‘The last live performance I liked a lot was Reggie Wilson’s POWER, in February at the ICA. Wilson is a most unaffected choreographer. His dancers don’t act up or pretend to be characters, but their dancing conveys whatever the audience needs to understand a place, a time, a person. Most of all, Wilson is invested in music. He based POWER on the Shakers, but with music that ranges from traditional hymns to drumming to gospel, he opens out that category to include forgotten black leaders and the present audience as well.’
‘I was mesmerized by this dance company’s performance. The Korean troupe explored the complex relationship between nature and the human body. The result was wonderfully expansive: a meditation on how dance fits into the physical world.’
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