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Artistic director Michelle Kranicke's ensemble piece, "The Rhythm of Irreversible Direction," offers entrancing combinations of performer-generated chants… the most gripping aspect is a contrasting detached duet. Associate director Emily Stein's, "The Moment of Disappearing," is evocatively structured. The Rhythm of Irreversible Direction," is remarkably subdued and elegant. "Wanderthrough was a 20-minute odyssey of sound and high-energy creativity, a showcase for Michelle Kranicke's riveting choreography." —Kalamazoo Gazette, 2003 "Zephyr Dance's Niagara Mind and Wanderthrough . . . are surreal, at times downright libidinous, and often balletic. And both works are hypnotic, athletic and powerful in their imagery. Hopefully, Zephyr Dance will return to Madison again soon." —Wisconsin State Journal, 2001 |
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Full reviews available on request. "[Michelle Kranicke's and Emily Stein's dances] have in common a composer's sense of form . . . . They burn phrases into your retina, then bring them back as unifying formal elements. Their dances progress through episodes, rather like Bach fugues." "[Frozen Straight On] is full of wild, thought-less looking, but well organized movement. The result embodies both strength and vulnerability. "[Kranicke has] choreographed very simple but affecting movement…as stately yet light as the earliest courtly forms of ballet… Do Us Part sneaks up on you emotionally and deals a devastating blow in the quiet final section." —Chicago Reader, "Critic's Choice," 1999 "…the group displayed an incredible amoebic acrobatic talent, six converging into one mass and diverging into three…flawlessly exhibiting incredible strength." "Michelle Kranicke, Zephyr's artistic director, produced the most successful dances . . . mysterious and emotionally challenging." —Chicago Reader, 1997 "Kranicke's ensemble pieces boast graceful moments of design and unity." —Chicago Tribune, 1996 "Kranicke's Des Femmes shows friendship between women in the most structurally elegant form I've seen." |
