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Stuart Sweeney Administrator	posted September 16, 2000 14:29 quote: Perfume de Gardenias, Jose Navas's latest work for his company, 'Flak', teases spectators' memories of the flower's intoxicating smell and then tries to compete with it. Born and raised in Venezuela, Navas translates the southerner'sÊintimate relationship with the scent of gardenias into homoerotic urbanity in which nudity figures boldly.... Perfume de Gardenias wafts everywhere. Like any scent, it is intoxicating at first, but it doesn't last. But for one exquisite moment when two nude men, their limbs winking with tiny lights, fade into the skies and form a constellation, Perfume de Gardenias doesn't make a lasting impression. Dead Link Removed [This message has been edited by Admin (edited May 31, 2002).] IP: Logged
Basheva Moderator	posted January 06, 2001 20:58 New York Times review of "Perfume De Gardenias" by Jose Navas: ELEGANT MOVEMENT IN HOT SURROUDINGS quote: MONTREAL -- THE collision of hot colors and cold lines in José Navas's home echoes the tension in his elegant dances. Fierce lime green edges generic white kitchen cupboards, while sunburst yellow and mellow burgundy play on the walls of the simple little apartment in a trendy section of central Montreal, reminders of the surrealistic contrasts in his choreography for his company, Flak. MORE IP: Logged
Basheva Moderator	posted January 13, 2001 08:15 New York Times review by Jack Anderson: A HARSH ATMOSPHERE IN SPITE OF A NUDE DUET quote: Gardenias have a heady scent. But there was nothing intoxicating about José Navas's "Perfume de Gardenias," which received its New York premiere on Thursday night when it was danced by Mr. Navas's Montreal-based Compagnie Flak at the Joyce Theater. MORE [This message has been edited by Basheva (edited January 13, 2001).] IP: Logged
Marie Moderator	posted January 13, 2001 14:19 Ouch! I haven't seen this show, but from what I have seen of Navas' work, I'm not surprised by the comments in the review posted by Basheva. I think I made some point about the emptiness of Navas' content of his last work in relation to his use of nudity in the 'Nudity in Dance' thread in the Issues forum... IP: Logged
Marie Moderator	posted February 20, 2001 23:40 Since we already have a thread on Navas going, I've moved this here... Originally Posted by Stuart Sweeney February 20, 2001 14:25 Eva Yaa Asantewaa reviews Compagnie Flak in José Navas's Perfume de Gardenias" as part of "Altogether Different" (Joyce Theater, January) http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0108/asantewaa.shtml IP: Logged
Marie Moderator	posted October 06, 2001 13:47 Compagnie Flak Website IP: Logged
Marie Moderator	posted May 31, 2002 09:09 Marites Carino - Montreal Mirror, May 30, 2002> June 06, 2002: quote: Cut me some Flak Artistic director of his own company Flak, Venezuelan-born choreographer José Navas is back on stage this week with a retrospective of his works at L’Agora de la danse. The show highlights Navas’s evolution from ’92 to the present day. more... IP: Logged
Marie Moderator	posted May 31, 2002 09:56 More on Compagnie Flak in the Criticaldance forum: Jose Navas (Compagnie Flak) & Walter Haman Compagnie Flak - 'Perfume de Gardenias' IP: Logged

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