PRESS QUOTES
"It was utter magic, sometimes happy, more often heartrending, and at all times compelling."
“…a brilliant dance troupe… with one foot in tradition and the other in innovation.”
--Earl Hitchner, The Irish Echo
“…genuine show-stoppers…Footworks, the wonderfully animated and unpredictable dance troupe and string band. Clogging, flat-footing, and hooting its way through an enormously crowd-pleasing performance…came across as the Bolshoi of barn dancing.”
--Mike Joyce, The Washington Post
“…they generally had more fun than seemed legal… these human drums deftly execute their sometimes goofy, sometimes intricate terpsichorean patterns… the power of the human spirit at play. Their ability to entertain, to educate, to engage the audience was purely a function of their passion for their art form.”
--Kirby Fairfax, The VCReporter, Ventura, CA
“The rough-hewn vigor of the choreography and the eruptive joy of Footworks dancers are as contagious as laughter… the dancers rode an unending rhythmic current… playful ease… whip-sharp timing and devilishly tricky footwork…”
--Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post
“The sheer rhythmic and visual magic of percussive dance troupe Footworks – soon to join the Riverdance show in London – kicking out a dazzling array of hard shoe clogging routines from around the world, match breathtaking physical talents with brilliantly imaginative choreography.”
--Sue Wilson, The Scotsman, Scotland’s National Newspaper
“…a dance review that packs as much skill, pizzazz, energy, imagination and artistry into an hour as the greediest dance fancier could ask.”
--Saturday Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba
“It is fast, furious, amazingly skillful and, above all, vastly entertainting.”
--Dick Godfrey, The Journal, Newcastle England
“The group’s techniques ought to be patented… a fast paced, witty and exuberant exhibition of their remarkable clogging skills. In short, a first rate show.”
--Alan Kriegman, The Washington Post
“I am still catching my breath! Every Footworks performer was so remarkably talented and amazingly quick… [they] managed to create a ‘wee bit of heaven.’”
--Tipper Gore
“Footworks revels in percussive ecstasy… an engaging look at percussive dance from many cultures and times… the attitude is relaxed and full of fun.”
--Tresca Weinstein, The Times Union, Albany, NY
“Whenever Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble steps onstage, a kind of magic happens… It could be the sheer excellence of the performance, the difficult and diverse routines, expertly executed… a joyful ruckus… The irresistible recipe is sure to charm the critics and enchant audiences.”
--Linda J. Morris, Dirty Linen – Folk & World Music Publication
“The Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble clogged, tapped and step-danced their way to a standing ovation from a crowd driven into a frenzy of delight by the… top speed performance.”
--Stephen Peterson, The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia
“Especially tight precision ensemble…simply astounding.”
--The Winnipeg Free Press
"The marriage of music and dance presented by… Footworks uniquely and triumphantly celebrates the marriage of cultures that played such a large part in the development of folk and bluegrass music."
--Bluegrass Magazine
“Fabulous Footworks!”
--The Herald, Glasgow, Scotland
“The audience was entranced by this riveting American Experience.”
“Breathlessly kinetic and vibrantly percussive…”
--The Washington Post
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