How to Use flamenco in a Sentence

flamenco

noun
  • The scene cuts to what appears to be flamenco dancers putting on a show for tourists.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
  • By 17, she was considered one of the best flamenco dancers in the world.
    Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 23 Mar. 2022
  • There is also the Spanish dancer, a slug in the form of a bright red wavy flamenco shawl.
    Helen Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
  • In the 1987 video, the newly brunette singer dances in a red ruffled flamenco dress to the sounds of guitar.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • An evening of flamenco with the Adam del Monte Trio: 7 p.m. today.
    George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • For me, flamenco is a music that told the story of my life.
    George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 May 2018
  • There are so many flamenco artists that have pushed [the genre] forward and have done amazing things with it.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2022
  • And that’s not the only area in which Rosalía has paid homage to her heroes from within the world of flamenco.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2020
  • On Wednesdays, a flamenco guitarist takes up a post by the pizza oven.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Backed by flamenco handclaps and bright R&B layers, the last lines of the chorus hope the lie will leave her satisfied.
    Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Once open, Cafe Sevilla will feature flamenco and tango dancers, as well as a dance space for guests.
    Daily Pilot, 7 Aug. 2019
  • This venue has been hosting live flamenco shows since 1956 and has performances every night of the week.
    Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • This venue has been hosting live flamenco shows since 1956 and holds performances every night of the week.
    Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2021
  • During your stay, check out flamenco dancing at a tablao, snack at tapas bars and try out one of the city’s centuries-old restaurants.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
  • Seville is the birthplace of flamenco with many famous venues for visitors to take a lesson or catch a show.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
  • Somewhere on the list of things that go together well: flamenco and taverns.
    The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
  • There’s a hint of Irish stepdance, a suggestion of flamenco.
    Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The album will have a lot of romantic tracks, lots of exciting lyrics, some rock, some flamenco.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
  • She was first drawn to flamenco after seeing a friend perform.
    Dmitry Samarov, Chicago Reader, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Kay Weissman, a retired flamenco dancer and actress, has lived on the campus for seven years.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Rosalía took the stage, as presenter Dua Lipa gushed about the singer’s mix of flamenco, pop, reggaeton and dance.
    Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Make Ariana Grande record all her old songs as flamenco!
    Vulture, 14 July 2023
  • Martijn Vonk/Unsplash A last night was spent listening to the sounds of flamenco.
    Sophie Yun Mancini, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2024
  • He’s someone who left flamenco to get into something much more Latin.
    Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2022
  • A couple of older guys who lived in the neighborhood were good flamenco players.
    Marc Myers, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Guest entertainers bang out showstoppers on the barn’s black piano, and friends, the girls say, come over to dance flamenco and tango and rock ’n’ roll.
    Jason Horowitz, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
  • When, for one, did Portugal surpass their Spanish neighbors in the art of flamenco?
    Mike McCahill, Variety, 14 May 2023
  • Young Spanish artists are taking flamenco and running with it.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 29 June 2018
  • Yet flamenco was also influenced by the phrasing and song forms of Andalucían payos (the Roma word for non-Roma).
    Sofia Perez, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Then there are the dance performances that cover a broad range of styles, from modern dance to classical ballet to ballroom to hip-hop to flamenco.
    Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2017

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