Penelope Freeh

“Don’t be fooled by the ethereal, they are grounded in their soft power.”  Dance artist Penelope Freeh reflects upon Cellular Songs by Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble, a work that Monk said she created “as an antidote to the values that are being propagated right now.”

“The performance is a battle.” Penelope Freeh shares her perspective on Nora Chipaumire’s Portrait of Myself as My Father, in which the Zimbabwean choreographer attempts to come to terms with her estranged father, who died in 1980.

“Along the way, if you’ve had the right kind of day or are in the right frame of mind, it may just hit you at the level of transcendence, an experience to be savored for its endurance.” Dance artist Penelope Freeh reviews last night’s performance of The Dog Days Are Over by Jan Martens.

“A Love Supreme, a 2005 dance by Salva Sanchis and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker named after John Coltrane’s seminal jazz work to which it is set, has been re-staged for four men, and the result is electrifying.” Dance artist Penelope Freeh reviews last night’s performance.