I’ll never forget the first time I saw Maria Benitez dance flamenco. It was at a popular Santa Fe hotel snuggled into the languid, rolling hills of the Southwest. I was beyond mesmerized. I’d never ...

For many people in this country, the word ”flamenco” evokes an image of a full-figured beauty standing on a table top in a bar, with yards of skirt material hiked up to reveal the perfectly formed ...

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Sep. 4—María Benítez, a pioneer who injected flamenco into New Mexico's DNA via her teaching, advocacy and enduring passion, has died at 82. "I saw her on Friday, so I knew she was close to the end," ...

Local dancer Emmy Grimm, known professionally as “La Emi,” has grown up in front of flamenco audiences in Santa Fe. A student of María Benítez’s from age four, she performed with Benítez’s Flamenco’s ...