Gilles Brinas was an acclaimed dancer and choreographer in Europe in the early ’70s when he was captivated by a Malambo dance performance in Paris. The stylized Malambo, a 400-year-old Argentine dance ...
BECKET — Dancing Argentine cowboys — who knew? Ella Baff and dancer-choreographer Gilles Brinas know. Among Baff’s last duties after 17 years as director of Jacob’s Pillow Dance was planning this year ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by In “Che Malambo,” a Frenchman has taken a folkloric Argentine form and turned it into grand spectacle. By Brian Seibert Like riders charging across ...
Fourteen powerhouse dancers brought to life the legacy of the Argentine gauchos Wednesday night at Jacob's Pillow. If their stage had been a field, as it would have been back in the 17th century when ...
When choreographer Gilles Brinas ventured from Paris to Buenos Aires in 2005, intending to pluck a native art form from obscurity, it must've seemed like a quixotic pursuit even to him. Though ...
They’re basically balletic gauchos. And like a wild horde, these 13 male dancers (half man/half horse, basically) prance and gallop around the stage with an infectious rhythm, energy and spirit. They ...
Today it's considered an art form, but Malambo began in the 1600s as competitive dueling. Matthew Bledsoe, the vice president of IMG Artists, is the producer and manager of Che Malambo. "Malambo is ...
Trapped in a shoe store in Buenos Aires during an end-of-world hailstorm in 2001, I gritted as ice the size of ball bearings struck the steel roof like shotgun blasts. Imagine the scene described ...
The Savannah Music Festival (SMF) is dedicated to presenting world-class celebrations of the musical arts by creating timeless and adventurous productions that stimulate arts education, foster ...
MALAMBO: Dance musical conceived and directed by Luis Bravo, choreographed by Oscar Araiz, with music direction by Lisandro Adrover. (Through June 16 at Theatre on the Square, 450 Post St., San ...