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Partners Who Touch, Partners
Who Don't Touch Nancy Mellgren |
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American dance theater at its
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland
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“Daredevils of the heart.” Dance Magazine
“Heart-wrenching and wryly comic.” The Washington Post
“Contagiously joyful.” Dance Magazine
Follow them.” The Village Voice
Reveals the desire to shatter surfaces and
release the vital reality trapped within. Eva Yaa Asantewaa, online review
Fierce and unpredictable. Dance Magazine
Carries enough everyday magic for several productions. Eva Yaa Asantewaa, online review
Thaw is like a slow exhale. The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, NY
The dancean ingenious meld of movies and movement,
motion and stillness, glassy white and tender green, silly props and serious
ideaskeeps opening up in your mind long after the stage goes dark. Metroland, Capital Region, Albany, NY
It feels like we are all trapped under the ice. The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, NY
Impressive. Virtuosic. Amazing. Imagistically rich.
The New York Times
Some of the finest - and certainly some of the funniest
episodes of dance drama. The Village Voice
Intriguing... ingenious... around her swirl the forces of the soul.
The New York Times
Provocative...priceless...astounding...important...splendid. Back Stage
Smart, bold, with a decidedly wild streak. The Village Voice
Unfolds with the pulsating rhythm of a carefully crafted poem... one part
Woody Allen narrative, one part prayer. The Daily Gazette - Schenectady, NY
Pearson pours out her soul along with boxes of salt. The Washington Jewish Week
Magical... mystical... elemental... a well crafted weave of movement, monologue, original music, and poetry whose separate threads remain distinct, but in balance... funny, agonizing, and beautiful. Metroland, Albany, NY
Wonderfully performed... with immense skill and humor. The Village Voice
Proves that dance can bring visual and intellectual stimulation together.. most memorable... strikingly beautiful... evocative... The Washington Post
Engrossing theater. The Village Voice
Simultaneously poignant and absurd. Dance Magazine
Magic is an appropriate description. Evening Press, Dublin, Ireland
How much they - and we, too - relish the immediacy of any destructiveness
we can wreak short of the fatal. The Village Voice
Performed with breathtaking vitality and energy. Der Toggenburger, Switzerland
Pushes the rituals of a traditional community over the edge into mysterious, subversive, and often funny acts. The audience was delighted." The Village Voice
Truly absorbing - offers insights into the problems of humankind
and its relationships. The Glasgow Herald
A tough-tender dance, staged with wise theatricality. The Village Voice
Im always impressed by the ideas Pearson and Widrig tackle.
Their dramatic pieces range over a variety of cultures. The Village Voice
Extremely original. Calcutta Times, India
Electrifying. Lush and delightful. Dance Magazine
Intense and vivid. The Village Voice
A touch of genius; bravo! Le Journal dEgypte, Cairo, Egypt
Disarmingly frank. Nothing was sacred. The New York Times
Renewed the audiences gusto for life.
Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Lima, Peru
They often dance together as if all dances began and ended in bed.
The Village Voice
Personal and public, private and profound, humorous and
sad, sober and enlightening. Lincoln Journal Star
The movement is free and feeling, evolving in ways that
make perfect sense. The Village Voice
Pearson's Ley Lines is a fine and thoughtful example of a piece composed not just for the shape, but for the ambience of a space. Ley lines are the lines of energy in the earth that ancient Celts believed intrinsic to a place.
I think Pearson found Bethesda's. The Village Voice
Much of Pearson's dance is spent heart and hands on the ground, as if to lay pulse to pulse. There is a sense of rolling room and open air. There's a memory of the playground, of group effort and shifting affinities, of empty fields lengthening in the distance. Andy Teirstein's music, ghostly bagpipes and tectonic drones, makes that distance a dusky, mystical one. The Village Voice
At its best, their energy can be transformational. Philadelphia CityPaper
Details journeys across landscapes literal and psychic.
It seems to be exploring every avenue of a new neighborhood,
the common places and the strange. The Village Voice
Terrific comedy, unassuming, hilariously earnest and
even poignant. The New York Times
His charisma lies in his contradictions. The Village Voice
The persuasive momentum explodes, mid-dance, into breezy
images of free flight. Swoosh! Dance Magazine
Seems like a spiritual journey
blending quickness and lush softness
a Pierrot Lunaire tumbling beneath the moon. The Village Voice
A potent, intelligent presence. The Village Voice
The theatrical ingenuity of Do You Remember? ultimately
called attention to a whole moral and political world
outside the theater. The New York Times
Like filmmakers, the choreographers people the landscape, working from various viewing angles, using perspective, scale and dynamic relationships to create
visual images that also work at levels of metaphorical meaning.
Performers and viewers alike are part of the invading hordes,
casting ephemeral human shadows on the abiding earth. The Maine Times |
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