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"He's hip." Arsenio Hall
"a major talent" The Bay Guardian
"leaves them laughing coast to coast" San Francisco Chronicle
from the
San Francisco Examiner
(May 7, 1992):
"...By far the
most accomplished and successful act was that of Derique..., the
longtime Bay Area performer. [Derique] is no newcomer to electronics (his
1989 show at the Oakland Ensemble Theatre had a high-tech finale). . . .
Turning his own limbs into a drum set or a harpsichord keyboard, [Derique]
makes the technology disappear behind the 'interface' of his body. And his
skill as a dancer and silent clown is such that this disappearing act doesn't
leave the audience empty-handed. He 'plays himself,' and the resul—percussive,
syncopated and dynamic—is exhilerating."
from The New York Times (July 18, 1987):
". . .It is undeniably the speediest of the many star turns in 'The Comedy of Errors,' playing these days at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. . .[Derique] has found himself carrying on something of a one-man hambone crusade in the attempt to refurbish its status. . . .According to Dr. Joseph Boskin, professor of history and Afro-American tudies at Boston University, [Derique's] efforts to revive hambone 'are representative of a growing movement in America to keep alive elements of black culture that have survived through the generations.'"
derique@derique.com
510-540-5171
PO Box 2672 Berkeley CA
94702-0672 USA
