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"extremely compelling...intelligent
without being high-minded, and often ironically absurd." "an imaginative, sculptural aesthetic
with a sharp sense of humor...both poetic and very funny...the evening's
most delightful surprise" "If choreographers were writers, then
Mark Morris would write songs, Bill T. Jones would write memoirs
... and Merce Cunningham would produce cool, intellectual essays.
As for the seven members of Snappy Dance Theater, they would turn
out limericks, love notes and haikus. " "10 Indelible Dance Events A list of 10 highlights (plus one) drawn from the four years I’ve been covering dance in Philly. Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, April
1995 (Robert Ackerman, Philadelphia City Paper; October 28, 1999) "Sensation Heaven, performed
to the music of Frank Sinatra, was hilarious ; Art is Alive was
thrilling; and Soul Searching was as touching a piece of theater
as I've ever seen." (Robert Ackerman, Philadelphia City Paper) "If it were possible for the human body
to become liquid and gain the ability to be poured into and around
other objects, it might look something like the dancers in the new
dance company SNAPPY Dance Theater." "The forms were alternatively
funny and striking, and the dancing technically superb."
... I found myself giggling
and wondering, "Whose brain thinks of these things?"
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