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LATIN LONDONER #2 Vanessa Carvalho - Brazilian Singer and Dancer

Vanessa Carvalho from Salvador, Bahia – Brazil. started singing and dancing at the age of 8 and performed with many Brazilian artists. She embarked on a musical adventure together with Leo Mantini from Rome, which became that…

In-depth Interviews | Film

Split Identity

Viggo Mortenson’s Argentine background (hence his perfect porteño accent) is unknown to most film fans. In this film, the actor famous for his role as Aragorn in Lord of The Rings, The Road and Eastern Promises embraces his ‘…

In-depth Interviews | Flamenco Dance

Flamenco's Poetry in Motion?

Inspired by the purist Flamenco that he learnt from his teachers, Rafael Amargo, Spain’s most eclectic dancer and choreographer, was influenced by US contemporary dance schools such as the Martha Graham, while living in New York…

In-depth Interviews | Flamenco Dance

The Restless Spirit

Sevillian bailadora Rafaela Carrasco is one of the most outstanding representatives of avant-garde flamenco dancing. After being a member of the Andalusian based Mario Maya Company and completing her training in Madrid as a…

In-depth Interviews | Film

Producing the Image of Spain

Executive producer Gervasio Iglesias, Director of Zanfoña Producciones, one of Spain’s most exciting film production outfits, talks to Latinolife about making films in the current crisis and their latest release Unit 7.

In-depth Interviews | Film

Bad Education

Eduardo Chapero-Jackson has been dubbed by critics as the latest ‘one to watch’ in new Spanish cinema. Here at London'sThe Spanish Film Festival, supported by the Cervantes Institute, the writer and director talks to…

In-depth Interviews | Tango Dance

Fire in the Argentine Belly

German Cornejo, the lead dancer, and choreographer of 'Tango Fire’ and 'Immortal Tango' talks to Latinolife about his life in tango and tango's future.

Surrogate Latinos | Culture

Surrogate Latino #1 Ian Mursell – Founder of Mexicolore with Graciela Sanchez

LAYING DOWN THE LORE – For 30 years Ian Mursell, development education specialist and his wife Graciela Sánchez, a dancer with the world famous Ballet Folklórico de México, and have worked with 2,000 primary schools and a wealth…

Latin Londoners | Flamenco Dance

LATIN LONDONER #1 Angela Alonso - Flamenco Dancer

Angela Alonso from Almeria in Andalucia, arrived in London 13 years ago, and set up the UK's most popular Flamenco Dance School.

In-depth Interviews | Film

New Spanish Cinema - Daniel Monzon and Film Philosophy at its best

On the DVD release of Cell 211, Latinolife interviews Daniel Monzón, one of the new great directors of Spanish Cinema, Daniel Monzón reveals his passions and fears during the making of his film, which ended in some unexpected,…

In-depth Interviews | Film

Presumed Guilty: Victim of Mexico's legal system gets rare break to tell story

Over the net the controversial film about a street vendor stitched up by the Mexican legal system is spreading like wildfire and in England it is about to go on general release. Back in Mexico, judges are seeking to ban…

In-depth Interviews | Art

Travelling the Veins of Caracas

Tanya Yusti interviews Chris Anderson, the acclaimed photo-journalist whose latest book of photographs Capitolio, takes us on a disturbing and exuberant journey through Caracas.

In-depth Interviews | Tropical Dance

Only Room for One Latin Diva?

Ever since Yanet Fuentes, the only Latin American ever to grace the UK’s prime-time talent shows, left the BBC’s 'So You Think You Can Dance', the blogosphere has been awash with outrage at judge Sisco Gomez's…

In-depth Interviews | Contemporary and Classical Dance

Acosting Fame

Carlos Acosta, arguably the best ballet dancer of his generation and London’s most famous Latino, looks back on his thirteen years in London, during which he went from the Royal Ballet's principle dancer to global ballet…

In-depth Interviews | Theatre

Spain's Sweet Revenge

Four hundred years after Henry VIII divorced and disgraced Spain's beloved Katherine of Aragon, Spain has the chance to seek sweet revenge on the old rascal by bringing its interpretation of Shakespeare's Henry VIII to…

In-depth Interviews | Theatre

Che, Enrique IV, qué hacé!

Shakespeare in Argentine? Really? Just the thought of the mischievous Argentine psyche giving a twist to theatre’s most famous human commentator, is enough to make one smile. We talk to theatre director Rubén Szuchmacher, who…

In-depth Interviews | Film

Interview with Patricio Guzmán

Award-winning filmmaker Patricio Guzmán, one of Latin America’s most important directors of the 20th and 21st centuries, talks to Latino Life about his new film, Nostalgia for the Light, and about his approach to and opinions of…