"Spring Quartet," warm, earthy music with echoes of Bela Bartok and Dmitri Shostakovich....was accompanied by two members of the Agnieszka Laska Dancers, Alison Daria Camp and Nick Cavanaugh. The dance was intimate, delicate and circumscribed in a tiny space JAMES McQUILLEN, The Oregonian more>> ...an important event that fans of new music, dance, and anyone interested in the excesses of the Bush regime's so-called War on Terror shouldn't miss... "...one of the most potent artistic responses to war and state terrorism perpetrated by our government I've ever seen..." Artistic Response to War Brett Campbell, Eugene Weekly Eugene, OR, Feb. 8, 2007 more>> With help from an 18th-century Austrian composer and a modern dance troupe from Mexico, a Polish-born choreographer continues to make a place for herself in Portland. "I came from being nobody with nothing to being on the same poster as the Oregon Symphony and the Oregon Ballet Theatre, ... That's a huge leap." Laska's 'leap' lands dancers a classic gig Eric Bartels, The Portland Tribune Portland, OR, Apr 11, 2006 more>> "...one of the Northwest region's hottest young companies, irreverent, ambitious and mythological. Walking the line between modern and classical, their work is at once rooted in indigenous music, Polish folk skits and formal theater. It's a simple pleasure, pairing live music and dance, but it happens all too infrequently, especially in the age of canned music." Bravo! Rachael Carnes, Eugene Weekly Eugene, OR, Sept. 22, 2005 more>> "Laska brings a lively passion to her work. She enjoys putting an irreverent spin on time-tested material, asking dancers -- and others -- for an extra measure of theatrics." Choreographer's a trouper Eric Bartels, The Portland Tribune Portland, OR, Oct. 2004 more>> "Laska's choreography reflected the music's headlong rush as well as its grace." re: Dog Star CD release concert David Stabler, The Oregonian Portland, OR, April 2003 more>> |
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