"Ballet Memphis is something of a little engine that could, to sum up the imaginative grit of Dorothy Gunther Pugh, who has presided over the group with equal dashes of elegance and temerity for 20 years." – The New York Times
"A rare accomplishment in the world of contemporary dance. Barton's alarmingly original voice resounds with a thwack." -- Boston Globe
"Barton's dancers are like bold splashes of paint. They shimmer and resonate like stringed instruments, sing in overtones, and emote in a multitude of tongues." -Dance Magazine
"Part surreal vaudeville, part circus, and part toy store after midnight. Whimsical… a delight for the eye." – The Village Voice
"Pinto's movement is sophisticated, rigorous, stylized. With the help of director Avshalom Pollak, she organizes those elements into a shimmering, shadowy world at once puzzling and plausible, a fantasy as eternally quixotic as a clown's sorrowful smile." – Vicki Sanders, Boston Herald
"The Latin-American experience at last has a voice in the feisty, elegant dancing of Ballet Hispanico"
-- The New York Times
"If you like your dance virtuosic, spiritually uplifting and socially conscious, don't miss Philadanco." – The Philadelphia Enquirer
"Its dancers are better than ever, with the marvelous athleticism, vivid personalities and sleek sensuality the company has long fostered." -John Rockwell, The New York Times
"Wherever they go, they raise the roof. The sheer joy flooding across the footlights is irresistible." -The Times (Scotland)
"The Joffrey Ballet has long been known for its versatility, moving as it has from one divergent style to another with easy verve for half a century."-- The New York Times
"The Cleveland Orchestra and Joffrey Ballet create bold, beautiful ballet together." - The Plain Dealer
"Stunningly inventive…mesmerizing…passionate…this is what dance is really about."
-- The New York Times
"Bill T. Jones is a dancer abundantly blessed with musicality. Whether he is poised in classical ballet positions or sashaying about in a quick vaudeville buck-and-wing, he appears to find the best movement for the right moment"
-- Chicago Tribune
"The Cunningham dancers are among the strongest, most heroic anywhere."
-- The Washington Post
"If the comedy group Monty Python were a ballet company, it might be something like the Trockaderos."rnrn-- San Diego Arts
"The kinetic delight of Keigwin's high-powered dancing is infectious."
-- Dance Magazine
"Varone can make the most common gesture, a grasp of the hand, or an arm outstretched in regret and let it soar into the realm of imagination."
-- Toronto Star
"Take a deep breath, because Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is going to take your breath away."
-- The Washington Post
"These choreographers have been honing their voices for many years. It shows; theirs is work to savor."
-- The New York Times
"If there's a classically trained company of the future, it's Aspen Santa Fe Ballet"
-- Boston Herald
"The continuity of changing imagery, the easy sensuousness and the wonderful push-me-pull-you surprises of the physicality: These still seem to come right out of their makers' dreams and into ours."
-- Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times
"Doug Elkins is an authentic creator who knows how to hustle and translate traditional choreographic language into new forms..."
-- Le Figaro, Paris
"When you go to see choreography by Moses Pendleton, artistic director and founder of MOMIX, you expect to be astonished. Botanica…has astonishment to spare." – Nancy G. Heller, The Philadelphia Enquirer
"Pascal Rioult celebrates the lyrical and the gutsy in his unmistakably individual and beguiling way."-- The New York Times
"Rioult stretches the imagination...creating a spine chilling work of choreography.... Perhaps the most adept and courageous choreographer in mainstream modern dance today." - Backstage
"Viewing Wien is like getting a front row seat at a grade 5 tornado." - The Salt Lake Tribune
"Paul Taylor is quite simply the most extraordinary choreographer alive. Steps flow from him and ideas bubble ."
-- Clive Barnes, New York Post
"Ailey's phenomenal popularity is unmatched by any other company."
-- The New York Times
"Awesome dancing and a backbeat to knock it all home. Eye-popping digital effects." -- The Village Voice
