Album Notes

FIREDANCE is the original music composed for Flamenco dance artist Esmeralda Enrique and Kathak dance artist Joanna de Souza. Nominated for a Canadian JUNO award, for Best Global Album, composers Ritesh Das, director of the Toronto Tabla Ensemble and Nicolas Hernandez, flamenco guitarist extraordinaire, developed a score that fully supports the explosive collaboration of these two dance forms – and more importantly, the dance artists. All the music performed on FIREDANCE represents the best in Canadian WORLD music.
Artists include:
Toronto Tabla Ensemble: Ritesh Das, Joanna de Souza, Santosh Naidu, Gurtej Hunjan, Rakesh Tewari, Morgan Doctor, Keith Suttcliffe, Anand Kapur, Jai Pahuja, Ed Hanley
Guests: Maryem Tollar, Ramesh Misra, Paco Fonta, Miguel de Cadiz, Christopher Ris
Dance Artists: Esmeralda Enrique – Flamenco - Joanna de Souza – Kathak -