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Tuesday 30 May 2017
International flamenco festival set to mark 30 years

RUSSELL CONTRERAS Flamenco is a form of
Associated Press Spanish dance and folk
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) music that developed from
— Dancers from across the Romani music and dance
U.S. and Spain will gather more than two centuries
in New Mexico for the 30th ago.
anniversary of a preemi- Festival Flamenco Interna-
nent international flamen- cional De Alburquerque
co festival. will feature internationally
The event organized by the known flamenco dancers,
world-renowned National along with workshops, his-
Institute of Flamenco will tory lectures and events for
be held June 10th through children.
the 17th in Albuquerque. Here are some things to

In this May 19, 2017 photos, flamenco performer Giovanna Hinojosa dances during a show at
Tablao Flamenco in Albuquerque, N.M.
Associated Press

know: document the event by The institute’s mission is to
THE PERFORMERS capturing a number of im- preserve and promote fla-
Nearly 60 dancers, singers ages of dancers from some menco’s history and cul-
and musicians are sched- of the first festivals. ture through performance
uled to perform in theaters On June 17, National Insti- and education.
at the University of New tute of Flamenco execu- In December 2013, a fire
Mexico and the National tive director Eva Encinias- destroyed its offices, in-
Hispanic Cultural Center. Sandoval will give a free cluding decades of festival
They include award-win- flamenco lecture at the photos, documents and
ning dancers Marco Flores National Hispanic Cultural clothing.
and Rosario Toledo, of Center encompassing the The institute then took part
Spain. event’s history. Twenty pho- in many fundraisers and
On some nights, the art- tographs by Kent Hall will garnered support from
ists will finish the evening be on display during the Albuquerque businesses
at Tablao Flamenco Albu- speech. to eventually land a new
querque, a new venue at a THE FIRE home near the University
hotel in the city’s Old Town The National Institute of Fla- of New Mexico on historic
where dancers and musi- menco is located in Albu- Route 66.
cian give spontaneous per- querque, which was found- The organization continues
formances. ed by Spanish settlers and to operate a conservatory
Workshops at the annual is considered the flamenco and now runs Tablao Fla-
festival include beginner to capital of the U.S. menco Albuquerque.q
advanced classes in reper-
tory, costuming, castanets
and guitar.
THE IMAGES
This year’s gathering also
will showcase the work
of the late photographer
Douglas Kent Hall. He
worked with the National
Institute of Flamenco to