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"Fiendishly Inventive" - The New Yorker
"Bright and Brash" - The New York Times
"Headlong is clearly not your typical dance company, with
dances in keeping with the troupe's motto that intelligent experimentation can be compelling and in some cases, hilarious..." [More]
New York Times
"Headlong Dance Theater puts on a super show..." [More]
The Houston Chronicle
"Amy Smith, Andrew Simonet, and David Brick make some of
the most affecting dances around..." [More]
The Village Voice
"Comtemporary subject matter delivered on a skateboard,
not a soapbox..." [More]
Philadelphia Weekly
Explanatorium
"Explanatorium includes the most beautiful dancing moments
I've seen from Headlong." [More]
Philadelphia Inquirer
Cell
"Like the ringing in your ears after a rock concert, Cell stays
with you, pulsing just below the surface of things." [More]
New Haven Independent
"CELL is unlike and Arts & Ideas performance you've ever
been to; heck, it's unlike anything you've ever done in your life." [More]
New Haven Register
"CELL proposed a bigger idea than self-ralization or
enrichment. It projected the participants into a much bigger framework, a global universe in fact, one that's highly ambiguous in its demands." [More]
Hudson Review (downloadable PDF)
"Capering across cobblestones, whirling down a street in a
wheeled office chair and swinging around a lamppost are not for everyone." [More]
New York Times
"Quite possibly the most original work in the [Live Arts]
festival's 10-year history…" [More]
Philadelphia Weekly
Shosha
"…the imagery is striking and unforgettable, and eventually
that absurdist text brilliantly finds its context." [More]
Boston Globe
"Many makers of dance theater err on the side of murky
ambiguity. Not Headlong." [More]
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mixed Tape for A Bad Year
"Mixed Tape" represents what Headlong dashes off with
effortless ease: structurally succinct, occasionally funny dances.." [More]
New York Times
"beautiful visual storytelling…" [More]
The Dance Insider
Hotel Pool
"imaginative and daring..." [More]
Philadelphia Weekly
"Conceptually wry and determinedly accessible...
it would be hard for anyone to resist the charms of Hotel Pool..." [More]
The Dance Insider
You Are So Beautiful
"Appealing sense of humor..." [More]
Philadelphia Weekly
"But, ahh, we are saved because these Headlong folk,
they're smart..." [More]
The Dance Insider
Britney's Inferno
"Britney's Inferno comes across as a bizarre sequel to 'Revenge of the Nerds' as if performed by the cast of Fellini's 'Satyricon'..." - The New Yorker
"Terrifcally clever..." [More]
The Village Voice
"Headlong Dance Theater tears apart an icon in
'Britney's Inferno'..." [More]
Time Out New York
"For Headlong, Spears is a pure product too tempting not to
use in a conceptual piece about celebrity, identity, and manufactured consumer need. That may sound like a drag - but trust me, it's not!..." [More]
Philadelphia Inquirer
Headlong talks about Britney's Inferno on the radio!
Subirdia and Graclessness
"Postively Polished..." [More]
Philadelphia Inquirer
"Irrepressible and wildly watchable..." [More]
Philadelphia City Paper
Story of A Panic
"How do you choreograph fear? Headlong Dance Theater
answers the question..." [More]
Philadelphia City Paper
Ulysses
"Clever and Charming..." [More]
The Village Voice
"Headlong's brand of dance theater is meant for the masses...
appealing to both the dance scene novice and the weary dance patron..." [More]
Show Business
"In Headlong's 'Ulysses' all's a blooming, buzzing profusion-of
consciousness, of understanding, of meaning..." [More]
Philadelphia Inquirer
ST*R W*RS
"Headlong pretty much owns the hip, smart-alecky
choreography concession in this town..." [More]
Philadelphia Inquirer
"Nothing short of remarkable..." [More]
Time Out New York