Mario Maya, a Spanish-born Gypsy who created memorable works of flamenco dance and as a choreographer broadened the scope of the traditional form by adding elements from modern dance, died Sept. 27 of ...

When Alexandre Dumas toured Spain in 1846, he indulged in what had become a ritual for romantics. Entering the Andalusian city of Granada, the French writer and his coterie of arty companions found a ...

Until we read The Spanish Gypsy, nothing would have persuaded us that Miss Evans could write lines so absolutely discharged of meaning as these : — “For strong souls Live like fire-hearted suns to ...

Sal D’Amico’s love affair with a Spanish gypsy dancer began one spring afternoon at a downtown rummage sale nearly 30 years ago. The dark-haired beauty, her cadence captured on a dusty canvas ...

The passionate, compelling “Vengo,” the latest film of veteran Gypsy writer-director Tony Gatlif, takes us into the proud and dangerous world of rival Spanish Gypsy clans whose obsession with ...

One simple fact about the life of José "Pepe" Heredia Moya would be enough to earn him a key place in Spain's history books: he was the first Spanish gypsy to become a university professor, overcoming ...

It’s the summer of 1985, our oldest son has just graduated from high school and we’re taking a family trip to Europe. One afternoon, we end up in the small town of Guadix, about 40 miles east of ...

Antonio Moreno lives on what is reputedly Madrid’s most dangerous street, where dealers openly offer any type of drug around the clock. He owns a four-bedroom house with a pool; he works out of his ...

Sorcery of all sorts captures our imaginations. There’s witchcraft, with its errant rites for reward and retribution; love – at times seeming just as supernatural – casting its own spells, and art, ...

Gypsy groups have launched a campaign to remove the definition of them as 'swindlers' from the Spanish dictionary. Protest letters were delivered to members of Spain's Royal Language Academy, which ...