Ricardo
Garcia enters the auditorium guitar in hand the lights dim and
suddenly:-
Fabulous
fingers of fire flow forcing frantic flamenco feet to fly faster
and faster.
I
have always enjoyed guitar music and the pleasure of listening to
a virtuoso like Ricardo is heightened by the visual spectacle that
is Flamenco! Not only traditional forms of the original Spanish
street dance, but showing the contrasts and similarities of the
female Flamenco dancer and the young modern male street dancer.
The
company also use drums, guitar and dance to fuse many various
influences into an evolving performance which, should I be lucky
enough to be able to see it towards the end of the run will be
very different to the one I saw.
I found myself being carried away on the
audio presentation and almost closed my eyes to be able to
concentrate on the instruments, feet tapping and clapping hands.
I hope they get the audiences they deserve.
They
certainly brought out the secret Latin lingering in me.
*****
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