\u201cFlamenco is clandestino,\u201d said Soledad Barrio, the star of the renowned company Noche Flamenca, who moved with her family from Madrid to Washington Heights two years ago. In a flamenco studio, she continued, \u201cyou don\u2019t need big windows \u2014 or beautiful space.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amor de Dios, the flamenco center in Madrid where Ms. Barrio, 50, and her husband, Mart\u00edn Santangelo, 51, met and trained, was below ground. She relished its smell: humid.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoing down the stairs, you felt part of a secret,\u201d she said. You were \u201cisolated from the rest of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n
The idea was to inspire, and to take flamenco back to its roots, said Mr. Santangelo, the founder and artistic director of Noche Flamenca. \u201cIn Granada, people danced flamenco in caves.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Madrid, Ms. Barrio added, the rich \u201chave a private party, after the big party,\u201d where flamenco dancers perform in wine cellars.<\/p>\n
The West Park Presbyterian Church, a Romanesque Revival building on West 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, where Ms. Barrio now teaches flamenco, has a similar feel. It has been covered with scaffolding for years. It has a side door that is hard to find, and a cavernous sanctuary<\/p>\n
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