Ballet Hispanico is far from Irish, and, though it has strong dancers, its Spanishness has always left me unconvinced.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Latin guys dance. American guys don't dance. That's a big difference.
Fortunately I'm Latin, and I'm born with a little bit of rhythm by default. It's in the DNA. I have that going for me, but I've never been considered one of the world's greatest dancers.
The Spanish and the American audiences are lunatics. They are very passionate and, like the Irish, they don't have as many inhibitions. If you are playing somewhere like Austria or Sweden, it takes them a little while to come out of themselves.
Dancing is part of me now! The Latin dances are where my passions are.
I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing.
One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.
Irish and Italian are my two favourite people.
My feet always danced to Irish traditional music, but I was very glad to get out of the North of Ireland in the mid-Seventies when it was really closed and tight and relentlessly unforgiving.
The power of music in Spanish is so strong, that I couldn't stay away from it any longer.
I love the dancing and the music from Latin cultures. I went to a Flamenco show in Spain once, and it completely took my breath away!