jueves, febrero 16, 2006

(noticia) The unmistakable stamp of a flamenco superstar

Mark Monahan reviews Sara Baras at Sadler's Wells

Sara Baras is one of those performers you just can't take your eyes off. Born in Cádiz, in 1971, the dancer-choreorgapher radiates technical brilliance, unshakeable self-belief and intoxicating pizzazz. In other words, she's a walking definition of a star.
Sara Baras

A rare treat: Sara Baras

The show with which she and her troupe launched Sadler's Wells's annual Flamenco Festival (as welcome a winter warmer as one can imagine) was called Sabores, or "flavours", and aptly so. It was essentially an 80-odd minute, 13-part whistlestop tour through a range of flamenco's many palos – or "styles" – from bolero to tango to seguiriya, and so on.

(leer +) [vía telegraph]