UpRooted Dance
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An Excerpt From Cathy Hardy's Review of the Live Arts Dance Festival 2009 in Charlottesville VA. This article was written Feb 9, 2009 in the C'Ville.
"Leading UpRooted Dance, Keira Hart-Mendoza has some good ideas. Her duet, “Trace Memories,” performed with Jessie Laurita-Spanglet, incorporated a lovely wriggling motif that made me think of Botticelli’s “Venus.” And there was a pretty gesture of wrapping the inside of the forearm that left an impression. I don’t know why the piece, set to music by Erik Satie and an electronic variation of same, ended when it did. But I can still see some of the moves.
In addition, Hart-Mendoza showed real theatrical ambition with “Short Stories of Entertainment,” a four-parter in which she played the master of ceremonies as she led a quartet of lovelies (including the witty Aaron Wine) through entertainment scenarios that variously exploited attractive, supple women, ending with “America’s Next Top Hot Dancing Ladies.” As might be expected, that segment called for the audience to vote by phone for the winner. It was an overly long piece, but one infused with a recognizable idea, and one that encouraged the performers to project into the crowd."
"Leading UpRooted Dance, Keira Hart-Mendoza has some good ideas. Her duet, “Trace Memories,” performed with Jessie Laurita-Spanglet, incorporated a lovely wriggling motif that made me think of Botticelli’s “Venus.” And there was a pretty gesture of wrapping the inside of the forearm that left an impression. I don’t know why the piece, set to music by Erik Satie and an electronic variation of same, ended when it did. But I can still see some of the moves.
In addition, Hart-Mendoza showed real theatrical ambition with “Short Stories of Entertainment,” a four-parter in which she played the master of ceremonies as she led a quartet of lovelies (including the witty Aaron Wine) through entertainment scenarios that variously exploited attractive, supple women, ending with “America’s Next Top Hot Dancing Ladies.” As might be expected, that segment called for the audience to vote by phone for the winner. It was an overly long piece, but one infused with a recognizable idea, and one that encouraged the performers to project into the crowd."
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