Author: Bernadette Rae Source: New Zealand Herald 5:00 AM Friday Aug 8, 2014 The opening work in this most mesmerising of programmes begins with a filmed section projected on to a…
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Source: Theaterreview.org.nz Author: Dr Linda Ashley Date: August 7, 2014 Undertide, by NZ/USA Minnesota-based directors of the BodyCartography Project Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad, is a sepia study of dynamic sustainment and…
Source: mn.artists blog July 17, 2014 BodyCartography co-directors Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad speak with HIJACK collaborators Kristin Van Loon and Arwen Wilder about some of the many behind-the-scenes variables that go into…
Author: Karl Cronin Date: June 20, 2014 I sat in the audience. I didn’t know where to begin. He was stretching his arms up, and then gathering them in again. There…
Author: Julia MilsomSource: Theater ReviewDate: June 7 2014 Should dance be a consumer product spoon fed to us to brighten up our day like soft serve television? Or, can dance be something that…
Author: Val SmithSource: Theater ReviewDate: June 6 2014 At the opening of Footnote New Zealand Dance’s new season of original works by New Zealand choreographers at the Herald Theatre in Auckland, NOW 2014,…
Author: Sam TrubridgeSource: Theater ReviewDate: May 30 2014 The new Hannah Playhouse opened its doors last night for the first ever Footnote New Zealand Dance NOW season. While this mixed bill format has been…
Minnesota-based choreographer Olive Bieringa was back in New Zealand recently to work with Footnote Dance on their ‘Now’ series. She tells Eva Radich about her approach. Click to listen.
Source: Critical Correspondence March 12, 2014 BodyCartography co-directors Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad speak with HIJACK collaborators Kristin Van Loon and Arwen Wilder about the premiere of HIJACK’s premiere of…
Author: Nichole Jankowski Source: V Magazine Date: October 2013 There is no journey that grips the imagination of the American people more profoundly that the trip from east to west….
Author: Sheila Regan, Behind the Story Source: TC Daily Planet Date: June 23, 2013 After Outlet, I headed over to the I-94 underpass near the Basilica to see BodyCartography Project,…
Author: Michael J. Kramer Source: CULTURE ROVER: PROMISCUOUS CULTURAL CRITICISM Date: October 2013 “And all I gotta do is act naturally.” — written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison, sung…
Author: Camille Le Fevre Source: MNartists.blog Laurie Van Wieren has done something wonderful and original with her newest curatorial project, Monday Live Arts: She’s made the making of performance fun, enlightening,…
Author: Douglas Wolk Source: Wired.com Date: 09.13.13 ST. PAUL – The first sign of unusual life at tonight’s Station to Station show was parked outside Union Depot: Kate Casanova’s “Vivarium…
Author: Sheila Regan Source: City Pages Date: August 21, 2013 The Soap Factory has a history of including dance and performance art as part of its programming. There’s the WorkHorse…
Author: Lightsey Darst Source: MNartists.org Date: July 1, 2013 The template – beautiful people, beautifully filmed with a sketch of a story or character – is identical. In feature films,…
Author: Michele Steinwald Source: walkerart.org Date: June 10, 2013 When I asked a room filled with my peers to imagine an ideal future for presenting contemporary dance performances, they agreed…
Source: Bachtrack Author: Ivan Talijancic Date: January 23rd, 2013 I promise I am not late – the house lights are up and the performance has not formally begun. And yet, the…
Source: CulturebotAuthor: Jeremy M. BarkerJanuary 8, 2013 “We had another show we did in New York at the COIL Festival in 2009, called Holiday House,” Otto Ramstad, half of the core…
Author: Jessica Fiala Source:blogs.walkerart.org Date: October 29, 2012 A SpeakEasy is an informal audience discussion facilitated by a Walker tour guide and a local performer or choreographer. Today’s edition highlights themes…
Source: The Green Room, Walker Art Center blog Author: Michele Steinwald Cutting-edge dance artists “tend to explore anything that transports them closer to the inside, closer to an understanding of…
BodyCartography, with a premiere at the Walker this weekend, boldly explores both inner and outer landscapes. Article by: Kristin Tillotson Source: Star Tribune Even while recoiling in distaste, professional dancers exude grace….
Author: Peter WitrakDate: January, 22, 2009Source: danceonpaper.com Holiday House is a playful performance that rarely lets go of your attention, like a wayward toddler whose silly antics turn the living…
Performances at Dance Place, the National Mall, 8th St Arts Park, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, & Upshur Park & Recreation Center. 