• MalPaso Dance Company

    MalPaso Dance Company

    I had certain impressions of the MalPaso Dance Company of Cuba at the Joyce, but none was stronger than that the dancers had not been trained into their bodies but in them. They are so present in their physical selves that they must surely have been there always; they would need to be trained out…

  • Israel Galvan

    Israel Galvan

    To see authentic flamenco, a Basque friend once told me, you need to get yourself invited to a gypsy wedding. Indeed, I have never been crazy about theatrical flamenco. Ballet and modern dance versions have rarely worked for me outside the films of Carlos Saura or historical footage of Antonio Gades. So perhaps it is…