Susan Rethorst.(oh oh oh)(Don't Go Without Your Echo)(Dance Review)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: Sperling, Jody | Copyright information

SUSAN RETHORST

DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP NEW YORK, NY FEBRUARY 18, 19, 27, & 28, 2004

When a continuous sound stops, your ears perk up. It's a well-known auditory phenomenon and one that Susan Rethorst plays with in her new piece oh oh oh. As bits of jazzy music by Sidney Bechet and George Gershwin fade in and out during the dance, each new silence prods us into attention. Rethorst's choreography doesn't construct a narrative; rather it aims for this curious sen...