By Robert Greskovic The image heading this page is one of a series of photo cards featuring dancers from Russia’s imperial ballet troupes, which were supported by the tsar and presented on turn-of-the-20th-century stages in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Printed on heavy card stock, the photos were meant to be souvenirs, and sometimes sent as
By Bridgit Luján Few gypsies still live in Granada’s Sacromonte caves, but the performing venues known as zambras continue to flourish. “Zambra” references a song and dance party that dates back to the 16th-century nuptial rituals of the Moors; last year, the city of Granada initiated procedures with UNESCO to declare the zambras of Sacromonte
By Silvia Poletti On February 29, 2020, when I entered the beautiful Piccinni Theatre in the port city of Bari, I did not imagine it would be the last time I would be an audience member for a long while. That evening was a feast. The theatre had opened just two months earlier after eight