaga - CMU The Tartan Online

CMU The Tartan Online
Tales from abroad: Málaga
CMU The Tartan Online, PA
Seeing flamenco in Málaga was like being transported into another world where men and women traveled in West Side Story-style clumps, yet danced in the most rhythmic and beautiful ways imaginable. The costumes were equally magnificent and only added to ...

Noche Flamenca: a flamenco ensemble that perfectly blends intelligence and passion (The Star-Ledger)

Noche Flamenca: a flamenco ensemble that perfectly blends intelligence and passion (The Star-Ledger)
ZARMIK MOQTADERISoledad Barrio performs with Noche Flamenca, which opened an engagement Friday at the New Victory Theater. Noche Flamenca. Where: The New Victory Theater, 229 West 42nd Street between Broadway and Eighth Ave. When: 7 p.m., April 30 to May...

Noche Flamenca: a flamenco ensemble that perfectly blends intelligence and passion (The Star-Ledger)

Noche Flamenca: a flamenco ensemble that perfectly blends intelligence and passion (The Star-Ledger)
ZARMIK MOQTADERISoledad Barrio performs with Noche Flamenca, which opened an engagement Friday at the New Victory Theater. Noche Flamenca. Where: The New Victory Theater, 229 West 42nd Street between Broadway and Eighth Ave. When: 7 p.m., April 30 to May...

Noche Flamenca: a flamenco ensemble that perfectly blends intelligence and passion (The Star-Ledger)

Noche Flamenca: a flamenco ensemble that perfectly blends intelligence and passion (The Star-Ledger)
ZARMIK MOQTADERISoledad Barrio performs with Noche Flamenca, which opened an engagement Friday at the New Victory Theater. Noche Flamenca. Where: The New Victory Theater, 229 West 42nd Street between Broadway and Eighth Ave. When: 7 p.m., April 30 to May...

All things Andalucian in the Feria de Abril; Seville, Spain - Examiner.com

All things Andalucian in the Feria de Abril; Seville, Spain - Examiner.com

Examiner.com
All things Andalucian in the Feria de Abril; Seville, Spain
Examiner.com
Ladies donning brightly colored and stylish flamenco dresses (some fashions are very costly) dance a specific version of flamenco: la Sevillana. A simultaneously passionate and playful dance, couples frequently dance the Sevillana, involving certain ...

Smothers Brothers stand tall with wit and talent undiminished - Buffalo News

Smothers Brothers stand tall with wit and talent undiminished - Buffalo News

Smothers Brothers stand tall with wit and talent undiminished
Buffalo News,  United States
The brothers are strong musically, Dick's clear tenor shining and Tom displaying top-notch guitar skills as he tackles genres from folk and classical to a fast-fingered flamenco. The pair expressed their delight at playing in Buffalo again, ...

Tim Garland: There is much more to jazz than Glen Miller - Liverpool Daily Post

Tim Garland: There is much more to jazz than Glen Miller - Liverpool Daily Post

Tim Garland: There is much more to jazz than Glen Miller
Liverpool Daily Post, UK
Maybe go to a concert of flamenco music, or Borneo jungle music, whatever it might be,” he says. “Jazz is the most welcoming of musical idioms in the world so it just works its way in.” Audiences are getting more used to hearing performances that tap ...

Why I'm Walking Out of Class - NYC Independent Media Center

Why I'm Walking Out of Class - NYC Independent Media Center

Why I'm Walking Out of Class
NYC Independent Media Center, NY
No, nothing similar to "small", but all the contrary... olé, canta en andalú, por fín. nuestro interlocutor, neoyorkino pero muy gustoso amante del flamenco, de lo andaluz, gitano, etc... We have a species, with a enormous list of members and ...

Friday, April 24, 2009

20th Festival Flamenco por Tarantos - Es flamenco.com

20th Festival Flamenco por Tarantos - Es flamenco.com

Es flamenco.com
20th Festival Flamenco por Tarantos
Es flamenco.com, Spain
If one looks back at the list of artists that have taken part over the years, with names such as Camarón de la Isla (his last performance on 25 January 1992), one can see a living testimony of flamenco history. From its first edition, with performances ...

Flamenco dancers visit McAuley - Southtown Star

Flamenco dancers visit McAuley - Southtown Star

Flamenco dancers visit McAuley
Southtown Star, IL
Mother McAuley High School Spanish IV students recently learned first-hand about Flamenco music and dance when the Las Guitarras de Espana ensemble performed at the school. The ensemble, which means "The Guitars of Spain" in English, is influenced by ...

Don't Get Too Lost In Seville - Jaunted

Don't Get Too Lost In Seville - Jaunted

Jaunted
Don't Get Too Lost In Seville
Jaunted
At just a train ride away from Madrid, it imparts a vastly different sense of the country -- but what's as real as a bullfight and what's as fake as the flamenco fans they sell in gift shops? Just in time for the Feria de Abril beginning next Tuesday, ...

Lifetime Achievement Award to be accepted with great honor - Milford Daily News

Lifetime Achievement Award to be accepted with great honor - Milford Daily News

Lifetime Achievement Award to be accepted with great honor
Milford Daily News,  USA
Pappas moved on to dance internationally and nationally on Broadway and is now director of a children's theater company in Miami. In June, another teacher from the school's past, Sara Klinga, is going to come back to teach a flamenco master class. ...

SEJONG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Grand Theater - 중앙데일리

SEJONG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Grand Theater - 중앙데일리

SEJONG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Grand Theater
중앙데일리, South Korea
The singer-songwriter was blinded when he was an infant, but he found a new set of eyes through his music. His unique musical style is said to reflect traces of many genres including jazz, blues, R&B, soul, flamenco, Latin and folk. ...

Let's Go / Best Bets - Stars and Stripes

Let's Go / Best Bets - Stars and Stripes

Let's Go / Best Bets
Stars and Stripes, DC
Many are private, others are open to the public and offer sherry, tapas, flamenco music and Sevillanas (a form of flamenco dancing). Noon processions, Paseo de Caballos, add to the folkloric atmosphere with women in full flamenco costumes riding in ...

World Music Festival to Bring Exotic Beats to Ljubljana - STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija

World Music Festival to Bring Exotic Beats to Ljubljana - STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija

World Music Festival to Bring Exotic Beats to Ljubljana
STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija, Slovenia
More exotic tunes are expected on 23 May with the performance of Spanish band Son de la Frontera, combining flamenco rhythms with elements of Arabian, Gypsy and Cuban music. The evening will continue with the concert of Dutch rock band The Ex featuring ...

The Haze Code - Washington City Paper

The Haze Code - Washington City Paper

The Haze Code
Washington City Paper, DC
In 2007, Tompkins Square released Echo of My Soul, a showcase for Walker's flamenco style that was his first output in nearly 40 years. Not long after, Rosenthal visited Walker at his home in Woodstock, NY, and the guitarist casually mentioned the ...

On the Town: Toledoans are on their toes - Toledo Blade

On the Town: Toledoans are on their toes - Toledo Blade

On the Town: Toledoans are on their toes
Toledo Blade, OH
Event chairman Condessa Croninger, who wore a smashing flamenco dress, said the estimated net from the event is $57250. Admirers at the black-tie-preferred event included Alan Brenner and Sharon Aloni, who teach the romantic and elegant Argentine tango ...

Monday, April 20, 2009

Ozomatli channels crowd's energy - Arizona Daily Wildcat

Ozomatli channels crowd's energy - Arizona Daily Wildcat

Ozomatli channels crowd's energy
Arizona Daily Wildcat, AZ
Trumpet, saxophone, flamenco guitar and stampede-force percussion got the entire theatre - Ozomatli included - dancing right off the bat while Justin 'El Niño' Porée proved his skills as one of the most persuasive emcees in the business, ...

Glorious creations - Straits Times

Glorious creations - Straits Times

Straits Times
Glorious creations
Straits Times, Singapore
Lacroix' costumes for Carmen echoed the expected flamenco themes and colours; Phedre was suitably Greek in feel with drapery and light colours and those for Cosi Fan Tutte were deeply ornamental and true to history. However, every costume was ...

Cultura comienza a preparar las fiestas de San Juan - Diario Vasco

Cultura comienza a preparar las fiestas de San Juan - Diario Vasco

Cultura comienza a preparar las fiestas de San Juan
Diario Vasco, Spain
El cuadro flamenco está formado por voz, guitarra, percusión y baile. El precio es de 3,5 euros y la hora de comienzo a las 19.00 horas. La obra se titula Arte y Embrujo. El 26 de abril Teatro Interior representará la obra Poesencia, a las 19.00 horas, ...

University of Arkansas at Fort Smith festival highlights different ... - The City Wire

University of Arkansas at Fort Smith festival highlights different ... - The City Wire

The City Wire
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith festival highlights different ...
The City Wire, AR
Performers included Dragon Dancers, Fort Smith Suzuki Students, Irish Dancers, UAFS Hmong Dancers, UAFS Brass Band, Folklorico Dancers, flamenco dancers, and the Don Bailey Jazz Combo. “This is the first year we have had it in Stubblefield Center,” ...

Good-cause calendar - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Good-cause calendar - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Good-cause calendar
Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN
May 1: Sangria On the Southside, Decosimo-Rogers Studio, 7-10 pm, La Paz de Dios hosts Venezuelan flamenco dancer, hors d'oeuvres from Mercatino, $25 in advance, $30 at door. www.lapazdedios.org or send a check to La Paz de Dios, 1918 Union Ave. ...

End of an era as developers move in to Spanish quarter (The Advocate)

End of an era as developers move in to Spanish quarter (The Advocate)
FOR decades Sydneysiders have flocked to Liverpool Street for a taste of Spain - drawn by the promise of sangria and paella and the irresistible pull of flamenco and salsa rhythms.

El flamenco, la poesía, la música y el teatro componen la oferta ... - El Correo Digital (Vizcaya)

El flamenco, la poesía, la música y el teatro componen la oferta ... - El Correo Digital (Vizcaya)

El flamenco, la poesía, la música y el teatro componen la oferta ...
El Correo Digital (Vizcaya), Spain
El espectáculo 'Arte y Embrujo' contará con la participación de la compañía 'De Norte a Sur' y de los músicos de la Banda Cielito. Será a las 19.00 horas y ofrecerá la oportunidad de ver una representación que combina la música y la danza a través de ...
El espectáculo de música y danza 'Arte y embrujo' registrará un ... Diario Vasco
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Track listing: Todos Mortales; Nueva Vida; Donde Te Has Metio; Correveidile; Rumba Del Adios; Una Verdad Incomoda; ... (All About Jazz)

Track listing: Todos Mortales; Nueva Vida; Donde Te Has Metio; Correveidile; Rumba Del Adios; Una Verdad Incomoda; ... (All About Jazz)
Personnel: Marina Abad: vocals; Ramon Gimenez: flamenco guitar; Xavi Turuli: cajon, tabla, congas, percussion; DJ Panko: turntables, scratching; Carlitos Sarduy: trumpet, piano, percussion; Maxwell Wright: percussion, vocals; Paco Lomena: flamenco guitar; Javi Martin: bajo; Los Van Van: vocals, violin, bajo, drum (9); Tote King: vocals (3); Duquende: vocals (10); Chano Dominguez: piano (4); ...

Sunday, April 19, 2009

The Festival de Cante de las Minas pays homage to Vicente Amigo - Es flamenco.com

The Festival de Cante de las Minas pays homage to Vicente Amigo - Es flamenco.com

Es flamenco.com
The Festival de Cante de las Minas pays homage to Vicente Amigo
Es flamenco.com, Spain
In 1988 Vicente Amigo hit the flamenco bigtime after winning the "Bordón Minero", the first prize of the flamenco guitar contest of the Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas. According to Francisco Bernabé, the Mayor and top man at La Unión, ...

Tarpon cooking up full menu of summer culture for '09 - Suncoast News

Tarpon cooking up full menu of summer culture for '09 - Suncoast News

Tarpon cooking up full menu of summer culture for '09
Suncoast News, FL
On Saturday, June 27, Alex DeGrassi, a top steel guitarist will perform at the Arts Center. Also that afternoon and evening, the flamenco dance troupe Clarita Figueras and Flamenco Puro will present a workshop and performance on the Spanish dance the ...

Coachella 2009: Tinariwen, Calexico cross paths - Los Angeles Times

Coachella 2009: Tinariwen, Calexico cross paths - Los Angeles Times

Coachella 2009: Tinariwen, Calexico cross paths
Los Angeles Times, CA
But there's a strong Arabic element in Spanish folk and classical music thanks to the influence of the Moors who inhabited the region for centuries. Calexico's incorporation of Moorish-inflected flamenco into its heterogeneous sound drew the line of ...

La Macanita vuelve con el disco de cante flamenco ‘Solo por eso' - Flamenco World

La Macanita vuelve con el disco de cante flamenco ‘Solo por eso' - Flamenco World

Flamenco World
La Macanita vuelve con el disco de cante flamenco ‘Solo por eso'
Flamenco World, Spain
El disco contiene un variado repertorio de temas a compás de distintos palos flamencos. Destaca la soleá por bulerías ‘Cobre viejo', un inédito del poeta Carlos Lencero dedicado al ya histórico cantaor Chocolate. También le aporta dos composiciones el ...

When the going gets tough, the tough can bail - San Francisco Chronicle

When the going gets tough, the tough can bail - San Francisco Chronicle

When the going gets tough, the tough can bail
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
But we had a great dinner at a hole in the wall with a superb flamenco guitarist, so bailing still turned out to be the right choice. It's not easy going through life with a princess-and-the-pea sensibility. But if you hit a snag and bail, ...

International spotlight: Enjoy the journey - UST Bulletin Today

International spotlight: Enjoy the journey - UST Bulletin Today

UST Bulletin Today
International spotlight: Enjoy the journey
UST Bulletin Today, MN
While in Sevilla, she took classes on Spanish culture (including flamenco and bull fights) along with the Spanish language. The classes were taken with 12 other American students from across the country. This small-group setting allowed Horazdovsky to ...

Antonio Márquez brings genuine flamenco to İstanbul - Today's Zaman

Antonio Márquez brings genuine flamenco to İstanbul - Today's Zaman

Today's Zaman
Antonio Márquez brings genuine flamenco to İstanbul
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Hailing from Seville, the original home of flamenco, Márquez began dancing at the age of 9, and his career has since seen tremendous success, including time as the lead dancer for the Ballet Nacional de España (National Ballet of Spain). ...
Governor's Inn holds 'Spanish Night' Seacoastonline.com
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Mariza Debuts At Benaroya Hall - HULIQ

Mariza Debuts At Benaroya Hall - HULIQ

Mariza Debuts At Benaroya Hall
HULIQ, NC
For Terra, she was joined by a variety of musicians from around the world: British guitarist Dominic Miller; Brazilian pianist Ivan Lins and Cuban pianists Chucho Valdes and Ivan “Melon” Lewis; Spanish flamenco guitarist Javier Limon; and percussionist ...

Perico Cortés será el protagonista hoy en el 'Aula de Flamenco' - Sur Digital (Andalucía)

Perico Cortés será el protagonista hoy en el 'Aula de Flamenco' - Sur Digital (Andalucía)

Perico Cortés será el protagonista hoy en el 'Aula de Flamenco'
Sur Digital (Andalucía), Spain
Perico Cortés es, a pesar de su juventud, un reconocido intérprete de la mayor parte de los palos flamencos. Ha cosechado varios premios, como el 'Pinsapo de Oro' del Concurso Nacional de Cante Flamenco 'Estepona Cantaora', y quedó finalista en el ...

Dance: Tutu Trade-Offs - Seattle Weekly

Dance: Tutu Trade-Offs - Seattle Weekly

Dance: Tutu Trade-Offs
Seattle Weekly, WA
In tight pants with a shiny bolero jacket over a Seinfeldian puffy shirt, a shocking blue scarf at his waist, he stalks and pounces as his partner glides through a tour de force of faux flamenco steps. When he bourrées in place, the tiny steps vibrate ...

Album: Ojos De Brujo, Aocanà (Warner Bros) (Independent)

Album: Ojos De Brujo, Aocanà (Warner Bros) (Independent)
As on 2006's Techarí, there's an awful lot going on in Ojos De Brujo's flamenco-rock here

Making Your First Dance - Rundtownnews.co.uk

Making Your First Dance - Rundtownnews.co.uk

Making Your First Dance
Rundtownnews.co.uk, Spain
These include bands; duos and solo vocalists of all types; cocktail pianists; DJ's or karaoke providers; drag artists; flamenco dancers; barn dancing; country and western nights; murder mystery nights; casino nights; magicians and shows specifically ...

Portuguese star Mariza making fado a new fad - Georgia Straight

Portuguese star Mariza making fado a new fad - Georgia Straight

Portuguese star Mariza making fado a new fad
Georgia Straight, Canada
Mariza's tastes and talents as a contemporary fadista are channelled beautifully by Terra's Spanish producer, Javier Limón, who helmed the 2004 world-music hit Lagrimas Negras with Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés and flamenco singer El Cigala. ...
Fado singer resists being categorized Times Colonist
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Ojos de Brujo: Aocaná - guardian.co.uk

Ojos de Brujo: Aocaná - guardian.co.uk

guardian.co.uk
Ojos de Brujo: Aocaná
guardian.co.uk, UK
The musical formula remains the same: the starting point is flamenco, with Abad's sturdy vocals (better here than on some of her live performances) matched by the fiery or fluid flamenco guitars of Ramón Giménez and Paco Lomeña. ...

Dancing for a Cure 2009! - Synapse

Dancing for a Cure 2009! - Synapse

Dancing for a Cure 2009!
Synapse, CA
Dews holds a degree in design and has worked in commercial design in Japan before moving to the US Also a flamenco dancer, Dews has studied at the Flamenco Festival de Jerez in Jerez, Spain, and performed in San Francisco. NBTS will be the beneficiary ...

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

«España poco puede hacer para cambiar los estereotipos de toros y flamenco» (Periodista Digital)

«España poco puede hacer para cambiar los estereotipos de toros y flamenco» (Periodista Digital)
Si en septiembre, hablaba de España recordando la historia del cerdo que creía que podía volar y en noviembre se refería al fin de fiesta en nuestra economía, ahora The Economist subraya las dificultades que tendrán las empresas españolas para triunfar en EEUU y desprenderse de los tópicos. Nos dan hasta en el velo del paladar.

Ozomatli channels crowd's energy - Arizona Daily Wildcat

Ozomatli channels crowd's energy - Arizona Daily Wildcat

Ozomatli channels crowd's energy
Arizona Daily Wildcat, AZ
Trumpet, saxophone, flamenco guitar and stampede-force percussion got the entire theatre - Ozomatli included - dancing right off the bat while Justin 'El Niño' Porée proved his skills as one of the most persuasive emcees in the business, ...

Two UNM Students Take Home Goldwater - UNM Today

Two UNM Students Take Home Goldwater - UNM Today

Two UNM Students Take Home Goldwater
UNM Today, NM
“Traveling is very important to me, and I hope to live in Spain for a time to study flamenco,” she said. A Regents’ Scholar, Vestling majors in biochemistry, minors in flamenco and psychology, and plans to pursue a doctorate in cancer biology. ...

Ojos De Brujo - The List

Ojos De Brujo - The List

The List
Ojos De Brujo
The List, UK
But come on, everyone needs a bit of flamenco in their life. Hip hop is also here in abundance too, consummating with each other to produce an exotically interesting mix. Hailing from Barcelona, this nine-piece will give a show to remember, ...

Original gypsy king Peret plays the Barbican - Times Online

Original gypsy king Peret plays the Barbican - Times Online

Times Online
Original gypsy king Peret plays the Barbican
Times Online, UK
Mixing flamenco guitar and Latin American rhythms, then flavoured with a pinch of rock and a soupçon of soul, rumba catalana is as Spanish as sangria. Flamenco purists hate it, while the public love it: think of any Spanish pop hit you have heard and ...

Semana Santa Easter in Andalusia - Tips from the T-List

Semana Santa Easter in Andalusia - Tips from the T-List

Semana Santa Easter in Andalusia
Tips from the T-List, Canada
The beautiful teen in the somber black mantilla walking alone is the darling girl who helps Mozart catch up with her flamenco routines that she misses while on the road. The matronly woman proudly carrying the beautiful hand made banner is our friend ...

Nightlife calendar - Tallahassee.com

Nightlife calendar - Tallahassee.com

Nightlife calendar
Tallahassee.com, FL
Spanish flamenco/easy-listening guitar. 6-9 pm Free. 2022 N. Monroe St. 878-0800. La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant — Cliff & Tony. Guitar, sax and flute. 7-10 pm Free. 2207 Bannerman Road. 894-8655. Mockingbird Cafe — Eclectic Acoustic. 7-10 pm Free. ...

Rosewood & Rhythm to Play in Free Concert at Bernardsville Library - New Brunswick Home News Tribune

Rosewood & Rhythm to Play in Free Concert at Bernardsville Library - New Brunswick Home News Tribune

Rosewood & Rhythm to Play in Free Concert at Bernardsville Library
New Brunswick Home News Tribune, NJ
Rosewood & Rhythm will present a free concert with an exotic program of Spanish rumbas and boleros, Brazilian sambas, and Argentine tangos in an eclectic blend of flamenco guitar, cello and percussion at Bernardsville Public Library on Sunday, ...

Live Music – April 16, 2009 - Tweed Shire Echo Community News

Live Music – April 16, 2009 - Tweed Shire Echo Community News

Live Music – April 16, 2009
Tweed Shire Echo Community News, Australia
Alongside the event, workshops will be held in flamenco dance, short film, comedy, singing and mask making. Saturday evening culminates with a theatrelight spectacular held on the water, with aerial performance and gypsy bands to dance the night away. ...

MAN OF LA MANCHA Plays AtMountain Play Outdoor Theater 5/24,31, 6 ... - Broadway World

MAN OF LA MANCHA Plays AtMountain Play Outdoor Theater 5/24,31, 6 ... - Broadway World

MAN OF LA MANCHA Plays AtMountain Play Outdoor Theater 5/24,31, 6 ...
Broadway World, NY
www.manuel-romero.com June 7: Yaelisa & Caminos Flamencos- Emmy award winning Flamenco Dance Troupe from the East Bay. www.caminosflamencos.com June 13: Jessica Fichot- A French chanteuse and graduate of Berklee School of Music. Fichot sings in French, ...

Thursday, April 9, 2009

‘Yerma’ fights frustration with flamenco (The Pitt News)

‘Yerma’ fights frustration with flamenco (The Pitt News)
Yerma expresses her passion for dancing. Quantum Theater brings the unlikely combination of heartache, longing and flamenco dancing together in its latest production, "Yerma."

Review: Quantum Theatre offers a compelling 'Yerma' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Review: Quantum Theatre offers a compelling 'Yerma' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Review: Quantum Theatre offers a compelling 'Yerma'
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA
... to the proceedings Guitarist and singer Ethan Margolis and dancer Cihtli Ocampo ratchet up the emotional stakes with song and dance that complement and enrich the drama, even if you don't understand Spanish or the intricacies of flamenco dance. ...

Wen Wei Dance's Three Sixty Five, inspired by Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Hour.ca

Wen Wei Dance's Three Sixty Five, inspired by Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Hour.ca

Hour.ca
Wen Wei Dance's Three Sixty Five, inspired by Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Hour.ca, Canada
The Jovialist Movement makes the best of even these rainy days, sharing "orgasmic energy" in a Springtime Jovialist Cabaret of philosophy, music, poetry and... flamenco, at L'Escalier (552 Ste-Catherine E.), 8 pm Drawn and Quarterly hosts a musical ...

'Dancing With the Stars': Gilles Marini Pasos Everyone Else; Steve ... - FOXNews

'Dancing With the Stars': Gilles Marini Pasos Everyone Else; Steve ... - FOXNews

BuddyTV
'Dancing With the Stars': Gilles Marini Pasos Everyone Else; Steve ...
FOXNews
(To add to the confusion, Melissa was wearing flamenco clothes and Bollywood makeup.) The judges rightly praised the dramatic choreography but said there were some mistakes. Bruno, the most enthusiastic, said, “Melissa, or should I say Carmen, ...
Opposites Day on 'Dancing with the Stars' Zap2it.com
Dancing With The Stars Reality TV Calendar
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Weekend Guide - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Weekend Guide - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Weekend Guide
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA
Yerma is a deeply musical folktale, blending poetic text with flamenco song and dance to create a modern story of unbridled passion. Featuring internationally famous flamenco artists Cihtli Ocampo and Ethan Margolis. Quantum Theatre at 6000 Penn Ave., ...

Rosario Flores and Antonio Carmona: Parte de Nosotros Tour Comes ... - Broward New Times

Rosario Flores and Antonio Carmona: Parte de Nosotros Tour Comes ... - Broward New Times

Rosario Flores and Antonio Carmona: Parte de Nosotros Tour Comes ...
Broward New Times, FL
Rosario is practically Spanish royalty, making up part of a legendary line of entertainers. The singer, who is known for her modern take on flamenco and gypsy styles, is the daughter of Spanish flamenco legend Lola Flores and sister to famed actress ...
Spanish singer Rosario Flores to set Dominican Republic on fire Dominican Today
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In Search of Duende in New York - Brooklyn Rail

In Search of Duende in New York - Brooklyn Rail

In Search of Duende in New York
Brooklyn Rail, NY
by Mary Staub During ten days this February, flamenco artists born and bred in Andalusia, Spain, filled several concert halls throughout New York for the Ninth Annual Flamenco Festival. New Yorkers could once more get a taste of flamenco straight from ...

‘Yerma’ fights frustration with flamenco (The Pitt News)

‘Yerma’ fights frustration with flamenco (The Pitt News)
Melinda Helfrich plays Yerma, a frustrated girl from rural Spain. Quantum Theater brings the unlikely combination of heartache, longing and flamenco dancing together in its latest production, “Yerma.”

The Return, By Victoria Hislop - Independent

The Return, By Victoria Hislop - Independent

The Return, By Victoria Hislop
Independent, UK
Tourist motifs do feature - flamenco, bullfighting, gypsy guitarists – but Hislop's history is reliable; her judgement sound; and the destiny of the Ramirez clan both holds and moves us. The Return aims to open the eyes of readers who mostly won't have ...

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

A Choreographer Creates Special Ties to the Crowd - New York Times

A Choreographer Creates Special Ties to the Crowd - New York Times

A Choreographer Creates Special Ties to the Crowd
New York Times, United States
Gorgeously fluid and precise, Ms. Maar, like many contemporary dancers, houses a grab bag of techniques in her body: flamenco, ballet and improvisation surfaced as she and two female performers moved between dryly repetitive and playful passages. ...

Duende hay que estar xxx - La Verdad (Murcia)

Duende hay que estar xxx - La Verdad (Murcia)

Terra España
Duende hay que estar xxx
La Verdad (Murcia), Spain
El plazo de inscripción para los concursos de Cante, Guitarra y Baile finaliza el 30 de abril y la fecha límite para la inscripción en I Concurso Instrumentista Flamenco es el 15 de junio. Y como se espera nueva avalancha de inscripciones (el año ...
La XLIX edición del Cante de las Minas rendirá homenaje a Vicente ... Europa Press
El Cante de las Minas rinde homenaje este año a Vicente Amigo La Opinión de Murcia
El Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas homenajea este ... Teleprensa World
La Verdad (Murcia) - La Verdad (Murcia)
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An ill-conceived fusion of dance and acrobatic forms - Daily Star - Lebanon

An ill-conceived fusion of dance and acrobatic forms - Daily Star - Lebanon

Daily Star - Lebanon
An ill-conceived fusion of dance and acrobatic forms
Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon
The press release describes the show as "classical flamenco mixed with a twist of rock." Rendered by a troupe of 23 committed, technically proficient performers (16 dancers, four musicians and three others) - accompanied for most of the two-hour-long ...

Review: Quantum Theatre offers a compelling 'Yerma' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Review: Quantum Theatre offers a compelling 'Yerma' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Review: Quantum Theatre offers a compelling 'Yerma'
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA
Under the direction of Melanie Dreyer, Quantum's interpretation and translation of Lorca's play contains passages that are almost poetic, and intersperses and embellishes the action with the music and dance of flamenco. Its message that without love, ...

Academy of Country Music Awards rehearsals: Sugarland, Keith ... - Entertainment Weekly

Academy of Country Music Awards rehearsals: Sugarland, Keith ... - Entertainment Weekly

Academy of Country Music Awards rehearsals: Sugarland, Keith ...
Entertainment Weekly
7:23 It is really easy to move on from concerns about Tim McGraw’s whereabouts when Keith Urban is on stage in a baseball cap, fiddling about with some flamenco riffs on his guitar. They've started his rehearsal block with a medley of the legendary ...

Wen Wei Dance's Three Sixty Five, inspired by Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Hour.ca

Wen Wei Dance's Three Sixty Five, inspired by Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Hour.ca

Hour.ca
Wen Wei Dance's Three Sixty Five, inspired by Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Hour.ca, Canada
The Jovialist Movement makes the best of even these rainy days, sharing "orgasmic energy" in a Springtime Jovialist Cabaret of philosophy, music, poetry and... flamenco, at L'Escalier (552 Ste-Catherine E.), 8 pm Drawn and Quarterly hosts a musical ...

In Search of Duende in New York - Brooklyn Rail

In Search of Duende in New York - Brooklyn Rail

In Search of Duende in New York
Brooklyn Rail, NY
by Mary Staub During ten days this February, flamenco artists born and bred in Andalusia, Spain, filled several concert halls throughout New York for the Ninth Annual Flamenco Festival. New Yorkers could once more get a taste of flamenco straight from ...

Los Flamencos - Riverfront Times

Los Flamencos - Riverfront Times

Los Flamencos
Riverfront Times, MO
Tablao is an untranslatable word inextricably linked with flamenco, but it implies an intimate performance. The guitarist, dancers, singer and percussionist are there with you — there's no stage, no separation between audience and performer, ...

Weekend Guide - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Weekend Guide - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Weekend Guide
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA
Yerma is a deeply musical folktale, blending poetic text with flamenco song and dance to create a modern story of unbridled passion. Featuring internationally famous flamenco artists Cihtli Ocampo and Ethan Margolis. Quantum Theatre at 6000 Penn Ave., ...

Monday, April 6, 2009

Joaquín Cortés goes over his 20 year career - Es flamenco.com

Joaquín Cortés goes over his 20 year career - Es flamenco.com

Es flamenco.com
Joaquín Cortés goes over his 20 year career
Es flamenco.com, Spain
The retrospective includes his beginnings with "Cibayí", his first hit, followed by "Pasión Gitana" (the most seen flamenco show in the world, that was on tour for four years and was seen by 1.5 million people) and his subsequent shows like "Soul", ...

Casey Spooner Gives Our Office the Electroclash Treatment - BlackBook Magazine

Casey Spooner Gives Our Office the Electroclash Treatment - BlackBook Magazine

Casey Spooner Gives Our Office the Electroclash Treatment
BlackBook Magazine, NY
While making Entertainment, Spooner was intrigued by frontiers: space travel and the wild West filtered heavily into his creative process, as did kabuki and flamenco cultural traditions. Without corporate dollars behind them, Spooner is taking specific ...

"Without doing flamenco as such we are ambassadors for flamenco ... - Es flamenco.com

"Without doing flamenco as such we are ambassadors for flamenco ... - Es flamenco.com

Es flamenco.com
"Without doing flamenco as such we are ambassadors for flamenco ...
Es flamenco.com, Spain
There’s been more time and that’s why I think it’s richer, There’s flamenco, rumba, bulería, soleá, seguiriya… played our way. And what’s most outstanding is the inevitable Latin influence, since Marina’s son is half amazing Cuban musician, ...

In Search of Duende in New York - Brooklyn Rail

In Search of Duende in New York - Brooklyn Rail

In Search of Duende in New York
Brooklyn Rail, NY
But, as acknowledged by the mayor of Seville before the show, flamenco was a foreign culture for only few audience members. “I know all of you understand my language [meaning Spanish], but I want to say something in English, too: thank you all for ...

Los Flamencos - Riverfront Times

Los Flamencos - Riverfront Times

Los Flamencos
Riverfront Times, MO
Tablao is an untranslatable word inextricably linked with flamenco, but it implies an intimate performance. The guitarist, dancers, singer and percussionist are there with you — there's no stage, no separation between audience and performer, ...

Rousing 'Riverdance' at Academy of Music - Philadelphia Inquirer

Rousing 'Riverdance' at Academy of Music - Philadelphia Inquirer

Rousing 'Riverdance' at Academy of Music
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA
It traces the roots of Irish music and dance, and also touches on other dance styles that have intersected with it - tap, ballet, flamenco, Russian folk dance. History, mythology, and the migration of the Irish people provide a vague story line. ...

Let's Go: Vienna audio-visual festival - Stars and Stripes

Let's Go: Vienna audio-visual festival - Stars and Stripes

Let's Go: Vienna audio-visual festival
Stars and Stripes, DC
From July 1-11, Cordoba, Spain, holds its annual guitar festival. The program includes not only performances by top international guitarists, musicians and dancers but also courses in flamenco dancing and classical guitar techniques taught by ...

Magnificent Madrid - The Sun Daily

Magnificent Madrid - The Sun Daily

Magnificent Madrid
The Sun Daily, Malaysia
Visitors can enjoy great cultural activity throughout the whole region with countless museums, excellent exhibitions, art galleries, theatre performances, flamenco shows, concert halls and live music sites, among others. ...

Magnificent Madrid - The Sun Daily

Magnificent Madrid - The Sun Daily

Magnificent Madrid
The Sun Daily, Malaysia
Visitors can enjoy great cultural activity throughout the whole region with countless museums, excellent exhibitions, art galleries, theatre performances, flamenco shows, concert halls and live music sites, among others. ...

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Happenings Calendar Thursday, April 2-Sunday, April 12 - Herald of Randolph

Happenings Calendar Thursday, April 2-Sunday, April 12 - Herald of Randolph

Happenings Calendar Thursday, April 2-Sunday, April 12
Herald of Randolph, VT
Canadian nuevo flamenco guitarist, 7:30 pm, Chandler Music Hall, Randolph. Tickets: 728-6464. •Spring Fling Craft Fair and Bazaar. Homemade crafts, gift ideas, indoor yard sale, PTO Cookie Walk, free kids’ activities all day, 8:30 am-3 pm, plus pancake ...

A Choreographer Creates Special Ties to the Crowd - New York Times

A Choreographer Creates Special Ties to the Crowd - New York Times

A Choreographer Creates Special Ties to the Crowd
New York Times, United States
Gorgeously fluid and precise, Ms. Maar, like many contemporary dancers, houses a grab bag of techniques in her body: flamenco, ballet and improvisation surfaced as she and two female performers moved between dryly repetitive and playful passages. ...

Dancers' movements inspire Laurier grad's composition - Waterloo Record

Dancers' movements inspire Laurier grad's composition - Waterloo Record

Dancers' movements inspire Laurier grad's composition
Waterloo Record, Canada
Yetkiner's focus has been Middle-Eastern and flamenco music. He's the accompanist for Guelph's Ishra and her dance troupe, which specializes in Middle Eastern and belly dancing. "I dance myself," Yetkiner said, "and because of that, I understand the ...

El marchamo del cante en una vozBanderas rodará con Woody Allen el ... - Málaga Hoy

El marchamo del cante en una vozBanderas rodará con Woody Allen el ... - Málaga Hoy

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El marchamo del cante en una vozBanderas rodará con Woody Allen el ...
Málaga Hoy, Spain
Yo me basé en eso y pensé meter el martinete sin respirar al terminar mi seguiriya", explica Antonio de Canillas, un hombre hecho a la medida de los cantes de Málaga. Campechano y honesto con su forma de digerir el flamenco, el cantaor mira hacia atrás ...
Antonio Banderas rodará con Woody Allen en julio y prepara una ... La Vanguardia
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EL CIAJ DE TORREVIEJA PRESENTA SU NUEVA PROGRAMACIÓN DE PRIMAVERA 2009 - torreviejaip.tv

EL CIAJ DE TORREVIEJA PRESENTA SU NUEVA PROGRAMACIÓN DE PRIMAVERA 2009 - torreviejaip.tv

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EL CIAJ DE TORREVIEJA PRESENTA SU NUEVA PROGRAMACIÓN DE PRIMAVERA 2009
torreviejaip.tv, Spain
Además de otras interesantes y novedosas propuestas como el curso de periodismo digital, un taller de cajón flamenco o el curso de redes sociales. 15.000 euros es el presupuesto destinado por la concejalía de juventud para llevar a cabo esta nueva ...
Juventud programa cursos, juegos, conciertos y rutas culturales ... La Verdad (Alicante)
El CIAJ de Torrevieja presenta su programación de primavera con 16 ... Torreguía Ediciones
16 Actividades conforman la programación de Primavera 2009 del CIAJ Torrevieja.com
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Ten Signs You Should Run for Your Life - Oprah.com

Ten Signs You Should Run for Your Life - Oprah.com

Ten Signs You Should Run for Your Life
Oprah.com, IL
Certain men are more prone to this type of liberation than others, I have found: Carpenters, river guides, and flamenco guitarists all fall into the category of men who are perfectly willing to hand themselves over to the care of a good woman, ...

In with the hips crowd - Austin 360

In with the hips crowd - Austin 360

In with the hips crowd
Austin 360, TX
"The quality of dancing is very important to her." Taragelli decided to take lessons for the challenge. "No matter how much you think you know, there's more to learn," she said. She also likes its rehabilitative qualities. A former runner and flamenco ...

Zumba: Latest get-fit dance craze - Marie Claire.co.uk

Zumba: Latest get-fit dance craze - Marie Claire.co.uk

Marie Claire.co.uk
Zumba: Latest get-fit dance craze
Marie Claire.co.uk, UK
A standard one-hour class uses four basic rhythms based on simplified versions of salsa, merengue, cumbia and reggaeton (mixed up with a bit of mambo, flamenco, rumba and calypso). Nicola agrees that the workout exercises your endorphins as well as ...

MERCEDES SOLER: El juez estrella sigue ciego (El Nuevo Herald)

MERCEDES SOLER: El juez estrella sigue ciego (El Nuevo Herald)
El juez es uno de esos hombres raros que aprendió a bailar flamenco con el intelecto extranjero. Es un personaje enigmático, dispuesto a meter las manos en el fuego para que la hoguera haga justicia. Su fama trasciende fronteras y sus dictámenes reescriben la historia.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Smooth Festival z gwiazdami - Gazeta.pl

Smooth Festival z gwiazdami - Gazeta.pl

Smooth Festival z gwiazdami
Gazeta.pl, Poland
Ale wielu do Bydgoszczy przyjedzie skuszonych nie magicznym głosem pani Gray, a dźwiękami flamenco chill, czyli flamenco elektronicznego w wykonaniu Chambao. Mają na koncie cztery płyty, ostatnia, "Con otro aire" ukazała się w 2007 roku. ...

Intimate Solo Concert by “Juanito” Pascual (News 8 Austin)

Intimate Solo Concert by “Juanito” Pascual (News 8 Austin)
Jonathan "Juanito" Pascual is widely regarded as one of the top young flamenco guitarists in the international music scene. Pascual has become a new voice in this most Spanish of musical genres.

GO OUT / Music / Art / Stage / Film - California Chronicle

GO OUT / Music / Art / Stage / Film - California Chronicle

GO OUT / Music / Art / Stage / Film
California Chronicle, CA
But despite her strong connection to the music's past, the Mozambique-born Mariza has worked hard to update the classic fado sound, weaving in strands of jazz, flamenco, Latin music, and even American standards on her 2008 disc Terra . ...

Rousing 'Riverdance' at Academy of Music - Philadelphia Inquirer

Rousing 'Riverdance' at Academy of Music - Philadelphia Inquirer

Rousing 'Riverdance' at Academy of Music
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA
It traces the roots of Irish music and dance, and also touches on other dance styles that have intersected with it - tap, ballet, flamenco, Russian folk dance. History, mythology, and the migration of the Irish people provide a vague story line. ...

Ragamala reaches out to the mainstream through dance - North County Times

Ragamala reaches out to the mainstream through dance - North County Times

Ragamala reaches out to the mainstream through dance
North County Times, CA
"I wanted to dance while he read it. And we did just that." The company has danced to opera, ASL, Indian stories and jazz musicians. The troupe has also collaborated with other dancers with styles ranging from tap and flamenco to modern and ballet. ...

Niedźwiecki, smooth jazz i Bydgoszcz - Gazeta Wyborcza

Niedźwiecki, smooth jazz i Bydgoszcz - Gazeta Wyborcza

Niedźwiecki, smooth jazz i Bydgoszcz
Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
Pochodzące z Andaluzji Chambao uważane jest twórcę stylu nazywanego flamenco chill wywodzącego się z połączenia tradycyjnych hiszpańskich brzmień z klimatami współczesnej muzyki klubowej i elektronicznej. Trwające kilka godzin show zakończą późno w ...

One Man’s New Take on an Old Tradition - New York Times

One Man’s New Take on an Old Tradition - New York Times

New York Times
One Man’s New Take on an Old Tradition
New York Times, United States
His specialty is the more kinetic side of ki ho‘alu, with flourishes borrowed from flamenco, the classical repertory and the blues. On “Napo‘o Ka La,” one of his more dazzling originals, he mixed banjolike fingerpicking with the ping of artificial ...

Carnaval explores love theme in ninth annual production - Student Life

Carnaval explores love theme in ninth annual production - Student Life

Carnaval explores love theme in ninth annual production
Student Life, MO
The majority of the dance numbers will feature traditional dances from Latin America and Spain, such as salsa, mambo, zapateado, flamenco and hip-hop. Sophomore Mariana Deseda, the choreographer for this year’s flamenco number, said she is happy to ...

Flamenco Taps into Characters' Emotions in 'Yerma' - California Chronicle

Flamenco Taps into Characters' Emotions in 'Yerma' - California Chronicle

Flamenco Taps into Characters' Emotions in 'Yerma'
California Chronicle, CA
As in its production of "Red Shoes" in 2007, "Yerma" will use the rhythms and dance steps of flamenco to express and illuminate the repressions and yearning of Federico Garcia Lorca's drama about Yerma, a childless woman living in rural Spain in the ...

Luna Negra Dance marks 10th season with celebration - Chicago Sun-Times

Luna Negra Dance marks 10th season with celebration - Chicago Sun-Times

Luna Negra Dance marks 10th season with celebration
Chicago Sun-Times, United States
When this piece was good (as in its whimsical deconstruction of the stomping footwork and clapping of flamenco) it was beguiling. And its mock Apache-dance conceits, with goofy male-female combat, also worked. But Ochoa lost her way near the end, ...