"Brisas sizzles with hot moves and music"-Contra
Costa Times
"The Flamenco legacy of Lola Montes lives on in the
pure dance poetry of Carolina
Lugo's Brisas de España. The dazzling colors and
passionate energy of this troupe will leave you breathless."~
Diablo Magazine
“Lugo is a
woman with
complicated memories and sorrows… When
she dances, she conveys
depths of melancholy, devilishness or joy through the apt
placement of her torso. The tilt of her ribs, for example, is just
right to create that essential image of dignity, slight arrogance and
emotional daring without which Flamenco is just another collection of
steps and tunes. As a musician she’s
equally sophisticated, inhabiting the music in the middle of every
beat,
with a command that is neither haughty nor proud, but self-assured, at
ease.She
dances the way some French cook—with what appears to be a graceful inevitability discovered on the
spot. ~ Ann Murphy, Dance Critic
for Dance View West
Lugo
who earned her Spanish Dance stripes early on with veteran performer
Lola Montes, proves herself adapt in choreographing
story dances based on the traditions of classical
court
dance... pure dance poetry."~
Marilyn Tucker, Contra Costa Times
Dance Critic
"...the Spanish idiom had orchestral color
galore made even more vivid with the suave
and energetic dancing of Carolina Lugo's Brisas de
España Flamenco Dance Company. The dancers bring
flair to De Falla's exuberant 'Three Cornered Hat' in a masterstroke of
programming and show business...Elegant,
fiery and skilled, they are a formidable troupe and make
the De Falla all it ought to be -
exciting in every way."~ Jack Neal's Music
Review, Reno
"Brisas - offered the crowd a taste of
rousing, dramatic dance."~ Oakland Tribune
"The
Camellia Symphony Orchestra treated its audience to hassle-free,
ticketless travel Saturday at Memorial Auditorium as it led a musical
journey to California's alter-ego, "España! Flamenco dancing by the
seven-member Brisas de España
from the Bay Area added a new and welcome dimension to a Camellia
Symphony concert as the troupe's
fancy footwork helped illustrate and punctuate de Falla's
ballet. The troupe performed spiritedly to the composer's
quintessentially complex Spanish melodies and rhythms. The orchestra
members provided the piece's powerful musical underpinnings, and the dancers gave it style and grace.
In all, the two groups appeared to captivate the large audience with
their bravura and skill.
Brisas' artistic
director, Carolina Lugo,
choreographed a small but intense operetta. Following de Falla's lead,
it was full of steamy and fiery emotion as well as naive and
flirtatious interplay. The choreography incorporated classic flamenco
steps as well as more balletic elegance. The dancers
clicked and swirled their way across Memorial Auditorium's sprung wood
floor, using its resonance to good effect as the orchestra kept up the
blazing pace." ~ Patricia
Beach Smith -- Sacramento Bee Arts Critic
"It
is when Lugo and her daughter Carolé Acuña dance
together that the women unearth
a new dimension in dance..."
~ Ann Murphy, Oakland Ttibune
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