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Potential Energies: Where Musicians and Dancers Coexist

By Rachel Rizzuto, 02 June 2014
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Reviewed at BAM Fisher: Fishman Space, Brooklyn on 29 May 2014
Programme
Potential Energies
Performers
The Nouveau Classical Project
TrioDance Collective
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Rachel Rizzuto
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.