A star of international significance, she brings along her own company, Noche Flamenca, and takes her sweet time arriving on stage in her grand finale smashing solo. Soledad Barrio, who started the company in 1993 with her husband, artistic director Martin Santangelo, lets her outstanding dancers, singers and guitarists enchant the public with their skillful performances first, and then storms in like an April shower. Clad in black, with silver sparkles on her shoulders, she’s a force of nature, a midnight thunder--her tireless little legs stomping all over her viewers’ nerve endings, trumping anything they might’ve seen before, called flamenco. At the point when it is not humanly possible to withstand the pressure any longer, when it seems she would collapse from exhaustion, but she still goes on dancing like a fancy mechanical toy gone mad, the audience emits soft wailing cries, and then bursts into cheers and applause… Wild, dark, and tragic, filled with raw emotion, Noche Flamenca’s performances encompass the best in the historic genre. The artists move upon a darkened stage in a nonchalant manner of vagrant gypsies entertaining each other by the bonfire. The guest dancer Antonio Jumenez, with his looks of a street trickster, and his self-absorbed unstoppable showpiece, fits right in with potent singers Manuel Gago and Emilio Florido, graceful female dancers Sol La Argentinita and Rebeca Tomas, and virtuoso guitarists Salva de Maria and Amir Haddad. 101 Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley campus, 510-642-9988. To learn about future programs and reserve tickets, visit www.calperformances.org
Soledad Barrio Drives Cal Performances Audience Into Frenzy
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A star of international significance, she brings along her own company, Noche Flamenca, and takes her sweet time arriving on stage in her grand finale smashing solo. Soledad Barrio, who started the company in 1993 with her husband, artistic director Martin Santangelo, lets her outstanding dancers, singers and guitarists enchant the public with their skillful performances first, and then storms in like an April shower. Clad in black, with silver sparkles on her shoulders, she’s a force of nature, a midnight thunder--her tireless little legs stomping all over her viewers’ nerve endings, trumping anything they might’ve seen before, called flamenco. At the point when it is not humanly possible to withstand the pressure any longer, when it seems she would collapse from exhaustion, but she still goes on dancing like a fancy mechanical toy gone mad, the audience emits soft wailing cries, and then bursts into cheers and applause… Wild, dark, and tragic, filled with raw emotion, Noche Flamenca’s performances encompass the best in the historic genre. The artists move upon a darkened stage in a nonchalant manner of vagrant gypsies entertaining each other by the bonfire. The guest dancer Antonio Jumenez, with his looks of a street trickster, and his self-absorbed unstoppable showpiece, fits right in with potent singers Manuel Gago and Emilio Florido, graceful female dancers Sol La Argentinita and Rebeca Tomas, and virtuoso guitarists Salva de Maria and Amir Haddad. 101 Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley campus, 510-642-9988. To learn about future programs and reserve tickets, visit www.calperformances.org
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