Two Flavors of Flamenco

Sara Baras, Rafaela Carrasco Shine at Lisner Festival

By Paula Durbin
Special to The Washington Post
Monday, February 19, 2007; Page C05

Two remarkably different dance concerts rounded out the Seventh Annual Flamenco Festival at Lisner Auditorium this weekend.

"Sabores" ("Flavors"), performed Thursday and Friday by Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras, was a marathon of high-gloss choreography calculated to entertain, which it did, beginning with the corps de ballet's delightful, percussive tangos. Baras then appeared in "A Fuego Lento" ("Slow Fire"), accompanied by her guest artists, the hot-wired Luis Ortega and José Serrano, a pantherine charmer.

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tags: flamenco, baile, cante, flamenca, Sara Baras, Rafaela Carrasco