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Flamenco students in The University of New Mexico's Department of Theatre and Dance will showcase their talents when they perform Las Horas Contadas by UNM Visiting Artist Marco Flores at the 2023 Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival. This marks the first time...

Here in the flamenco capital of the United States, Festival Flamenco Alburquerque ignites the city in a blaze of phenomenal music, dance and culture, featuring top flamenco artists from Spain and the Americas. This year’s festival showcases many premier...

The Monday after closing Monstro/us: UNM’s Faculty Dance Concert on The University of New Mexico campus, students from the Flamenco and Contemporary concentrations traveled to Texas to participate in the annual American College Dance Association...

You can travel the world in a culinary adventure without leaving The University of New Mexico campus. UNM’s Global Education Office (GEO) has set Thursday, April 13 as the date for its incredibly popular International Festival. This will be in...

The renowned Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 35 takes place mainly at The University of New Mexico in June. This year’s week-long festival celebrating flamenco dance, music, and education will be Saturday, June 11, through Saturday, June 18. Festival...

The Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 34, also called Festival Flamenco Internacional, will take place through Saturday, July 17, with performances at the National Hispanic Cultural Festival, Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque in Hotel Albuquerque, and in virtual...

Two students from The University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts recently released a video featuring a song they co-wrote and perform. What started as a joke between them about becoming a band became a reality and both hope the new song and video is...

Eva Encinias Sandoval, the dancer who brought Flamenco to The University of New Mexico, recently retired after 43 years. Encinias love for the fiery, passionate Spanish dance form led her to create the concentration in Flamenco in the UNM dance...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present its faculty dance concert META/PHYSICAL Friday, Feb. 28, through Sunday, March 8, in Rodey Theatre in the Center for Fine Arts on the main campus.  The program features...

A toss of the skirt, a flick of the wrist and the crook of a finger, eyes demurely downcast or locked in smoldering intensity, the strumming and drumming, clapping, tapping, swirling, and stamping. Flamenco, the passionate, dramatic dance and music born...