Ancient and in the Instant: Blue13 Review
Mary Pat Cooney, LA Dance Chronicle
Articles
Review: Blue13 Hits Home Run at the Wallis
Review of Blue13 Dance Company World Premiere Feb 2020 by Debra Levine of Artsmeme.
Read the full article here: https://artsmeme.com/2020/02/22/review-blue13-dance-company-hits-home-run-at-the-wallis/
Decolonizing the Canon: Blue13 Dance Company Review
Sophie Bress for Ampersand LA
Blue13 questions the lines that we use to divide dance into categories, the lines that denote what is diminishingly called a “fusion” or “cultural” dance form. The company breaks these arbitrary lines, showing us there is no need for them. Blue13 dancers, clad in vibrantly adorned costumes and ghungroos (bells worn on the ankles in traditional Indian dance forms), whirl across the stage, swaying their hips in time to the beat of the drum, pausing only to balance in perfect arabesques, topping off their poses with the intricate arm, wrist and hand positions that come from classical Indian dance. McDaniels’ choreography shows us how much can be gained by a deep understanding and exploration of multitudes of dance styles.
Chicago Tribune on Blue13 at Disneyland
Read the Story in the Chicago Tribune on Disneyland’s Festival of Holidays featuring Blue13 Dance Company!
OC Register Article on Festival of Holidays Disneyland
Joseph Pimentel of the OC Register writes about Disney’s Festival of Holidays and Blue13’s contribution this year! Read about Disney’s Bollywood foray here.
Vulture on McDaniel choreographed Strokes Music Video
Calling it a “Deliciously Silly Art Film,” Vulture gives “Broad Strokes” to the new 2016 Strokes Music Video, “Threat of Joy,” choreographed by Blue13’s own Achinta S. McDaniel, and danced by Blue13ers: Bridget Wilson, Amanda Simolari, Shoshana Mozlin, and Brittany Davis, and others. READ ON.