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Twyla Tharp's "50th Anniversary Celebration," spirited, but lacking in unity

By Teresa Heiland, 04 October 2015
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“Yowzie ... hit us from all sides like a carnival barker demanding our attention”
Reviewed at The Wallis, Los Angeles on 3 October 2015
Programme
Preludes and Fugues (Twyla Tharp)
Yowzie (Twyla Tharp)
Performers
Ezralow Dance Company
Daniel Baker, Dancer
Nicholas Coppula, Dancer
Matthew Dibble, Dancer
Eric Otto, Dancer
John Selya, Dancer
Reed Tankersley, Dancer
Ron Todorowski, Dancer
Rika Okamoto, Dancer
Amy Ruggiero, Dancer
Ramona Kelley, Dancer
Eva Trapp, Dancer
Savannah Lowery, Dancer
Kaitlyn Gilliland, Dancer
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Teresa Heiland
Teresa Heiland
Teresa, who holds a PhD in Dance Education from New York University, teaches Dance Pedagogy, Somatics, and Laban Movement Analysis. Her research is presented in monographs, Geographies of Dance: Body, Movement, and Corporeal Negotiations, and Dance: Current Selected Research: A Twenty-Year Retrospective/Focus on Movement Analysis, and in Journal of Dance Education, Journal of Imagery in Sport and Physical Activity, and Research in Dance Education. She also reviews dance for LA Dance Review.