ROYAL PALM BEACH — Every Thursday, the rhythmic sounds of heel taps, hand claps and Spanish sevillanas seep from a classroom in Royal Palm Beach High School. Inside, Gabriela Reyes leads 10 women ...

It’s Monday morning, my second dance class of the day. “The floor’s not going to break,” says Felipe Mato, my teacher. It’s one of the many ways he will find to tell me that I’m not stomping hard ...

WEBVTT PERCUSSIVE FOOTWORK...HAND-CLAPPING AND INTRICATE MOVEMENTS WITH YOUR HANDS...ARMS AND BODY. THEY'RE ALL PART OF FLAMENCO DANCE. OUR GUEST IS INVITING EVERYONE TO GET A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THIS ...

The stage floor burns with pulsating sounds of footwork, song, castanets, syncopated hand clapping and guitar for a riveting display of this true Spanish art form. High energy and passion defines a ...

Though flamenco is one of the most iconic elements of Spanish culture, its origins are somewhat mysterious. Most of what is known comes from oral histories, passed down from generation to generation, ...

Unlike the great documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, who would have installed a camera in a rehearsal space to observe these great artists refining their craft, Carlos Saura (“Blood Wedding,” ...

Flamenco is music and dance from southern Spain. It includes singing, guitar playing, dance and the rhythmic sounds of hand-clapping and finger-snapping. Flamenco is popular the world over, but now ...

At first, they did it behind closed doors. It was the baile funk of 19th-century Spain, a suggestive dance borne out of the clashing of cultures. Old World Europe thought flamenco’s racy, rhythmic ...

Researchers deserve a round of applause for uncovering the science behind the acoustics produced from hand clapping that had not been clearly understood until recently. The daily gesture that people ...

Through a flamenco class, WH assistant editor Naydeline Mejia uncovered a new way to her duende, or most authentic self. As a naturally anxious and self-proclaimed unsettled person, I was inspired to ...

Paco Pena's Flamenco Ensemble. Where: State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. When: 8 p.m. Thursday. How much: $25-$55. Call (732) 246-7469 or visit statetheatrenj.org. PHILADELPHIA-- ...