Javier Baron performance - critique
I just saw last night Javier Baron's preformance "dos voces para un baile" and I have a lot to say. The musical ensemble was spectacular - he had 2 guitarists Javier Patino and Miguel Ortega, which were very different, but both were amazing, and blended well with each other! Two fabulous singers - Juan Diego and El Choro, both gave me chills!!!! what voices, what power, OLE!!!! and two palmeros - Ricardo Rivera and Jose Valencia, which definitely added a special touch, because nowadays, you usually have a precussionist who plays the cajon/drums. They were all great, all originally composed music. What was also nice was that they were at the front of the stage, and in the back. And now for the dancing... Javier Baron is very good technically. He has great speed in his zapateado, and he has good musicality (though it was hard to hear it because the music/singing/palmas were very over-powering. In terms of choreography and stage presence, I think Javier made a mistake - he was the only dancer on stage, and the theater was huge!!!!!!!! There was no lighting and no stage decor, and so it looked empty.... I was a little dissappointed
I just saw last night Javier Baron's preformance "dos voces para un baile" and I have a lot to say. The musical ensemble was spectacular - he had 2 guitarists Javier Patino and Miguel Ortega, which were very different, but both were amazing, and blended well with each other! Two fabulous singers - Juan Diego and El Choro, both gave me chills!!!! what voices, what power, OLE!!!! and two palmeros - Ricardo Rivera and Jose Valencia, which definitely added a special touch, because nowadays, you usually have a precussionist who plays the cajon/drums. They were all great, all originally composed music. What was also nice was that they were at the front of the stage, and in the back. And now for the dancing... Javier Baron is very good technically. He has great speed in his zapateado, and he has good musicality (though it was hard to hear it because the music/singing/palmas were very over-powering. In terms of choreography and stage presence, I think Javier made a mistake - he was the only dancer on stage, and the theater was huge!!!!!!!! There was no lighting and no stage decor, and so it looked empty.... I was a little dissappointed