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Ellen Cornfield/Cornfield Dance: "Close-Up" (2017) by Joel Benjamin

There was a mysterious coolness about "Close-Up" which, according to a program note by Ms. Cornfield, was meant to delve into the personalities of her five dancers, doing this by assigning very particular gestures"touching the face with a finger, holding a palm to the forehead, quivering hands, mimed pouring, nods"and facial expressions like appearing to laugh or shout to each dancer. She called these intimate, non-…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:41PM on May 23, 2017

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