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February 16, 2009
The Chronicle Herald
by Stephen Pedderssen
Arts Reporter,
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REVIEW FROMFLAMENCO VALENTINE 2009
HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN
The pounding feet of Maria Osende’s flamenco dancers were certainly earthy in Osende’s fifth annual Valentine Flamenco party Saturday night, held in the hairdressing salon/nightclub at the corner of North and Agricola streets in Halifax. (Read article)
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January 21, 2009
The Chronicle Herald
by Andrea Nemetz
Entertainment Reporter,
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REVIEW FROM FLAMENCO VALENTINE 2008
FIERY FLAMENCO HEATS UP FEBRUARY
Annual Valentine event ignites passion of Spain in heart of HalifaxDancer Maria Osende is accompanied by Chris Cookson and Daniel MacNeil at FRED Café and Art Gallery during a news conference Tuesday to announce Flamenco Valentine in Halifax. Osende is staging her fifth annual event, Feb. 13 to 15 at 8 p.m. (Read article)
rPhoto Credit: Eric Wynne
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October 04, 2008
The Ottawa Citizen
by Natasha Gauthier
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PAIN AND PASSION
'When you see the words "dance" and "Halifax" together in the same sentence, you probably picture high-stepping Irish jiggers or kilted lasses leaping over crossed swords. What you don't expect to come out of the Maritimes dance scene is some of the hottest, freshest flamenco this side of the Straight of Gibraltar. ". [Read More]
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September 30, 2008
Living Halifax CBC TV
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Heidi Petracek gets a flamenco lesson at Flamenco School Maria Osende.
Watch the episode on the Living Halifax website!
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September 25, 2008 live.haligonia.ca
by Stephen Clare
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SOUND BITES -Interview with Maria Osende about the Fall for Flamenco Festival 2008
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September 25, 2008
The Coast
by Jessica Linzey
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DANCE DANCE EVOLUTION
Osende herself returned to her Spanish roots in 1995, when she left the ballet to concentrate on flamenco, which in Berlin was enjoying a surge of interest that continues to this day. It was there that ... [Read More]
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Arts Fall 2008
Lifestyle Maritimes
by Stephen Clare
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BRINGING TH HEAT
Traditional Spanish music and dance light up Halifax
The weather outside may be cool, but inside FRED Art Gallery and Whet Cafe on Halifax's Agricola St., eight members of the Maria Osende Flamenco Company are blazing across the small stage. Torsos twist and turn furiously under the hot lights, the dark silhouettes swaying to burning rhythms of traditional Spanish song as the evening’s event reaches its climax. ... [Read More]
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February 25, 2008
The Chronicle Herald
by Elissa Barnard
Arts Reporter,
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REVIEW: FIERY FLAMENCO SERVED
Osende outstanding in third-annual Valentine’s show
"Maria Osende is spellbinding as she takes flamenco dance to a high art form..."
"...Only her black hair is held motionless in a rigid bun. The rest of Osende is caught up in a force field of music and emotion — her fierce face, long, curling fingers, the spectacular, fluid arms, hips in an angular twist, back arched impossibly back, feet pounding. It’s very exciting and the company got a standing ovation Thursday night..."
"With the Maria Osende Flamenco Co. art illuminates and ennobles a dark world."
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September 29, 2004
The Chronicle Herald
byJoanne Jefferson
South Shore Arts
View the full review
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A FLAMENCO FIESTA IN RIVERPORT
"....On Saturday, the atmosphere didn't take long to develop into a festive mood ...
"The music ...accelerated the tempo until Osende's arrival rocketed the audience into another dimension...."
"Raucous ovations followed both sets on Saturday night..."
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