(noticia) Dance review Flamenco dancers snap staccato with authority

Monday, October 24, 2005
CATHERINE THOMAS

In the space of a solo on the stage of the Portland Art Museum's Grand Ballroom, flamenco artist Carmela Greco distilled a power that comes only with age. Earthy, unaffected, stripped of sentimental effect, she eased her body into a smoldering confluence of moods.

Greco, the daughter of flamenco legend Jose Greco, didn't just tattoo the stage with a sharp pounce of flamenco heels. She played it. Arms curled into imposing spikes, fingers snapping sharp percussion, she courted the rhythm, waiting for it to seize her. Her dance was a stream of lament, fury and unabashed flirtation.

"(Intimo)," which played Thursday night, was a welcome return to the pleasures of flamenco puro.

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