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Sun.
May 6, 4:30 pm
"... groundbreaking..."
Claudia LaRocco, The New York Times, May 5, 2006
"... virtuosic... pulsing, tricky Afro-Cuban (and sometimes Bulgarian) rhythms take over their bodies and tap shoes."
Brian Seibert, The New Yorker, August 4th, 2008
"... essentially a full-bodied experience... dancers slap their bodies while singing and tapping."
Gia Kourlas, The New York Times, April 7th, 2007 |
photo: Lois Greenfield
Tickets:
$50 VIP (includes reserved seat and post-performance reception)
$15 general admission advance purchase
$17 general admission at the door
$10 seniors, $5 Children
(limited quantities)
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Rumenco Flamumba me llamo yo
yo soy el Terror!
La Rumba Cubana and Flamenco
after 150 Years
Flamenco Latino
244 W 54th St, 4th Fl. (B'way-8th Ave)
Info: 212-399-8519
Theater opens 4:00 pm
Please time your arrival, lobby space limited
Big ideas by Basilio Georges and Aurora Reyes
Featuring
Max Pollak, tap dance, Olyda, dance, Mike Santiago, percussion, Mark Holen, percussion, Flamenco Ensemble members, and more
Max Pollak, named one of “25 to Watch in 2007” by Dance Magazine, was the first person to merge American Rhythm Tap with authentic Afro-Cuban music and dance. Capturing the charged electricity and power of a Latin jazz Orquesta," RumbaTap features a multi-talented international cast of musicians and dancers and has toured throughout Europe, Japan, and the United States; recently performing to a capacity crowd at New York City's Central Park Summer Stage.
Pollak has published articles on tap dance in several international publications including Dance Magazine; has recorded with the Cyro Baptista, Paul Carlon Octet, Grupo Los Santos, TrioNada, and members of the Tito Puente Orchestra; has appeared in films and documentaries including the critically claimed Como Se Forma Una Rumba with some of Cuba's most prestigious salsa musicians; and was the tap coach for lead actor Pablo Veron on the Sally Potter film The Tango Lesson.
Today Pollak is recognized worldwide as the creator of "RumbaTap” and is a 2008 recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Choreography.
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The above 2012 concerts are supported, in part, with New York State Council of the Arts funding through Creative Communities, a program of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.