it was 1968, and he's been with theater flamenco of san francisco ever since. >> flamenco is really ahe men more macho and there's the beautiful woman always dancing around you. >> theater flamenco is the second oldest dance company in san francisco, and it is the first american resident dance company to stage full productions of spanish dance in the u.s. in addition to regular performances, theater flamenco offers a variety of workshops for different skill levels and even school lecture programs. miguel has watched the classical traditions of the dance evolve over the years from shifts in rhythm to clothing accessories and attire. >> the male has the traditional pants, high waisted and everything is gone. now the man is wearing suits, dancing, and the women are dressing so beautifully, so elegant. >> while its modern day interpretation is different, audiences still enjoymezmerize ing and explosive performances on stage. >> the nice thing about flamenco is you can dance until you die. and so, see, my last dance i finished dancing when i was 80. i am 88 now. >> running a vibrant perfor

an icon of the flamenco world.re embraced by the culture here than most other places in europe. >> we have our own gypsies. those are ours. i can tell you thee things we -- for sure we do here. we do flamenco. we do tapas. and we do siestas. which -- >> you do them well. >> we know how to live, don't we? >> yeah. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> they dig deep for their material here. it means something. they're telling you something about themselves. >> what is -- i've heard it. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> is it an emotional state or a technical -- >> no. >> is unhappiness necessary for great art? >> it's necessary, but magnifico. >> you'd have to think about that. >> you perform very well after a couple days. >> i may not have one day, duende, but i have valentine's. i know that expression. wait a minute. ♪ >>> nighttime in granada. it's time to pursue that greatest of spanish traditions, tapas. you may think you know what a tapa is. like if you've had small bites at a fusion hipster bar where they do a lot of little plates

the conservatives and social democrats have agreed on the makeup of the new cabinet and foxtel's i flamenco is keeping the lineup under wraps for now. she's waiting for the results of the balance of the spd grown switched on when the scene showing the coalition the three hundred thousand systems and access into it and then file of papers and red and puffy need is to say that they are confident they will get the dough and sauce seems to be in that sense today. so i was is vote going to go in the spring and terry martin down parliament to studios for us following story. terry the spd is saying they're confident that a yes vote where is all that confidence coming from that's right brian the spd the leaders of the people eaters do believe that the party will approve the coalition agreement and they have good reason to be confident that they've been getting feedback from the party rank and file members. in anticipation of the voting for the most part the feedback has been caused in nablus a poll showing that up over eighty percent of germans do expect the agreement to be approved by the spd memb