PRESS
Clarita Filgueiras is the 2015-2016 recipient of the Dance Miami Choreographers Award. Granted by Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs.
The Best Five Dance Studios in Miami by the Miami New Times
Clarita Filgueiras - Flamenco Puro was voted as one of the Best Five Dance studios in the Miami New Times.
Clarita Filgueiras on WSVN channel 7 at 7:30 on Deco Drive with Shireen Sandoval in “Feeling Flamenco.”
MIAMI NEW TIMES
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2011-06-02/calendar/firing-up-the-floor/
AWARDS
Presented by Chairwoman Rebecca Sosa and on behalf of the Mayor, the Board of County Commissioners, and the residents of Miami-Dade County, Clarita Filgueiras accepts this Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of her valuable contributions to our community.
REVIEWS
Miami Herald
“Things we love about Spain, … Clarita Filguerias”
New York Times
“’La Escenia,’ (performed by Clarita Filgueiras) was notable for its sinuous, even serpentine, arm movements”.
New York Times
“An augmented musical ensemble adds color to the emotions of Clarita Filgueiras’ solo, … from the rhythms of her crisp foot-stamping to her sinuously arching spine, subtly mobile face, and liquid hands, fluttering like hummingbirds around her.”
Miami Herald
”Recognized as one of the finest exponents of Spanish dance,
Ms. Filgueiras exhibits grace, style, command and intensity
in her performances.”
Miami Herald
“The Spanish Dances headed by Clarita Filgueiras were brilliant” (in the Florida Grand Opera Carmen). El Nuevo Herald
“… the setting of Doucet/Barbe can be greatly enjoyed, specially the moments of dancing in which Clarita Filgueiras and her Flamenco Puro group shines with her masterful interpretation of original choreographies.”
El Nuevo Herald
“There’s a moment in the show in which the music of the guitars stop to make way for a more ancestral form of dance (accompanied only by handclapping). The tall and elongated figure (Clarita Filgueiras) starts a ritual in which she invokes the rhythm of drums while her hands don’t miss erotic and sensuous movements. Her intervention is divided like jazz: introduction, improvisation and culmination. If you listen carefully the song sung with her feet are like a combination of different Gypsy songs.”
Miami Herald
“Local choreographer and performer Clarita Filgueiras' troupe of flamenco dancers jazzed up the tavern scene and provided an impressive introduction to the festival in the finale.”
Florida Grand Opera “Carmen” at Broward Center.
South Florida, Sun Sentinel
“Florida Grand Opera ‘Carmen’ Featuring Clarita Filgueiras and her electrifying ensemble of 12 flamenco dancers.”
Miami Herald
“Clarita Filgueiras, who has made the rhythmic dancer her life… some even call her Miami’s “Keeper of Flamenco.”
Gulf Coasting South, Estero, Florida
“Clarita’s performances with Flamenco Puro… Ah, such fine line, such exquisite hands, such clarity of escobilla! We students marveled at her commanding, calming presence and beautiful carriage of those long arms.”
Flamenco Minnesota
“Someone who certainly can draw me into her inner world is Clarita Filgueiras. With her huge intense dark eyes exuding ‘duende,’ that intrinsically Spanish combination of soulfulness and Unamuno’s ‘tragic sense of life’, she’s one of the most riveting stage performers you’re likely to encounter. She lent her intriguing charisma…”
Sunpost
“Clarita Filgueiras and Jairo Rodriguez, in white, glow with sexual energy as they tease and flirt with each other.”
Newsday, New York
“Throughout the evening, Clarita Filgueiras consistently commanded the control of the back, insinuating shoulders, curve of the arms and diamond-clear footwork that are the marks of the best flamenco dancing… breathtaking for its emotion and fine detailing.”
New York TImes
“Among the highlights… a duet for Ms. Filgueiras and Mr. Calvo de Mora that began tenderly, then burst into fire!”
Clarita Filgueiras offers classes at all levels. Please call (786) 282-8810.