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"The work speaks in many registers, though its most effective vehicle remains the pulsating bodies and roaring spirits of its dancers." Sarah Cecilia Bukowski, New York
"Jesse Obremski's choreography is sophisticated and subtle, textured with the use of repetition and counterpoint. However Obremski/Works is more than a dance company, it is a vehicle for soc…
"In keeping with the tenor of the series, there is nothing stuffy about this programming. Three of the four choreographers (Nami Yamimoto, Mina Nishimura, and Stephen Petronio) are longtime,…
"Lavagnino's invitation to 'get what you get' based on your own personal history not only alleviates that anxiety, but opens up a world of possibility to audiences who may be unfamiliar with…
"With Queer the Ballet, Pierce and her team are doing revolutionary work, utilizing many recognizable aspects of the ballet structure"like the impressive, flashy, and jam-packed variations t…
In silence Malcolm-x Betts and Ella Dawn W-S lightly touch as they struggle to balance. Their bodies are close, and the shapes of their bodies, often with one leg in back attitude while slow…
"On a shared La MaMa Moves Festival! program with Yoshiko Chuma & the School of Hard Knocks, the Yoggs open the evening with 12-year-old Bea Yon crossing the stage." Catherine Tharin, Ne…
"Ochando is not only preparing for The Joyce season, but he is also choreographing for FVCS and invited artists to perform Maurice Ravel's BOLERO and Suite No. 2 from Manual de Falla's TH…
"Ultimately we are celebrating community, possibility, and hope. My mother who passed away at almost 99-years-old, when people would ask her what got her through the war, she said she never …
"With "[ the hurricanes in your mouth ]," multidisciplinary artist and engineer Johann Diedrick offers a transportive sound installation and performance that awakens the senses and defies de…
" j. bouey, an outward acting artist, points out inequities but patiently, and often exuberantly, encourages the community to gather and change for the greater good." Catherine Tharin, Brook…
"Bill likes to say that we're married, and in the artistic way, we are married. I very much cherish that relationship and the way I am allowed to grow in this partnership, given opportunitie…
" Travesty Doll Play Ballez thrives on a multidimensional attunement to the power of transformation. While eschewing staged sets and linear narrative devices in favor of an open, abstract ex…
"Using her body as the constant and speed as the variable, O my soul marks Norton's relationship to the passing of time."Â - Cecly Placenti, New York
"What appears as simply an immersive show and monumental party speaks deeper. The event intentionally and excitingly rejects any semblance of traditional performance viewing, meant to be acc…
"It's rare for any mixed bill to be full of hits, yet the Fresh Tracks artists delivered just that with style and verve to spare. These tracks are certainly ones worth following." Sarah Ceci…
"The exceptional dancers deliver knockout performances with an almost always frontal focus and an intensity in which the volume is turned on high without pause." " Henning Rübsam, New York
"What's exciting about the current Gibney company, under the direction of Gilbert T. Small II since 2022, is that the dancers invest the movement with personal vitality, they react to each o…
"Leñador and her collaborators have created an evening that takes us through the highs and lows of being. Whether or note we've witnessed her mental breakdown or the world breaking he…
"At the age of 96, Graham surprised her fans with the antics of Maple Leaf Rag, but perhaps she found a source of mirth in her own longevity...From her raised vantage-point, she can see the …
"Sometimes the songs' repurposing works brilliantly, such as when "Don't Stand So Close to Me," originally written about an unseemly relationship between a teacher and pupil, is used to acco…
"One of the many layers that make me love Dances … is its sense of community. The work is as non-hierarchical as ballet was able to get at Lincoln Center in 1969...Brahms-Schoe…
"Martha Graham's The Rite of Spring is not about exotic people separated from us by time and distance. It's about the here and now. Unlike Errand into the Maze, where we remain passive spect…
