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Choreographed by

Heather Olson

Performed by

Erin Gerken

Levi Gonzalez

Heather Olson

Lighting by

Chloe Z. Brown

Sound design and projections by

James Lo

 
Heather Olson - Shy Showoff

September 21-24, 2011 8PM

photo | Ashley Steele

In her newest work, Bessie Award-winner Heather Olson explores the relationship between internal emotional landscapes and external presentation, and the ability of abstract movement and structure to reveal and cloak meaning at the same time.

Who is the shy show off? She looks a little bit like an Egyptian painting - the sculpture moves - maybe that's her tail that sends sharp impulse - but the change is not a release at all, there is something we don't see - I see her from the back standing in the second position and moving hips from side to side - she lifts her heels to make the movement sexier - she does it for a while, and gives me chance to observe abruptness in the movement, which doesn't fit well with the initial idea of sexy movement - big step to the right - we see her right side - when her head and shoulders return to the front it looks like somebody grabs her at the collar - she without harming herself falls down, stretches out and rolls on the floor.

Delicate, precise phrases hint at layers of meaning, and repeated motifs...play with cliche to sophisticated effect.—Claudia La Rocco, NY Times

 

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