Tokio Japan

March 8th 2007

ANDALUCIA LEJANA

"Sol de Espana" - Ballet Espanol de Yoko Komatsubara
Silvia Duran and her Spanish Dance Company
Francisco Velasco
Tali Roth , Leonid Detzelman, Pavel Levin
Juan Carlos Berlanga, Antonio Gonzalez, Natalia Marin
Gabriel Piez de Plomo

Last night the second of three performances of the Silvia Duran
Spanish Dance Company took place in Tokio.  Silvia Duran
and her Company were invited to Japan by Yoko Komatsubara
who explained to the audience why she brought a Flamenco
Dance Company from Israel and not from Spain.  The answer
was very evident in the quality of the performance of the Silvia
Duran Company which is being received in Tokyo, playing to
full houses and great audience acclaim.

Silvia Duran, herself, amazed us by her super professional
performance onstage and also through her engaging Company.
The Male Dancer from Spain, Francisco Velasco, made a great
contribution to the evening and also the Japanese dancers of
Komatsubara who performed together with the Israeli dancers a
number of well-known flamenco pieces.  The Pianist and Violinist from 
Israel and the group of Flamenco Musicians (guitarists and singers) from
Seville, Spain were wonderful, singing in the original language of the 
Flamenco which gave so much to the performance.

A great part of the performance was the Classical Guitar of Israeli
Tali Roth who captured the heart of the public with the virtuosity and
emotional power of her playing.  Tali met the number one guitar 
player of Japan, KONISHI and perhaps this will be the beginning
of a future Israel-Japanese collaboration in the field of Spanish music.

                                                               ....... Shmuel Bass