Five Things to Do This Weekend
Above: Casa Flamenca begins live performances in Old Town this weekend. Photograph courtesy of Casa Flamenca. See flamenco outdoors in Old Town. After six months of the pandemic prevented Casa…
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Tag: Flamenco
The Passion of the Dance
Above: María Benitez helped put New Mexico on the map for flamenco. Photograph by Ruven Afanador. BORN IN MINNESOTA to a mother with mixed Native heritage and a father from Puerto Rico, the future…
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Your Guide to Local Music
Above: Chevel Shepherd is on her way to national stardom. Photograph by Shutterfreak. I can remember bands like Perfección and Cuarenta y Cinco singing from the bandstand of the local fiestas in…
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The Call of the Castanets
Above Program for a performance by legendary Gitana flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya,c. 1950s. I WAS NINE YEARS old when I first peered through the painted windows of La Plazuela at La Fonda Hotel…
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