Author: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty
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Dance Review: ‘Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group — Powerful Gifts’
‘I was swept away by the force of the rhythms and the fervent dancing.’ Read the full review here.
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Arts Fuse: ‘Dance Review: Korea’s Bereishit Dance Company — Addressing Violence, Beautifully’
‘These stand-offs evolved into a succession of beautiful partnering sequences that were completed with enormous precision and speed. The dancers made their challenging movements look effortless: bodies flipped over the backs of other bodies, men were tossed and caught after flying unaided through the air. The performers’ strength and grace was amazing.’ ‘The ensemble work…
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Critical Dance review: ‘Bereishit Dance Company: Judo; Balance & Imbalance’
‘Powerful dancing built to the sound of the drumbeats. The dancers’ bodies hypnotically shook like teens at a rock concert. Bereishit Dance Company’s dancers are impressive as both athletes and artists.’ Read the full review here.
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Appalachian Connections: ‘A.I.M Hits the Mark with App State Students’
“Kyle is a black man,” says A.I.M dancer Catherine Ellis Kirk. “He speaks to and for a community.” Kirk, now in her eighth year with the company, was speaking with nearly 20 members of App State’s Black Student Association about MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant award winner Kyle Abraham, a Pittsburgh-born choreographer whose acclaimed dance company A.I.M…
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San Diego Story review: ‘A.I.M Offers a Bonus: A Performance by Kyle Abraham’
There’s plenty of assertiveness in the high-octane “Drive”—and plenty of sound. To urgent percussion and an insistent voice repeating, “Where’s your drive?” (Theo Parrish’s “Drive”), eight dancers scramble with powerhouse leg swings, sharp isolations, slashing arms. One minute, they’re doing unison pirouettes, the next owning the stage in dance-battle solos.’ Read the full review here.
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Boston Globe Review: ‘Bereishit Creates Its Own Worlds’
“Bereishit,” meaning “In the beginning,” is the first word of the Book of Genesis. It’s also the name of the Korean dance company that Soonho Park founded in 2011. “Creation of a piece is like the creation of a world,” Park has explained, and indeed the two 25-minute pieces that Bereishit is presenting at New…
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CONTRA-TIEMPO WALLIS PERFORMANCES/LA DANCE CHRONICLE REVIEW: ‘CONTRA-TIEMPO MELDS AND MOVES TIME’
‘The stories clearly reveal a people’s ability to rise up and vanquish personal and physical challenges when “you and I become us.”There are many moments of brilliance from the supple undulating musicality of Jannet Galdamez, who lit up and covered the stage with her unique spirit and compelling movements. Diana Toledo’s guttural emotional song, Stanley…
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Arts Meme preview: ‘A minute + five years: ‘A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham’ to Long Beach’
‘Abraham readily admits the origins of his dance career: the club world of his teen years growing up in Pittsburgh. (He is perhaps the art world’s most prominent Pittsburgher since Andy Warhol.) Many dancers pursue their passion in rebellion. But for Abraham, it was different. “My parents were super supportive. My mother even got me…