On 30 December at 8.00pm on the BBC World Service, Matthew Machin-Autenrieth will be helping to shed light on the world of flamenco.
Together with flamenco guitarist Brook Zern and dancer Maria Bermúdez, Matthew will will explore how flamenco works, and discuss how it has grown from its origins in the marginalised communities of southern Spain.
You can watch Matthew's Festival of Ideas talk on Flamenco and the Politics of Resistance on the Faculty of Music's YouTube channel.
Read about his work on flamenco here: https://theconversation.com/flashmobs-and-flamenco-how-spains-greatest-artform-became-a-tool-for-political-protest-49310