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Press Gallery
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2
“(PianoTrio No. 2) is one of the most remarkable exhibitions of choregraphy’s art in internalizing music... music is not simply interpreted but vividly expressed by Andrea Nann whose dance performance is nothing short of brilliant. From top to toe, Ms. Nann is dramatic but lyrical…It is this innate musicality, this expressive internalization that stamps her performance with genius. You feel that the music has infiltrated every pore of her body, and that it is playing her like an instrument. She is the instrument as well as its rhythmic score, her arms expressing a violin or cello, her head and shoulders exuding the very essence of Shostakovitch’s dramatic musical pulse, and she never seems to trespass beyond the bounds of the piece. This is a clear, rare instance where the dancer is also the music. A magnificent climax to a magnificent program.” Keith Garebian- Stage and Page, March 25, 2006, Toronto
Cato and Alice and Meditation #5, On Loss and Desire
Spoken Dance (Evocative Language/Dance Imagery)
“The performance begins with Ondaatje reading a brief description of their story to the darkened auditorium from backstage. When he returns to take his seat with the audience, it’s obvious that the author is making a statement: Nann’s interpretation of his work should speak for itself. And it does, very clearly and gorgeously so...Given the audience’s rhapsodic response to Nann’s pair of Ondaatje-inspired dance pieces, which book-ended a mellifluous reading by the author, one would hope this spellbinding event will be repeated elsewhere.” Alexandra Gill, The Globe and Mail, June, 2003
Meditation #5, On Loss and Desire
“Framed in the shaft of a white hot beam of light, Nann embraced the folds of a billowy ochre scarf. A shroud, a blanket, a sometime living thing; she coaxed from its folds a kind of pulsing, ghost-like image...As the dance progressed and she tore at the plaited tightness of her hair, we sensed images of loss and lamentation. As her hands and arms tragically assaulted the air, we suddenly understood this was a dance of desperation...That it was based on a very personal moment of private pain made Nann’s performance all the more compelling. We didn’t need program notes to know this emotional work touched something inside this woman that was still raw and sore. That she found a strange ritualistic sort of peace in performing it, made for a shared moment of incredible discovery.” Gary Smith, The Hamilton Spectator, May, 2002
Cato and Alice - Shadow Pleasures CBC Dancefilm Release
"Shadow Pleasures, a new hour-long film by Veronica Tennant strives for new heights in artistic multi-tasking. And here the achievements are awe-inspiring in their beauty and complexity. Most powerful are the Cato and Alice sections choreographed by Andrea Nann and performed by her with Gerald Michaud. Absolutely charged with emotion, Nann's dances are imaginatively lit and shot by cinematographer Paul Toltan and benefit from the equally imaginative music compositions of John Gzowski. It's a painfully perfect combination in that it sets a standard to which most of the other sections cannot rise.” Kathleen Smith, The Dance Current, June, 2004
The Whole Shebang
“Golden dance moments to remember and cherish...the prolific Andrea Nann in two shows, INK and her evening of dance, literature and song, The Whole Shebang” Susan Walker, The Toronto Star, December, 2004 (The Year in Review-2004)
INK
“Andrea Nann has created a great choreographic tour de force that fuses calligraphy, dance, and music to perfection...Her choreography has a richness, depth, and quirky delicacy intermingling with physical strength...INK is a riveting experience and deserves repeated performances and viewings. Its visceral power is deeply affecting and beautifully expressed by lighting, musical score, video imagery, and, best of all, Nann’s choreography.” Keith Garebian, Stage and Page, December, 2004
Meditations (1-3)
“In collaboration with composer Anne Bourne, Andrea Nann created a magnificent solo for herself. Her Meditations is a coming to terms with death, and with how life copes with that unbearable sorrow…Executed with eloquent slowness and poignant moments of utter stillness, the piece is a powerful statement of intense grief.” Paula Citron, The Globe and Mail, December 1999
SOURCE
“Nann’s sequences, and her imagery, happen at the right time, at the right place.” David Fujino, The Live Music Report, February, 2005
Reveries
This 20 minute collaborative performance piece choreographed by Andrea Nann featuring performance and poetry by Gordon Downie of the rock band The Tragically Hip, and dancers Gerald Michaud and Andrea Nann was recognized by Paula Citron in The Globe And Mail December, 2001 (Top 10 of 2001) as one of the 10 best Canadian dance shows in 2001.
For more information, please contact Dance Umbrella of Ontario (416) 504-6429 ext. 22 or duo@danceumbrella.net
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