as the founder of a popular Spanish dance troupe, played a major role in making New Mexico a hotbed for flamenco, died on Tuesday at her home in Santa Fe. She was 82. Her death was confirmed by ...

Fellow flamenco dancer Pablo Rodarte ... who grew up knowing Benítez in Santa Fe and who later authored Fringe: Maria Benitez's Flamenco Enchantment. "She had that true artist approach to ...

moved to Spain to become a professional dancer. She returned with a husband, Cecilio, and began the slow but steady process of building an audience for flamenco here. This is a developing story ...

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 ...

Starting in the 1960s, Benítez, a native of Taos who moved to Spain to become a professional dancer, came back with a Spanish husband, Cecilio, and the idea of making a living here as a flamenco ...

Do you like it? [fast-paced music] - [Male VO] Flamenco! The Passion of Spanish Dance. A presentation of performances by Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco. Is made possible by a grant from the Gertrude C.

A lot of folks know New Mexico for green chiles, the largest hot air balloon festival in the world, and the birthplace of the ...

Santana asked the dancer Maria Benitez, who had founded a flamenco company in 1972, how it was done. Benitez, she said, told her to get a good typewriter. The advice pointed to Santana’s role.

I’ve already nurtured a flamenco dance company in Albuquerque, Dance España. But I couldn’t compete anymore with Maria Benitez flamenco, it’s a very small place. I thought, Denver is a big ...

Castanets will click on September weekends at several Santa Fe restaurants, a testament to flamenco’s popularity in Northern New Mexico. It’s easy to assume the distinctive Spanish dance style ...