Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble News

 
Emio Greco – review
The Guardian
If sport in general has often been compared to drama, you might compare boxing in particular – with its nifty footwork, duet form, staging of agility as much as prowess – to dance. Such likenesses lie at the heart of Rocco, by Dutch company Emio Greco ...


 
Gene Kelly at 100: All that jazz, all that exuberance
Chicago Tribune
"He appreciated what (choreographer) Martha Graham was doing in terms of movement and breaking away from the European polished ballroom dancing, but it didn't resonate with him, because it was these percussive beats that didn't mean anything to him.

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Farewell, “Riverdance.” Your footwork was magnificent, your story not so much
Philadelphia Inquirer
This is not the fault of the performers — appealing, energetic, and superbly trained dancers, singers, and musicians who, on Friday night, inaugurated the local leg of their “farewell tour” at the Merriam Theater. Rather, it is because composer Bill ...

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TapTronic talks Irish dance, dubstep, fast feet in first official interview ...
IrishCentral
On April 27, they posted their first official TapTronic video -- a remixed version of electronic song "Crave You" by Flight Facilities, accompanied by their rhythmic footwork -- and just a week later, it boasts nearly 177000 hits on YouTube.

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NOLA.com
Flamenco rhythms add Spanish flair to New Orleans Jazz Fest
NOLA.com
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2012, second Friday gallery (90 photos) New Orleans guitarist John Lawrence and his Ven Pa' Ca Flamenco Ensemble started their set a bit late, but made up for the delay by pounding out a nonstop series of dramatic flamenco songs.

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The Quietus
The Month In Electronic Music: Electro-Shocked Blues
The Quietus
(Their combination of physical weight and extreme sparseness pin dancers to the nearest flat surface, enforcing temporary eyes-down stasis upon a crowd; try that for size at your local generic club night.) The EP's other two tracks are more attuned to ...


 
Van Halen bring a different kind of show to Winnipeg
Examiner.com
Excitement ran high as drummer Alex Van Halen took the stage and began a thunderous percussive fanfare as brother Eddie Van Halen proceeded to blow the doors off the MTS Centre with his “Unchained” guitar solo from VH's 1981 Fair Warning album, ...

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