What's Been Said
"Lyrical precision...athleticism and speed." Kevin Connelly,
The New Yorker
"Stenn's work is haunting..." The New York Times
"Gorgeous and poetic.. sensual and darkly dramatic." Deborah
Jowitt, The Village Voice
"Stenn is a fine dancer - notably strong and precise." "Humor
and rhythmic energy give her work a life of its own." Joseph Mazo,
The Village Voice
"ThePerksDanceMusicTheatre captures your attention with astonishing
technique, imagination, wit and charm. It's a terrific evening of theatre
" James Sherman, WBAI Radio, New York City
"A fresh, vital dance company in a remarkable debut by a stuninng dancer/choreographer.
Stenn's dancing is strong and passionate... she brings down the house."
STAGES, The National Theatre Magazine
"Sophisticated...Rebecca Stenn is a creative force. Tenacious discipline
and exacting work...Stenn's uniqueness is in her kinetics and brilliance
of concept...a dancer of ability and imagination."
Dovik Ashdot, MaAriv Israeli News
"Captivating and consistently excellent, Stenn's choreography balances
the sublime and beautiful with humor and thus involves the entire audience,
whether dance afficionados or not. Her strength and beauty offer a unique
dance experience that is filled with promise for the future."
Jodi Cook, CHRW radio, Ontario, Canada
"Incredible agility and controlled grace." The Sarasota Herald
"Dancer Rebecca Stenn seems to have an almost supernatural awareness
of her lithe body and its permutational possibilities...she moves with a
consistent gracefulness and yields to the high power of rhythmic organization.
She knows the power of the image...Stenn keeps both intelligence and sensuousness
running through her conceptual pieces." Josef Woodard, The Santa Barbara
Independent
"Rebecca Stenn and her partners coordinate magnificently." Joan
Tighe, The Dublin Evening Herald
"Riveting... The Perks serve up a show with plenty to look at and admire."
The Santa Barbara Independent
About the choreography in the Opera 'Leap Over the Shadow', U.S. premiere
Jan. 1995, UCSB
"Stenn's choreography is breathtaking...right on the money."
David Rubens, The Santa Barbara Independent
" Outstanding and provacative...this production is worth seeing just
for the dance...the march of the masses in the final act is worth the admission
price alone." Hillary Hauser, Santa Barbara News Press
" Fascinating ...interesting" Opera News / Das Opernglas, Robert
J. Del Bonta
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