Reviews

Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Maxwell Graham/ Essex Street
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A Dance Heard and Not Seen

Ellen Chenoweth

An invisible dancer casts a spell still.

Photo: Steven Pisano
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Otherworldly beauty in Batsheva’s “Hora”

Kristen Shahverdian

A glimpse into a beautiful internal world, forever separated by glass.

Photo: Shannon Brooks
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Locating knowledge: a triptych of solos

Emmett Wilson

I'm up in the woods, I'm down on my mind I'm building a still to slow down the time.

Photo: Jano Cohen
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Vibrational Affinities

Shayla-Vie Jenkins

The musicians skillfully call and respond while the dancers unabashedly labor to find a visceral relationship in concert with

Photo: Michelle Shafer
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Climbing Toward Home

Lu Donovan

Contact Improvisation as a method for how to build, leave, and return to a home.

Photo: Michael Kushner Photography
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Singing and Dancing through a 24-Hour Mandatory Waiting Period

Ella-Gabriel Mason

In 'The Appointment' the unborn speak for themselves.

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Dance as an Exploration of Love, Pain, and Performance

Caitlin Green

Watching the film felt like the motion-picture equivalent of flipping through an old photo album.

Photo: Grant McMillan
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Poetry (and Prose) in Motion

Darcy Grabenstein

Dance interpretation of written works wows writers at weekend workshop

Photo: Ashley Berkman
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Testing stereotypes through physical comedy

Lu Donovan

Five clowns visit Miniball’s stage, concluding the festival with crude jokes and a disappointing lack of care.

Photo: Mark Garvin
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Y’all Come to See A Fight?

Sophiann Mahalia Moore

Heavy are the shoulders that carry the weight of an entire race’s future.