Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca: Tanto y más
Joe's Pub425 Lafayette Street, New York 10003
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca bring Tanto y más to Joe’s Pub. The listing confirms the flamenco company, founded around star dancer Soledad Barrio and artistic director Martín Santangelo, but gives no further description of this particular program or its onstage lineup. Expect a performance built from flamenco’s connected languages of dance, song and music, with Barrio at the forefront of a company whose work has long returned to the Joe’s Pub stage.
Formed in 1993, Noche Flamenca has toured internationally and appeared at Lincoln Center, the Joyce Theater and Joe’s Pub. Its performances join theatricality to raw emotion while pursuing what the company calls flamenco’s “rigorous, spellbinding aesthetic.” Reviewing an earlier Joe’s Pub engagement, The New York Times described “a guitarist, a singer, a handful of dancers” and a “celebrated take on traditional flamenco.” The same review called Barrio the company’s “burning star” and concluded, “Barrio never misses.” The company’s honors include Bessie Awards and a Lucille Lortel Award for Special Theatrical Experience.
The stage is set in a converted library space with a striped bar and photos of legends like Leonard Cohen and Amy Winehouse lining the walls. You'll find yourself seated on velvet couches or at candle-lit tables, close enough to hear every note from the back. The sound, engineered by technicians who've worked with John Legend and The Notorious B.I.G., is consistently ranked among the best in New York. Three shows a day, dinner and drinks served throughout, and a menu ranging from Italian small plates to craft cocktails; it's a place where music and conversation flow together, and where both rising stars and legends have made their U.S. debuts.