Into The Light by PCK Dance
Following Vessel, In the Absence leaves the audience feeling oddly uplifted, sprinkling a little of its shine on us in these dark and dismal times.
Following Vessel, In the Absence leaves the audience feeling oddly uplifted, sprinkling a little of its shine on us in these dark and dismal times.
An excellent triple bill… a superb evening, one that showed, once again, that the NSCD is still at the top of the dance training tree
It was a loud night. Not in decibels, but in the way each of the three short works occupied the act of looking.
A varied selection of choreographic voices… Every work showed a different sense of direction, whether through ideas, energy or physical presence
A very appealing and always engaging 55-minute look at what it really takes to work creatively with another person
About HIV/AIDS, Tell Me certainly leaves its mark. For all its difficult subject matter, it’s also a work that’s warm and full of hope and optimism.
The dancers are committed and the themes are ambitious. What I miss is not effort, but clarity.
Three works that approach dance from very different directions. Movement functioned as performance, but also a way of listening, gathering and questioning
All three pieces show performers with ability and intent, but none of them offers a thread I can follow.
From theatrical storytelling, to an intimate duet built around physical touch, to an abstract collaboration between movement and installation
Some works appear fully formed, while others feel provisional, still in dialogue with larger ideas yet to come… energy emerges as a shared currency