He started a larger dance troupe, the Mario Maya Flamenco Dance Company, in 1968 to produce more ambitious works. In 1976, he staged the show "Camelamanos Naquerar," with text by a Spanish Gypsy ...

In the open-air courtyard of an 18th-century former military encampment in Madrid, I watch flamenco dancer Rocío Molina drag herself half-naked across a white, wooden stage.

Flamenco is flourishing in Atlanta and dancer Ania Bartelmus, who performs under the name La Candela and founded the ensemble La Candela Flamenco, has insight as to why.