(noticia) N.M. Festival Celebrates Flamenco Dancing

By FELICIA FONSECA
The Associated Press


Festival Flamenco Internacional de Albuquerque student Bianca Rodriguez, center, of Laredo, Texas, works on her dancing during a bulerias y tangos workshop, Monday, June 12, 2006, on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque, N.M. The festival, in its 20 year, draws artists from Spain and around the world to perform. The festival is also attended by about 250 students from across the country who come to learn from flamenco's best. (AP Photo/Jake Schoellkopf)


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- 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.

"I just fell in love with this dancer," Encinias-Sandoval recalled. "I couldn't believe how incredible she was."


Almost 30 years later, she watched La Tati again, this time during the Festival Flamenco Internacional de Albuquerque, which Encinias-Sandoval founded.

"That night that she opened the festival ... I was just completely overwhelmed and it brought me to tears," Encinias-Sandoval said. "I just remembered being a little girl."

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