(artículo) Flamenco redefined

Carrasco is backed by guitarist Jesús Torres during her company's show at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.

MIKE SCHWARTZ, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

REVIEW: New World Flamenco Festival closes with Rafaela Carrasco, who turns conventions upside down, with sincerity, soul.
By LAURA BLEIBERG
The Orange County Register

Those searching for flamenco puro did not find it with Compañia Rafaela Carrasco, nor in her remarkable year-old show, "Una Mirada al Flamenco."

But flamenco purists – who are not necessarily the same breed as those seeking the old-fashioned dance – found something rarer in Carrasco. She and her company of four dancers and seven musicians and singers made their debut Friday at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.

Carrasco has hatched a profound reworking of flamenco's technique and conventions without sacrificing its mystique or, most importantly, its soul. A singularly expressive dancer, Carrasco was not about facile gimmickry; no one stamped walking canes, as Sara Baras' company did last year at UCLA.
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tags: flamenco, baile, Rafaela Carrasco, flamenca