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Corey Harrower / The Brooklyn Rail
Gesel Mason
No Boundaries: Dancing the Vision of Contemporary Black Choreographers
Joyce SoHo
November 16-17, 2007
"Gesel Mason Performance Projects: A Review"
"The project, conceived by Mason, intends to challenge the boundaries traditionally placed upon black choreographers--that Black Dance is "based in the Ailey tradition or Horton technique, as African dance, or as Negro Spirituals." Segments of recurring documentary video instruct the audience in this concept, book-ending most of the pieces. Though informative, this created a somewhat stifling pedagogical overlay that felt more like a seminar than an augmentation of the dance." Read review...
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Jennifer Dunning / New York Times
Gesel Mason
No Boundaries: Dancing the Vision of Contemporary Black Choreographers
Joyce SoHo
November 16-17, 2007
"Examining the Many Hues That Create Black and White"
"What is "black dance"? The question, usually asked by white dance writers, tends to be greeted by groans from black choreographers, company directors and performers. But Gesel Mason, herself a black dancer and choreographer, plunged headlong into the subject on Friday night at Joyce SoHo..." Read review...
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