Quietly Walking by Atlanta Ballet. Photo by Charlie McCullers. Courtesy of Atlanta Ballet
Atlanta Ballet's “The Best of Modern Choreographic Voices” - Ratmansky, Patterson, Naharin
Gina Patterson’s "Quietly Walking" - with sets and costumes by Jorge Gallardo
"Quietly Walking, by Gina Patterson was a polished balletic masterpiece.... Quietly Walking had indeed arrived. It was a complete work, refined from start to finish.."
"I was taken to another place. Patterson has a gift! Her choreography, and the dancers’ execution of it, together with a beautiful yet simple backdrop of a stark tree branch within a frame, was evocative."
Program Notes
We speak of Man vs. Nature as if they are two different worlds, yet we are symbiotically connected. In the travels of the spirit, from one heart to another, can we hear eachother's heartbeat as we keep up with city life? Can we still feel the touch of a hand, find connection in another's eyes? As we build physical walls, do we also build emotional ones? In the contemplation of these questions, the most significant revelation was that Quietly Walking could perhaps be distilled down to one word: acceptance.
Excerpted Review - 4dancers.org 
Quietly Walking by Atlanta Ballet. Photo by Charlie McCullers. Courtesy of Atlanta Ballet
APRIL 18, 2015 BY RACHEL HELLWIG
Gina Patterson’s “Quietly Walking” is an arresting, cinematic vision from start to finish. While its themes are weighty topics like isolation in the modern world, separation from nature, and separation from fellow human beings, the imagery and emotions it evokes are tastefully understated. What overwhelms and captivates are the striking pairing of Max Richter’s haunting instrumental music and Patterson’s polyphonic choreography. Appropriately dark, meditative lighting enhances the atmosphere. Atlanta Ballet’s dancers were easily up to the challenges of each of the program’s pieces, but they particularly excelled in this work. It generated an almost immediate standing ovation.
Excerpted Review - Dance Informa 
Posted on 25 May 2011.
Alliance Theatre, Atlanta May 2011
By Deborah Searle.
Atlanta Ballet’s Ignition program allows the company to shine; not only the dancers, but the artistic team, and the new choreographers that it commissions. The program gives up-and-coming choreographers a chance to create work on a hungry and enthusiastic team of dancers with the strong support of Artistic Director John McFall and his talented team. As 2011 Ignition choreographer Gina Patterson revealed, “I really felt completely supported artistically by the Director, John McFall, and the staff. The dancers were really open. I felt like I could go into the piece really deeply and openly and the dancers went there with me wholeheartedly, physically, artistically and emotionally”. When a choreographer’s vision is supported and nurtured, magic can be created, and that is what we witnessed at Ignition 2011.
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Quietly Walking, by Gina Patterson was a polished balletic masterpiece. Unlike the other works of the night, which seemed to need a little more time to reach their full potential, Quietly Walking had indeed arrived. It was a complete work, refined from start to finish and showed Atlanta Ballet’s dancers as brilliant technicians and engaging and expressive artists. There were so many special moments. Patterson explored layers of costuming and beautiful fluid choreography that caught our attention and kept it. The work discussed themes of urbanization and deforestation, but it wasn’t all doom and gloom. We experienced the circle of life, death and rebirth and were taken on a breathtaking, yet thought provoking journey. The partner work was exquisite as the dancers showed their vulnerability and seemed to wholeheartedly enjoy the journey. I was taken to another place. Patterson has a gift! Her choreography, and the dancers’ execution of it, together with a beautiful yet simple backdrop of a stark tree branch within a frame, was evocative.
Quietly Walking by Atlanta Ballet. Photo by Charlie McCullers. Courtesy of Atlanta Ballet