Passions Flare in Fight for Flamenco's Future
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By Graham Keeley in Barcelona  A battle is raging in the world of flamenco which is almost as passionate as Spain's most quintessential art form.   Purists are fighting to stop the dance and music from being "ruined", as they see it, by modernists introducing new influences.
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Arena's lorcaserin could be a blockbuster, but it is too soon to get too excited.
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The politics behind Spanish soccer have always been complex. But with Bar&#199;a's president "continuing to be an instrument for Catalan culture", he may be bringing the team into conflict with the country
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By Chris Sullivan  I had always been entranced by the idea of flamenco. The famously impassioned music. The impossibly raven-haired ladies. The glorious macho posturing of the men, so surly and so proud.
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Modernisers and traditionalists are competing for the soul of the party.
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The performers are not stars, but the price is competitive.
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This yearâs first major tournament was a reminder that the desire born of economic despair and cultural upheaval is a powerful motor for an athlete.
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At 10 years old, Eva Encinias-Sandoval watched renowned flamenco artist La Tati dance in Madrid, Spain, and dreamed of one day being able to see such performances at home.
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Real Mallorca president Mateo Alemany and his board spent yesterday in talks over the future of coach Benito Floro. Sunday&#39;s defeat at Real Sociedad has heaped more pressure on Mallorca directors to act, despite
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The Spaniards, armed with an armada of Flamenco dancers, flag-waving patriots and one of the hottest young talents in tennis, stood on the precipice of a Davis Cup victory over USA overnight.
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The Seattle Symphony Orchestraâs recent history serves as a cautionary tale on how, in an artistic hothouse, a tangle of emotion and politics can veer out of control and take on a life of its own.
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Just about now Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales are beginning to get the full impact of that magic moment they created in vying for the WBC super featherweight crown the other night in Las Vegas.
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By THEODORE BALE "The Barber of Seville" was a hot new opera nearly 200 years ago.  In the 21st century, what's hot is contemporary flamenco from Seville.
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&quot;This is a team that&#39;s not going to stray far from its roots. Hopefully, we would all be bilingual, but practices would be conducted in Spanish.
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To judge by the accented conversation and hearty glad-handing among audience members, there were a lot of Texans in attendance on Saturday night for the Carnegie Hall debut of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
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JosÃ© Orlando PadrÃ³n, who believes that cigar smoke brings him luck, has puffed his way through some challenging situations over the years.
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Spain's signature wine, long sneered at by the cognosecnti, is in the midst of a revival.