Southern Californians with a sincere interest in flamenco have traditionally had only limited opportunities to experience this colorful, passionate, and colorful Spanish dance form. Those opportunities have usually been limited to nightclub dinner shows or to small dance studio venues. The Barclay Theatre on the campus of the University of California, Irvine is to be commended for continuing to make a concerted effort to present serious, professional flamenco, in all its glory, to a much wider audience in the southland. The Barclay presented its first New World Flamenco Festival in 2001 and is still moving fast forward with new innovative ideas each year. Festival Artistic Director, Yaelisa Valencia has, with great success, attempted to showcase to Southern California audiences not simply the two or three most widely recognized flamenco companies, but to include a range of dancers and musicians who represent either the next wave of talent, or who are tried and true believers in the roots of traditional flamenco. The emphasis in this year’s sixth edition of the Festival is to present young talent which is just beginning to gain major recognition.