Quietly Walking by Atlanta Ballet. Photo by Charlie McCullers. Courtesy of Atlanta Ballet
"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."
... with Friday evening’s world premiere of “I Am,” Patterson sent forth a clear and exquisite message about shedding human imperfections to discover one’s true self.
“I Am” was emotionally captivating, its formal values intact.
...Patterson has emerged with a powerful and poetic individual voice.
“Silence” is an outright breathtaking pillar of contemporary ballet.
Breathless. That would be an apt description of Gina Patterson's "Silence."
Photo by Steve Truesdell. Choreography by Gina Patterson. Costumes by Christine Darch. Lighting design by Kimberly Klearman.
MADCO Premiered Gina Patterson’s full-evening Liquid Roads
Sirui Liu, Corps de Ballet dancer Photography: Peter Mueller
Patterson, artistic director of Austin’s VOICE Dance Company, kicks the work into a higher emotional gear. Forceful and swirling, it is as if she has somehow harnessed breath itself; gasping, panting, sighing. It is an endless series of surprises.