On Saturday, I was at The Harbourfront Theatre to see Esmeralda Enrique Company present an evening of flamenco dancing called Épocas. The epynomous number opened with the members of the company invoking famous dancers from the past while their images appeared in the backdrop. There were a couple of dances that I thought were interesting. The combination of the familiar tapping of flamenco footwork combined with rhythmic castanets playing in Canción del Fuego Fatuo was quite exciting. Meanwhile, the push and pull in La Caña between Enrique and Rafael del Pino, a guest dancer from Spain, was primal. In fact, the presence of a male dancer in the predominantly female company added a tangible energy to the evening.
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