"...having a translated piece in the mix was like a meta commentary on that point. I loved how Tropical Night/Soir Tropical choreography captured the interpretive quality of any translation—all of the shifts in meaning, mood, and energy that come with a change in language. And dance is yet another language"
Audience Member, on Tropical Night
"A hot, sultry release"
Audience Member, on Tropical Night
Kathryn Boland, Dance Informa
"In Betsy Miller Dance Projects’ Forest River, Rebecca Lang and Angelina Benitez dance with delightful ease, on a bridge over a small river. They seem to have nothing to prove, nothing to achieve — they only need to be. They’re in harmony with each other and with their surroundings — taking tempo and spatial cues from each other, and moving to and away from the bridge’s varied structural pieces."
The Rainbow Times
"[Kristin Wagner] applauds the work of the women and relates the conversations exposed to her own relationship experiences.
'I absolutely love this element of the work,' said Wagner. 'As a witness to the work. I can only make out bits and pieces of the actual conversations. When I do pick up on the specifics, the content ranges from comical to intimate, which feels so relatable to my own experiences in relationships. It adds a layer of authenticity that is not always present in dance theater.'"
DIY Dancer Magazine, Kathryn Boland
"[Hey Girl] underscored a gap between interpersonal connection and separation. They stepped slowly backwards, from opposite sides of the stage, towards its center and each other.
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Partnering brought an impressive number of variations on finding and releasing physical contact. One sequence brought included a fall to the ground as the other dancer rolled backwards over her shoulder. They rose and swayed hips in rhythm together, one's hands on the other's hips. Another prescient moment was when they moved within each other's negative space. Longer duration separated in space could have further bolstered these ideas of "together" and "apart", as well as allowed for the two dancers to become characters in their own rights (if that might have been an intention of the two choreographers). Yet what was clear was an admiration between them, whatever the nature of the admiration may be"