Mozambique art camp

The Tambo International Art Camp in Mozambique offers two weeks of workshops--dance, theater, music, design and more--plus performances and visits with local and foreign artists. For more information, click here.

Sounds sensational!

Sensational Knowledge Embodying Culture Through Japanese Dance, written by ethnomusicologist and dancer Tomie Hahn, is reviewed on World Music Central. Click here.

Peru Negro's "Zamba Malató"

Acclaimed Afro-Peruvian music and dance ensemble Peru Negro has issued a new recording--Zamba Malató--on Times Square Records, and you'll find World Music Central's review here.

Guruskool announces music and dance classes

Guruskool center announced
Guruskool Center for World Music and Dance

Flamenco: Keepin' it real

New Book Flamencos de Gañanía Looks at Historical "Real" Flamenco Venues
reviewed on World Music Central

Flamencologist Donn Pohren dies in Madrid

Renowed American Flamencologist, Donn Pohren, husband of dancer Luisa Maravillas, died in Madrid on November 5. Read Pohren's obituary on World Music Central and Donn Pohren, Flamenco's Hero by John B. Rhine on Salon.com.

Update

Writer-photographer-blogger Gerry Dawes has alerted me to his own remembrance of Donn Pohren on Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish Food, Wine, Culture and Travel.

Resource for fans of world dance

Tons of resources for fans of world music and world dance--including dance schools and a glossary of dance forms--are available at World Music Central.