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NOTHING GOES OUT of style faster than the latest fashion. With the current "nuevo flamenco" movement, which has included flamenco dance dramas and flamenco that incorporates jazz and modern choreography and is performed to tablas, flutes, and even chamber orchestras, audiences have been assured that the dance style is as up-to-date as any other contemporary art form. But with Desde Cádiz pá acá (From Cádiz to here), Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos are going in the other direction. They are looking not at where flamenco is going but at where it came from. In its purest form flamenco means singers, guitarists, and dancers – in that order. Even though in today's concerts the dancers steal the limelight, flamenco started out as a vocal form, with guitars added later; the dancers are pretty much newcomers. For this concert Caminos' musical director, the extraordinary Jason McGuire, researched half-forgotten music in collaboration with singers Silverio Herdia and Miguel González from Cádiz. Also from the same city is dancer Juan Ogalla, who will join the women of Caminos Flamencos in an evening of cantes antiguos. Fri/20-Sat/21, 8 p.m.; Sun/22, 3 p.m., 700 Howard, S.F. $15-$35. (415) 978-ARTS. (Rita Felciano)