Snappy Dance evokes Gorey terror, wonder.(Arts and Lifestyle) From: The Boston Herald | Date: June 5, 2004| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2004 Boston Herald. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: T.J. MEDREK

Snappy Dance Theater, at the Cutler Majestic Theater, Boston, last night; repeats tonight.

The pen-and-ink illustrations of Edward Gorey are like fairy tales, conjured from both the brightest wonders and darkest terrors of childhood. They're simultaneously fey and feral.

Choreographer Martha Mason's dances have a similarly double-edged quality, their disturbing implications only partly hidden by their overtly theatrical smarts.

Put them together, as in Mason's brand-new, Gorey-based "The Temperamental Wobble," and you've got a dance that's as ...

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