DORA SOWDEN REPORTS ON A CHOREOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL
AT THE SUZANNE DELLAL CENTRE

Jerusalem Post
7th June 1991

DANCE

The girls of Silvia Duran's Spanish Dance Group seem to get prettier every
time she presents a performance.  The May 30th Gala at the Suzanne Dellal
Centre was no exception.  The occasion was a special welcome for Michal
Natan Sheinfeld who had spent a year and a half studying and dancing in
Spain.

So there were the six lovely young women and a surprise: a young man
(male Spanish dancers are rare in Israel).  The women stepped out gracefully
smiled, waved their kerchiefs and twirled their fans, clicked their castanets
and made skillful play with their skirts.

Michal Natan immediately brought it with her in her solos; that lustful Spanish
pride that immediately lights the stage.  Though she sometimes seemed to be
straining her techniques to its limits, here dramatic verve was remarkable.

YET NOBODY COULD EQUAL DURAN HERSELF IN THE ASTUTE,
GLITTERING GRASP OF SPANISH PULSE, POSE AND PAUSE.
HER TENDENCY TO PLUMPNESS DID NOT INTERFERE WITH HER
SPEED IN TRAVEL OR TURN.  HER FACILITY IN ZAPATEADO WAS
AS CLEVER AS EVER.  SHE RAISED THE TEMPO.