When the Cante de las Minas festival jury chose Junko Hagiwara as best female dancer ... Ms Hagiwara fell in love with ...

Image Pericet’s “La Leona,” takes its inspiration from a 19th-century guitar prototype; it also draws from the stories of female flamenco performers.Credit...Paco Villalta “La Leona ...

Through it all, a female dancer in a polka-dot dress improvises ... and emulates percussive flamenco guitar by rapping his hands against his knees. “But the main thing is a shared spirit.

As Paco Peña tuned his guitar and prepared for his performance, a tense wave of anticipation and silence permeated the room. This is a man who has preserved the art of flamenco, Yale School of Music ...

Lisa Spraragen is probably not your typical flamenco guitarist and dancer, having grown up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Rhode Island. But Spraragen -- who has performed for more than ...