What the Critics are Saying about Complexions Contemporary Ballet

“Sculpture in motion”
- The New York Times

“Musicality, Innovation, Purpose, Consistency…A brilliant use of stage space and the ability to tell a story”
- LA Times

“Complexions is more than dance: it is language itself”
- Daily Progress

“Complexions...made it sensationally jaw droppingly clear that we live in the age of super-dance, at a time when technical virtuosity is being redefined as an expressive state”
- Dance Magazine

“…a new aesthetic in movement, stage picture, and performance concepts reflecting a post-modern, techno-savvy worldview”
- Dance Magazine

“…Classically trained to the fullest of extension, lift, leap and long balance, with a physicality that involves every sparkling cell in their extraordinary bodies.”
- The New Zealand Herald

“Mr. Rhoden’s Choreography was like hot molten lava; flowing with undeniable power.”
- The New York Times

“Mr. Richardson is one of the great modern dancers of his time- bravura performer with extraordinary skills,”
- The New York Times

“Complexions seamlessly and boldly intersects the lives of dancers from various artistic and cultural backgrounds, creating America’s original multicultural dance company.”
- St. Thomas Source

“Cross-cultural ballet with attitude…wearing toe shoes has never looked like so much fun”
-Washington Post

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