Legacy in Progress - Choreo Collective About 6 dancers in muted browns danced ballet moves. The7y kept trying various pirouettes, stands and spins as if in a dance rehearsal.
IONS - Anna Smith Milling involved 3 dancers in white tops, brown pants who started together slowly and then at random one of them would spill off on her own in a frenzy.
Swinging on a Bench Kearns Dance Project was fantastic. A red bench is brought out and a couple sit back to back and turn heads, make faces to each other and then dance is some very crisp prone moves. This was some of the best technical dancing of the night.
Le Moment De Partir Caroline Calouche. This started out boring with Caroline her back to the audience wearing black bikini bottoms and a halter top. She used her arms and hands in gestures to indicate an animal or insect leaving the egg or larva stage. When she stepped out of her hands and turned, the music changed form a rainstorm with sounds of thunder to Bach. She then danced lively with leaps and arm and leg thrusts. The piece ended up with her bent over seemingly like an insect with four legs. this was very well choreographed and extremely well danced.
Thillina By Balanchandran. This seemed to be classical Indian dance. The performers stomped their bare feet for sounds and also wore ankle bells. Four females in mostly red and gold colorful Indian garb with lots of jewelry and one male in white pants and top with gold trim. The male had gold arm bands and red fingertips and toes. He danced the center position of this troupe. IT was different, lively and entertaining accompanied by Indian chanting and sitar music. There was a large Indian contingent including kids in the audience.
Conversational Interludes - Heather Nabors. Two dumpy looking dancers in gray sweat pants and matching tops performed a sequence of conversational gestures such as wait!, what?, I don't get it, I understand. The choreography was original, I just wish they had better looking dance bodies performing this.
Your Call is Important to us - Sidelong This was the highlight of the evening. The dancers captured in movements the dialing of digits, the voice responses and then music on hold using Vivaldi music in which they feigned sleepiness, lying down and boredom. Ringback was the rolling of heads, frustration was the clenching of hands and upward looking squishy faces. The costumes were also brilliant - light tan pants with varied colors of solid pastel tops. This dance was colorful, humorous, told a nice story and execution was flawless.
Besides. Christine Kiernan - white tops and brown bottoms danced duet style, I didn't think any of it was remarkable.
!Hey! - Aloban Elved. I hated this number by a dancer with too long blonde hair and the ;ooks of a transvestite with mans boots, mans pants, an orange top showing breast buds. She gyrated and danced upside down to lively music undulating her whole body while on her shoulders. Somehow hips, legs and torso were able wiggle. Didn't like this at all.
Promise Allison Daniels. A large company in spotted black and white skirts with aqua blue panties and white tops. The two girls who started dancing were not bad but the third girl entered, Carmen, who misstepped a number of times and faltered other times. Either needs more practice or not talented. The number ended with 8 or 9 dancers but like the title, this piece promises more than it delivers.