A PERCUSSIVE
EXPLOSION
BETWEEN FLAMENCO AND TAP DANCE
A collaboration between Alborada roads Theatre in New Brunswick.
Spanish Dance Theatre and two
Audiences will experience the
exciting stars of the New Jersey
cultural similarities and the comTap Dance Ensemble (Maurice
munal rhythmic patterns and lanChestnut and Karen Callaway Wil- guage involved in Flamenco and
liams) will take you
American Tap dance.
on a vibrant, historical
Highlighting the
dance/music journey
production is live muin the year 1929; a
sic with saxophone
time when Spanish
player James Brook
Poet Laureate Fedand Alborada’s flaerico García Lorca
menco guitarists and
visited New York and
singers, a fusion piece
wrote a poem entitled
involving Tap danc“The King Of Harlem”,
ing accompanied by
exploring the search
Flamenco guitar, and
for identity of African
Flamenco dancing
Americans and the
performed to Swing
Click here for ticket info music, a lovely peSpanish Gypsies at
this time in history.
riod piece of dance
“A Flamenco Tap Happening”
and song from Madrid, as well as
will take place on Saturday, Sepexuberant Gypsy flamenco, Spantember 13 at 7:30pm at Crossish dances and Tap dances.
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