Flamenco dancer is appointed Roma's ambassador to the EU

Barcelona, 9.2.2007, 15:03, (Independent )

In the stuffy confines of the European Parliament, he cut an unlikely figure. A strutting peacock of a man, Joaquin Cortes is normally to be found stripped to the waist, dancing Flamenco in front of thousands of mostly female devotees.

This is the dancer who almost single-handedly used his talent - not to mention his looks - to make Spain's most famous art form a must-see among the fashionable classes. But, though more used to hearing excited female fans shouting guapo (handsome), the one-time model for Giorgio Armani now wants to use his fame for a very different end.

(leer +) [vía romea cz.]

tags: flamenco, baile, Joaquin Cortes, flamenca