May 9, 2010
| Karen
| News
Exchange/Échange in S303: criticism
Explosion of clowns
“If one still crosses clowns with the daily newspaper, in the street or anywhere, their appearance on the boards and in the spectacles rarer, is limited to the world of the circus or the rigour diverted for large sanguinary productions of horror with psychopathes. With Studio 303, one hides some behind the curtains…”
by Marion Gerbier
DFdanse
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May 8, 2010
| Karen
| News
“Rocking the Strange and Original
New Dance Alliance presents a true mix
Karen Bernard curates one of the more interesting dance festivals presented in NYC in her Performance Mix Festival at Joyce Soho. The unifying theme, if there is one, seems to be quirky originality. MC/hosts Regina Rocke and Rosita Laval do a great job of keeping the interpiece transitions lightly comic, rock with her ’80s-dressed straight-outta-Bushwick persona and Laval (Nathalie Claude) as a cleverly rough-around-the-edges French Canadienne.” Quinn Batson
Offoffoff.com
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May 8, 2010
| Karen
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“The New Dance Alliance (NDA) took over Joyce SoHo last week for its 24th annual Performance Mix Festival, which brought together over thirty dance, music, video, and interdisciplinary artists from the US and abroad.” Evan Namerow
Dancing Perfectly Free
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April 22, 2010
| Karen
| News
“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.”
Megan Boyd
Manhattan Dance Examiner
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