• Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil, the northern Iraqi city and capital of the autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
    Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil, the northern Iraqi city and capital of the autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
  • Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP
    Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP
  • Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP
    Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP
  • Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP
    Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP
  • The hands of Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado using castanets. AFP
    The hands of Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado using castanets. AFP
  • Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP
    Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP
  • Spanish flamenco musicians perform in Erbil. AFP
    Spanish flamenco musicians perform in Erbil. AFP
  • Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP
    Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP
  • Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs. AFP
    Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs. AFP
  • Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP
    Spanish flamenco dancer Carolina Morgado performs on stage in Erbil. AFP

Flamenco performance lights up Erbil – in pictures


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The music and moves of Spain arrived in Erbil on Wednesday as flamenco dancers descended on the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital.

Held in the Erbil Citadel, the historical centre of the city, the performance also featured Spanish musicians and a colourful light show.

Click through the gallery above to see dancer Carolina Morgado on stage. 

Barcelona-born dancer Morgado is one of Spain's most celebrated flamenco dancers, and has toured the world with her dancing, performing in Chile and Costa Rica among other countries.

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