Looking at a projected photo of her younger self on Tuesday, Carlota Santana laughed. It’s been a long time since the company now known as Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana. Surely, Ms. Santana counts as one of those. “Mujeres Valientes,” by the noted flamenco choreographer Belén Maya, honors two women whom Ms. Santana described in her introductory speech as feminist foremothers: the 17th-century Mexican poet-philosopher Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the 19th-century South American revolutionary Manuela Sáenz. Those are fascinating historical characters, but this is a dull dance.

Source: New York Times May 16, 2018 18:37 UTC