She's one of Spain's most well-known flamenco dancers, but every time Maria Bermudez comes to Los Angeles, it's a homecoming.
"It feels warm, it feels comfortable, they're so appreciative and so supportive. People here know my story," Bermudez said between sets of a show Friday night at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Hollywood that kicked off a U.S. tour.
Her story is that of a woman born in California and raised in Los Angeles who fell in love with flamenco 20 years ago and moved to Spain's Jerez de la Frontera to study the dance's pure Gypsy style.
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"When I got bit by the bug I got bit hard, and I decided I had to go to the source," Bermudez said of moving to Spain.