I watch as Illarde takes a dancer’s stance, the small of her back arches, the muscles in her back at attention, her neck elongated, and she instantly becomes queenly...
The McKnight Foundation will honor 44 artists and ensembles selected for 2006-2007 McKnight artist fellowships...
Flamenco Dancer Colette Illarde and Middle Eastern Dancer Margo Abdu O'dell collaborate their wonderful talents to celebrate a golden age in history...
The ancient enchantment of the pounding multiple meters, micro-tone appoggiaturas, mordant glances, piercing light and pearly haze of the olive groves will be captured in this entertaining (and educational) extravaganza...
Two choreographers create dance from flamenco and Middle Eastern traditions...
A collective of talented local musicians and dancers reveal a time when Jews, Gypsies, Christians and Muslims created art of joy and profundity—in layered influences that continue to thrive today...
One night, in the middle of dinner, a flamenco dancer and guitarist (Colette y Matteo) performed one of the best acts I had seen in years...
Colette Illarde is a regal stomping dynamo...
Much of La Canela’s (cinnamon) dance experience has involved fusion and collaboration. She has a spicy energy for all around her...
The dancemakers. By Natalie Harter
......In Colette Illarde’s stunning flamenco piece, “Ida Y Vuelta (Journey and Return),” her feet engaged in a heated discussion with the audience. This discussion was punctuated by those facial expressions that are characteristic of the form, from the surprised-looking ones that say, “Oh, look, are those really my feet doing all that?,” to the dramatic furrowed-brow ones that say, “It pains me how incredible these feet can be.”.....
......In Colette Illarde’s stunning flamenco piece, “Ida Y Vuelta (Journey and Return),” her feet engaged in a heated discussion with the audience. This discussion was punctuated by those facial expressions that are characteristic of the form, from the surprised-looking ones that say, “Oh, look, are those really my feet doing all that?,” to the dramatic furrowed-brow ones that say, “It pains me how incredible these feet can be.”.....
Scott Mateo Davies and Colette Marie Illarde of Fuego Flamenco got their 30 seconds of fame on the new Fox TV series "30 Seconds to Fame"...
Illarde’s interpretive skills catch fire as her arms flicker like flames and her swirling skirts smolder like embers...
Exemplary of the genre in ensemble, energy and precision...
Internationally famous musicians, singers and dancers from Spain, Chicago and Miami will join local artists in this very special concert experience...
