Arrested Development.NY Tere O'Connor's Frozen Mommy is like a look inside the restless mind of a sensitive child. It is a precisely rendered dance of repeating non seqniturs on an emotional journey to breakdown--and rescue. Anger, hysteria hysteria (hĭstĕr`ēə), in psychology, a disorder commonly known today as conversion disorder, in which a psychological conflict is converted into a bodily disturbance. , fear, elation elation /ela·tion/ (e-la´shun) emotional excitement marked by acceleration of mental and bodily activity, with extreme joy and an overly optimistic attitude. , sadness, and love are pretended pre·tend·ed adj. 1. Not genuine or sincere; feigned: a pretended interest in the proceedings. 2. Supposed; alleged: the pretended heir to the throne. along the way. O'Connor integrates verbal hullabaloo into hyperdramatic episodes where ballet blends with head rolls, loose shoulders, and rhythmic hips. A private world where compassion is on hold, Frozen Mommy humanizes the five performers and magnifies their vulnerability. Dance Theater Workshop Dance Theater Workshop is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located on West 19th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and Jack Moore as a choreographers' collective. July 6-13. www.dtw.org. |
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