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What They Are Saying About Lori Belilove & Company ...Lori
Belilove and Company honored the beginnings of modern dance with reconstructions of works by one of its founders, Isadora Duncan. Gentle movements abounded in pieces created early in this century. ...Ms. Belilove commenced with her solo Capture, performed to a Chopin mazurka, followed by Air Gai, to music from Gluck operas, in which she led her small company. Both were performed
with a pastoral serenity. The Suite of Schubert Waltzes
afforded solos for her four dancers. The most impressive of these were performed by Margaret Velez and Cherlyn Smith...Jennifer Sprowl and Karen Dantzler in classical poses that would seem to emanate from the spirit of Isadora. The company as a whole serves a historic dance purpose. One can't help but be affected by the overwhelming sincerity and dedication of the young dancers involved here. Most heartening, indeed.
...I escaped downtown to where Lori Belilove, a dedicated Duncan dance scholar, and her four woman troupe were giving a recital. This was a satisfying performance, mainly through
Belilove's intense theatricality and grasp of dance drama. She harbors the genuine Duncan flame yet adds her own distinct individuality. Her excellently trained dancers, Karen Dantzler, Cherlyn Smith, Jennifer Sprowl and Margaret
Velez, all impressive technicians, tailor their expertise to the repetitive skips, runs and leaps of the Duncan dance vocabulary, investing each dance with blazing sincerity... ...Lori Belilove & Company stands out...with its fervently committed performances...a brilliant introduction to a new series...Thanks to the purity of style transmitted by Ms. Belilove and her dancers the
Schubert suite looked modern and abstract rather than naive...The Company offers insights and revelations...Pre-Raphaelite sensuality...sharp and unexpected dynamics. The
program builds in heroic intensity...each step and gesture was given its full measure in a flowing continuum of dance....this is Duncan dancing of unusual vigor, physical weight and wholeheartedness. The dancers stood out for their
lyrical, beautifully shaped arms and hands...emotions and gestures rose out of the dancing rather than any look of acting. Throughout the program one felt much closer to (Duncan) the artist than to the romantic legend. Although there were never more than five women on-stage, Duncan's magnificent choreographic energy made her dances seem symphonically scaled. ..the women could have been rallying all the world's forces of the good, the true, and the beautiful. ...Ms. Belilove's company rolled back the years to the glorious beginnings of modern dance. ...impressively performed. Clad in blood red tunics, the five artists danced the emotionally expressive dances by Duncan and Belilove.... spectators were gallantly applauding the
company amid accompanying blasts of thundcr and lightning. ...honored both the letter and the spirit of the choreography of Isadora Duncan. ...a feast of sound, color, and emotion presented skillfully and sensitively to an admiring audience.
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