Well, I've had been waiting and mourned the absence of De La Guarda,and while walking by Union Square in 2006, I saw the ads for the international sensation where they could be lifted into the air at any moment, will happily greet the arrival of Fuerza Bruta, an often-astounding new theatrical experience co-created by four De La Guarda veterans at that show's former home, the Daryl Roth Theatre. I had to go! That isn't to say there isn't a certain level of audience interaction here. Once again, patrons stand for the entire show, are often forcibly moved around by the staff (mostly to prevent being pummeled by a piece of oversize equipment) and are periodically pelted by water, paper, and styrofoam, the show's most used element. At the very end, as well, the empty theater is briefly turned into a dance club, complete with an overenthusiastic DJ and music so loud, you might want to ask for earplugs, (The staff may be one step ahead of you, as they offered one of my friends a pair midway during the show.) I didn't mind at all! At no moment in Fuerza Bruta is more attention-getting than when a 45-foot-wide clear-bottom swimming pool descends from the ceiling, complete with four very athletic women swirling around. The piece de resistance arrives when the pool is lowered just enough so that audience members can touch it -- which, of course, they do. (The act kind of gives new meaning to the term copping a feel.)
One wishes the bag of tricks in Fuerzabruta was a little more full -- more than one sequence gets repeated -- and that the segues between acts were a little more seamless. But there are far worse ways to spend an hour in New York City. Now my fellow Mexicanos, go and get more excitment in your heart throbbing DF life because it's live until June 26th!Carpa Santa Fe
Av. Vasco de Quiroga Nu. 200. Col. Santa Fe, Mexico DF 08400
http://fuerzabruta.com.mx/
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