There is a certain appealing simplicity about Aynsley Vandenbroucke’s “3 Dancers, 4 Chairs, 26 Words,” which opened on Thursday night….For the most part, the women don’t dance in any traditional sense of the word. Ms. Vandenbroucke creates clear, pared-down movement, walking and turning, gestures to the side, a hand to the face, that works well with the allusive, associative piece, lighted with shadowy care (and huge Kara Walker-like shadows) by Nelson R. Downend Jr. ‘3 Dancers ‘ is modest in its aims. But it has an integrity that many grander projects don’t achieve. read more
The New York Times
May 15, 2009