Sarah Skaggs DANCE            

 

REVIEWS

"She's an ethnographer of dance--think of Laurie Anderson music during the late- 80's Japanamania."New York City Search

"...the Skaggs party showed that modern dance has plenty of appeal to children, young people and seniors who would rather move than sit still." Wilma Salisbury, The Plain Dealer

"Skaggs comes across as one of the most original movers around..." Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice

"Sarah Skagg's new dance, "Higher Ground," is an infectious dose of pure, wild energy, with dancers who must be some of the best and most disciplined movers in town." Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

"Brilliant dance work in category by itself..." Sue Stephens, The Lincoln Star

"Like an origami master, Skaggs is brilliant at folding and unfolding movement. She'll take a basic phrase and have each dancer increase the motions slightly, until they're scattered in a brilliant pattern. Her canny feel for using space keeps her dances fresh, no matter how long she's been at it." New York City Search

"What an unalloyed pleasure it is to watch Sarah Skaggs dancing. She seems born to move. It's obvious she has honed her natural gifts through training and mental discipline, so that her performances are not only captivating in their plasticity, but also are models of refinement, assurance, control and beauty of line."Alan M. Kriegsman, The Washington Post

"As a dancer, Sarah Skaggs has the long-necked elegance of a woman in a Modigliani painting, an outward cool that hints at hidden emotion." The New York Times

"Using club dance and movement, Skaggs presents the artistry of concert dance with a radical twist. Her company, Sarah Skaggs Dance, Inc., brings its innovative style and community-based philosophy to theaters, community centers, parks, and institutions like American University across the country." American University News

"In Whoville with Sarah Skaggs --Skaggs's 'Paradise' tears down the wall between performers and audience." Chris Dohse, The Dance Insider

"From the moment Dance Alloy's five eager dancers bounce on stage for Sarah Skaggs' abundantly energetic 'Get Out of the House' you know you are in for a rare treat." Carol Norris, The Cincinnati Enquirer

"When she [Sarah Skaggs] dances, as she did Saturday night at Dance Place in a 50-minute program of nonstop energy, she captivates as much from her sheer kinetic potency as from her generous onstage persona. The rapture came right away, in a shock of blinding light, as Skaggs sliced a forward-driven path in her riveting solo 'Prelude for Salome.'" Lisa Traiger, Special to The Washington Post

"If you can measure a performance's success by the audience reaction, then Sarah Skaggs's 'Higher Ground,' presented over the weekend at Dance Place, was an all-out hit -- it had the crowd dancing not in the aisles but on the floor along with the five live-wire performers of the New York-based Sarah Skaggs Dance Company." Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post