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February 25, 2024
Presented by the National Institute of Flamenco, the University of New Mexico, PNC Bank and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Festival Flamenco Alburquerque, the oldest and largest flamenco festival outside of Spain, will take place from June...
By Savannah Peat
October 07, 2023
A UNM and greater Albuquerque dancing powerhouse is receiving well-deserved, national recognition.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has named National Institute of Flamenco (NIF) Director Eva Encinias as a recipient of the NEA National Heritage...
May 20, 2023
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...
By Hope Munoz
June 03, 2022
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...
By Maggie Branch
July 15, 2021
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...
By Mary Beth King
April 18, 2021
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...
By Mary Beth King
June 06, 2019
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...