Remembering María Benítez
LEGENDARY DANCER María Benítez (1942–2024) took flamenco to new heights during her career as a dancer and educator, cementing Santa Fe as a flamenco destination and creating a legacy that lives on in…
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La Emi Shares Her Passion for Dance
EMMY GRIMM’S FIRST MEMORY IS OF FLAMENCO—watching legendary dancer María Benítez onstage in Santa Fe. Her father, David Grimm, was Benítez’s box office manager; Emmy had been coming to Benítez…
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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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