Selected Reviews

'Mr. Sandoval, arriving next as if blown in from the wings, had a more spontaneous aura of thinking on his feet as he riffed off the bassist Greg Richardson’s Afro-Brazilian sounds, played live. This smooth solo and the rousing group piece that followed were excerpts from his new show, “Music From the Sole,” created with Mr. Richardson. When will New York get to see the whole thing?'
April 24, 2015 - Siobhan Burke, The New York Times
Review: 'Rhythm in Motion' lets new tap ring out

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'In a duet with Byron Tittle, Brazilian émigré Leo Sandoval conceived beats as mathematically rigorous and exciting in their elaboration as the early Steve Reich phasic music to which the dancing was bound.'
July 13, 2018 - Apollinaire Scherr, The Financial Times
Tap City Sampler, Symphony Space, New York - a genre in great shape

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'A thoroughbred on video, Sandoval is strong yet fine-boned, capable of authority and nuance'
July 26, 2013 - Laura Molzahn, Chicago Sun-Times
Tapmeisters unite at CHRP's jubilant "JUBA!"

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'[Sandoval's] work goes both to Brian Seibert’s notion of hybridity, and to Michelle Dorrance’s reaching toward a synthesis of tap traditions.'
August 15, 2016 - Carolyn & Eli Newberger, The Berkshire Edge
Review: Tap Dance heaven at Jacob's Pillow with Dorrance Dance

'... Leonardo Sandoval's  Partido, with its intricate Brazilian beats and textures ...
April 4, 2017 - Brian Seibert, The New York Times
Review: 'Abundant tap talent [...]'

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'Leonardo Sandoval is [...] laid-back and affable, and marked by a kind of grace'
April 29, 2016 - Marina Harss, Dance Tabs
Review: Dorrance Dance - ETM: Double Down

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'No cookie-cutter corps here. There's [...] Leonardo Sandoval’s intricate “in the pocket” rhythmic footwork [...]' 
April 14, 2018 - Janet Smith, The Georgia Straight
Review: Dorrance Dance takes tap in exhilarating new directions at DanceHouse
'[...] Leo Sandoval, the smoothest tapper from Brazil [...]'
June 9, 2018 - Wendy Perron, Dance Magazine
Rhythm in Motion is the Ultimate celebration of Tap in New York City

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'Especially memorable [was] a tender duet by Leonardo Sandoval and Byron Tittle'
December 4, 2015 - Nancy G. Heller, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Review: Dorrance Dance taps in during Philadelphia debut

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​TV/ Interviews

Video: Students get sneak peek at Folk Festival performance
Preview of the National Folk Festival in Greensboro, NC​
September 9, 2016 - Fox News (TV)

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Video: New York-based Dorrance Dance perform modern tap in Vancouver
Performance preview/ Interview of Michelle Dorrance
April 12, 2018 - Global News (TV)

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Video: A night in Brazil at the Creative Alliance
Interview on Fox 45's morning show
May 24, 2016 - Fox 45 (TV)
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Interview on Programa do Jô  (in Portuguese)
Dec 9, 2009 - Globo Channel, Brazil
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