An art of delicate gesture as well as of stunning rhythms and ringing voices, flamenco has ripened over successive generations without ever losing any of its imperiousness. On the contrary, while remaining firmly rooted in its Andalusian homeland, it has flourished as never before in recent years, opening up both to new trends and to faraway cultures. A joint project of the Centre for Fine Arts, the Instituto Cervantes, and the Junta de Andalucía, the Son del Sur festival offers, for the third year running, an overview of the diversity and vigour of today's flamenco in a series of concerts, shows, and, for the first time, an ultra-festive evening of dancing for all. A heatwave to get the summer under way!