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"A jolt of good energy"
Siobhan Burke, The New York Times - Best Dance Performances of 2022
"The Joyce Theater has rarely felt as electric"
Siobhan Burke, The New York Times. Review: Music From The Sole Brings a Party to the Joyce.
"A marvelous feast of rhythm, both visual and aural."
Susanna Sloat, Dance Tabs
An unforced crowd-pleaser, original and true to itself... Fall for Dance at its finest. [...]"I Didn’t Come to Stay,” these influences [jazz, samba, Brazilian funk] seamlessly intertwine, showing the artists’ easy command of their wide palette. [...] This sense of togetherness and collective joy extended throughout the work.
Siobhan Burke, The New York Times
Leonardo Sandoval, accompanied by the bassist Greg Richardson, used his body as an instrument, contrasting soft taps of his feet with gentle slaps on his thighs and chest as he made his way to a wooden platform on the stage. His footwork was hushed — an articulate, musical whisper — as he somehow managed to convey the idea that he was gliding just above his feet.
Gia Kourlas, The New York Times
Siobhan Burke, The New York Times - Best Dance Performances of 2022
"The Joyce Theater has rarely felt as electric"
Siobhan Burke, The New York Times. Review: Music From The Sole Brings a Party to the Joyce.
"A marvelous feast of rhythm, both visual and aural."
Susanna Sloat, Dance Tabs
An unforced crowd-pleaser, original and true to itself... Fall for Dance at its finest. [...]"I Didn’t Come to Stay,” these influences [jazz, samba, Brazilian funk] seamlessly intertwine, showing the artists’ easy command of their wide palette. [...] This sense of togetherness and collective joy extended throughout the work.
Siobhan Burke, The New York Times
Leonardo Sandoval, accompanied by the bassist Greg Richardson, used his body as an instrument, contrasting soft taps of his feet with gentle slaps on his thighs and chest as he made his way to a wooden platform on the stage. His footwork was hushed — an articulate, musical whisper — as he somehow managed to convey the idea that he was gliding just above his feet.
Gia Kourlas, The New York Times
Music From The Sole is a tap dance and live music company that blurs the line between concert dance and music performance, and celebrates tap's roots in the African diaspora. Led by Brazilian tap dancer and choreographer Leonardo Sandoval and composer and bassist Gregory Richardson, their work draws from Afro-Brazilian, jazz, soul, house, rock, and Afro-Cuban styles. The company has performed at venues including Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Lincoln Center, The Yard, Kaatsbaan, Vail Dance Festival, and the 92NY, and has received support from the New England Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, New Music USA, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Dance/ NYC, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and the Harkness Foundation for Dance.
Community engagement is central to Music From The Sole's work, with workshops, classes, educational performances, and lecture-demonstrations focusing on body percussion, Brazilian rhythms, and tap dance and its history. These have been presented at venues including the National Dance Institute, schools across NYC and the East Coast, and at Lincoln Center, in partnership with Lincoln Center Education.
Community engagement is central to Music From The Sole's work, with workshops, classes, educational performances, and lecture-demonstrations focusing on body percussion, Brazilian rhythms, and tap dance and its history. These have been presented at venues including the National Dance Institute, schools across NYC and the East Coast, and at Lincoln Center, in partnership with Lincoln Center Education.