Kaari Martin showed that she´s constantly renewing and ambitious artist, who isn´t afraid to open new doors (indeed, this was what the fully packed house was breathlessly waiting from her)

"The singer Rafael Jiménez "Falo" is sovereign in his adaptations on Roni Martin´s poems translated in spanish. Especially impressive were Sanna Salmenkallio on violin, Edin Bahtijaragi on accordion and Pablo Suárez on piano."

(Tell me rain, Anni Valtonen, Helsingin Sanomat 18.2.2006)

"The music was excellent and rarely I have seen such a charming contact between the musicians and the dancers. I feel, that the way the piece was performed in Tampere, it had everything essential and necessary on stage"

 "It´s no wonder that the group was chosen as the only nordic group to the Certamen de Coreografia de Danza Española y Flamenco -competition in Spain. And it´s no wonder that the group reached the third price."

"The part with the slim black fringe skirts was constructed extremely well and it was underlined by the music, rich in nuances and full of suprises, composed on the original flamenco rhythms.  Thrilling and tight. The movements of the dance were building the tension to the top, restrained the excitement for one suppressing moment, untill it frayed with enjoyment and flexibility. Stylish and dangerous like a combination of James Bond and Alfred Hitchcock!"

(Cuéntame Lluvia/Tell me rain, Merja Koskiniemi, Aamulehti 29.7.2006)

"The performance was a brilliant and extremely enjoyable dance piece, especially when the expression was near the traditional flamenco. The dance and Richard Kautto´s digital projections built a good and working whole, best moments were where the dance formed kind of performing element to the more abstract paintings.The moment when Kaari Martin literally touched the painting as she was dancing was simply breathtaking."

"Choreographer Kaari Martin is in the very top of  the new flamenco artists in the nordic countries. The  best known of  her groups pieces is La Kalevala. In her dance she combines the flamenco technique to the freedom of  contemporary dance. Tell me rain combines different dance styles and art forms. The piece is built around Roni Martin´s poems and compositions that are supported by Kautto´s paintings. The starting-points of the piece are very ambitious and interesting. Tell me rain is divided in seven episodes about love."

(Cuéntame Lluvia/Tell me rain, Marjaterttu Harri, Lapin Kansa 27.2.2006)  
 

"I sju poetiska scener framställer hon förändring och förnyelse med ett mera abstrakt och rörelsebaserat uttryck. Stämningen och intensiteten är trots det så stark och dramatisk att helheten framstår som en serie bilder av dramatiska ögonblick i livet." "I Kerro minulle sade står det klart att förnyelsen inte skett via  korsbefruktning eller fusion av konventioner och element från andra former av scenisk dans. I stället utgör flamencon ett starkt fundament både för rörelsevokabulären och för sättet att låta de tre dansarna framföra sina partier. Trots ett friare och mindre konventionbundet uttryck avläser vi verket klart som flamenco."

"Roni Martin har componerad musiken och skrivit dikterna som spelats in med Rafael "Falo" Jiménez som vokalist och Pablo Suárez vid pianot. Musiken och scenaktionen står i obruten symbios. Bägge elementen är hjelgjutna och kunnigt framförda." "Elementens kvalitet och deras utpräglade expressiviteten gör att helheten bensäkert tänker sin publik." "Mitt intryck är att Kaari Martins framställning är fullt öppen, som "eld och lågor" från början till slut."

(Cuéntame Lluvia/Tell me rain, Jan-Peter Kaiku, Hufvudstadsbladet 20.2.2006)