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FEATURED: V Magazine by Michael Anthony Hall
“Influenced by the extravagance of ’70s and ’80s American music videos and entertainers like Elvis, Palomo’s approach of bold forms and genderless cuts solidified Reisen’s creative concepts, resulting in a 16-minute-long display of choreographed vibrance.”
FEATURED: Avenue Magazine by Joshua David Stein
“For the next 16 minutes, in frighteningly kinetic movement, they entwine with each other, devouring the stage as if starving, sending beams into the house.”
REVIEW: Rolling Stone Magazine by Jeff Ihaza
“Play Time imagines the hustle and bustle of the city’s white-collar workers, minus the hustle. Not that the dancers moved without urgency. Set to a score commissioned from Solange, the piece ponders what would happen if the tenacity we reserve for maximizing profits instead pointed toward the corporeal necessity of play, towards the body’s ability to flutter with joy and whimsy when unmoored by the vagaries of capital.”
REVIEW: The New York Times by Gia Kourlas
“In this lively, jazzy composition, a repetitive and dreamy concoction featuring a persistent back-and-forth between piano and horns, the dancers were continually propelled through space and then pulled back into stillness. Legs struck the air in sync with the sounds of cymbals. The title wasn’t off the mark.”
REVIEW: Pitchfork by Michelle Hyun Kim
“The 16-minute piece’s joyously excessive choreography demanded every second of the viewer’s attention. Moving to plucked double bass, pentatonic descending chords on the piano, and little bells, the dancers kept things light and slinky, flicking their arms and legs as if they were tickling tendrils.”
REVIEW: Fjord Review by Faye Arthurs
“Throughout “Signs,” Reisen moved her dancers about the stage expertly. There were quotes from several NYCB repertory staples, but Reisen made everything her own.”
FEATURED: Dance Spirit Magazine by Olivia Manno
“Almost as quickly as she’d left, Reisen found herself back in NYCB’s studios—this time, at the front of the room, with the dancers following her instructions.“
REVIEW: Dance Plug by Steven Woodruff
“In the end Reisen leaves behind the romantic push and shove. Seated alone on the floor in the glow of a single light, she acknowledges a pause more than a determination to go it alone. Completing the metaphor in the titling, Rising Water peacefully subsides rather than ends.“
FEATURED: The Last Magazine by Jonathan Shia
“There is a certain unavoidable buzz around being the youngest to accomplish any given thing, but she is approaching the situation with a surprising equanimity.“