Performance Mix Review in Manhattan Dance Examiner p1

“On Sunday, April 18th at 3:00 PM, the line up of artists who performed were three New York City artists: Brynne Billingsley, Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance, and Kristi Spessard Dance Projects; one Utah artist: Ashley Anderson; one Vancouver group: MOVE: the company.

The concert opened with a solo by Kristi Spessard, who collaborated with Jeanne Trevers on its creation. The title was Tremor, and Kristi began the solo with pulses and contorted gestures to the sound of amplified breathing. This dance began slowly in a spotlight, the dancer appearing strung up like a puppet as if being moved by some outside force. This activity accumulated until the dancer burst out of the spot light and into the general stage space. Evocative of Mary Wigman, the dancer dropped into a low squat readdressing the opening contorted gestures. There was a brief ecstatic tossing of her body, resolving into a return to the original motif of the dance.”Megan Boyd

Manhattan Dance Examiner

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