Extreme physicality and inexplicable happiness: Blush with Andrea Miller's Gallim dancers

By Rachel Rizzuto, 29 May 2013

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Reviewed at BAM Fisher: Fishman Space, Brooklyn on 22 May 2013

Blush (Andrea Miller)

Gallim Dance

BLUSH makes new meaning at New York’s 92nd St Y

Carla Escoda, 30th April

17 years after its premiere, Andrea Miller’s BLUSH, set on her company, GALLIM, returned to entrance and perplex in equal measure at New York’s 92nd St Y.

***11

Andrea Miller's MOTHER for GALLIM premieres in New York

Carla Escoda, 5th November

A trippy compounding of dance, music, costumes and lighting in the world premiere of Andrea Miller's MOTHER.

*****

Abraham's 2x4 is a bright spot in an uneven program

Ivy Lin, 22nd April

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham at the Joyce Theater proved to be a mixed offering with his own piece, 2x4, coming off best.

***11

Down the Rabbit Hole: Gallim in Wonderland

Carla Escoda, 13th November

Andrea Miller and her GALLIM dance company have brought an evening-length WONDERLAND to New York's Joyce Theater after 14 years of tinkering and touring. The dancers are daring; the gems are few.

*1111

Of war and quarantine: Fall for Dance opens in New York

Carla Escoda, 19th September

A startling, provocative contrast between two works in the Fall for Dance Festival opening program this season. And glimpses of Aran Bell when he's not being princely.

****1

English National Ballet's Our Voices signals a new, exciting era

Jonathan Gray, 21st September

English National Ballet appears refreshed and revitalised under its new artistic director.

****1

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Rachel Rizzuto

Rachel Rizzuto received her BFA in dance performance and choreography from the University of Southern Mississippi. She is currently an editor for Dance Teacher magazine, and she is a founding member of modern dance company Mari Meade Dance Collective.