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Michael Seaver

writings on dance and culture

Recent writings :

2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 and before

Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer	Under the Skin
Ballet Ireland	Alice
Cie Laroque	Tropea
Cie Willi Dorner	three seconds, no credits
Coisceim Dance Theatre	Knots
Dance Theatre of Ireland	Watermark
Diversions	Practice Paradise, Oakfield Ridge, Between
Earthfall	At Swim Two Boys
Irish Modern Dance Theatre	The White Piece
Maguy Marin	Umwelt (The Irish Times)
	Umwelt (Dance Europe)
Martine Pisani & Cie du Solitaire	Sans
Mathilde Monnier	8mn, 12mn
Mummenschanz	Mummenschanz Next
Netherlands Dance Theatre 2	Simple Things, Dream Play, Minus 16
Oxymoron	Oxymoron
Perm State Ballet	Nutcracker, Cinderella
Phoenix Dance Company	Signal, Can you see me?, En-ger-land
Renegade Theatre	Rumble
Rex Levitates	Six Frames
Shakram Music and Dance	Turbulence
Siamsa Tíre	Oileann
Vania Gala	Automatic ID (AID)
Victoria Thiérrée Chaplin	Aurelia's Oratorio
Yoram Mosenzon	Political Assassinator

Reviews by Publication

The Irish Times
Ballet Tanz
Dance Europe
Irish Theatre Magazine

Reviews by companies

Irish contemporary dance
European contemporary dance
American contemporary dance
Irish ballet
International ballet
Others

Reviews by date

2007 2006
2005 2004
2003 2002
2001 2000
before 1999

Did I make you up?
"Although the lengthy programme notes describe creative points of departure, the place of arrival in Did I Make You Up? is a simple reflection on love that has a sense of timelessness. Contemporary and old-fashioned speak with equal voice as three lonely individuals bask in the glow of idealised love."

(The Irish Times)

James son of James
"Michael Keegan Dolan's self-styled midlands trilogy has come full cycle and returned to the territory of its first instalment, Giselle. Not only is the show back within the focussed confines of the Samuel Beckett Theatre's square stage after the sprawling, emotionally barren peat hills of The Bull, but there is also a return to the moral territory of good versus evil."

(www.irishtheatremagazine.com)

Traces
Les 7 doigts de la main/The 7 Fingers

"Circus has left the tent, acquired the word "new" and now slaps it out on stage with more traditional theatrical forms. Some shows have retained the virtuosity and immediacy of the ring and metamorphosed into riveting theatrical experiences. Traces isn't one of them."

(The Irish Times)