reviews
20 July 2006
Ricardo Garcia is a remarkable talent. He's a great guitar player and he composes faboulous flamenco music. Add an excellent flamenco dancer and the audience settles back in their seats for what looks like a really good night of Spanish dance. But wait - suddenly a hip hop dancer wanders onto stage, and it looks as though he's going to try and subvert Garcia's music to his own needs. What's going to become of this juxtaposition of musical styles? It turns onto a bizarre interdisciplinary mating dance, with the hip hop dancer and the flamenco dancer engaging in a wild dance-off. Can you hip hop to falmenco music? Turns out you can. As an added bonus, the hip hop dancer brings a suprising amount of irreverent charm to the stage. There's nothing confused in the show - just cleverly delivered dance fusion.
BERT SCHNIDER (CBC RADIO ONE)