Direct from Spain, the 2012 Flamenco Festival comes to Washington, D.C.'s GW Lisner Auditorium for a week of energetic dance performances. While the sight of statuesque and regal Manuela Carrasco alone is enough to make audiences catch their breath and fall silent, this international star, known in her native Spain as the Queen of Gypsy Flamenco Dance, remains strikingly down to earth, honoring the grassroots that sparked her art and maintaining traditions rarely seen on today's American stages. Known for her unprecedented energy and mesmerizing stage presence, the highly acclaimed dance icon performs Suspiro Flamenco, giving audiences flamenco in its purest, simplest and most powerful form.

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