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INFINITY DANCE THEATER
By Phyllis Goldman
Back Stage, July 5, 2002
Following the success of last year's stunning season, Infinity Dance
Theater has come up with an equal, if not better, recent program.
With a good mix of choreography, simple, flattering costumes; music
that falls pleasantly on the ear; and an ensemble of excellent
dancers, Kitty Lunn, the founder-director, structured a compelling
evening of theatre. The dancers committed themselves to hearty
performing, often in uncharted waters - handling a wheelchair and
supporting Lunn in her remarkable endeavors to erase the line
between able-bodied dancers and herself. These flawless performers
must not only dance full-out, but push, pull, mount, and trust a
piece of machinery that only Lunn, because of her past experience,
is able to manipulate with ease.
Lunn was wise enough to
repeat the best of last year's program -
"Hoop-La"; her rapturous solo, "In Time Like Air"; and Gabriela
Poler's "Neruda". Poler, a talented 22 year old, has ventured
further this year with "Reflections", set o the delightful music of
Astor Piazzolla and Lalo Schifrin. With her Venezuelan roots and
instinctive Latin spirit urging her on, the new work - although a
tad too long and in need of more vital ending - was nonetheless a
lively one that flowed along the beat of the tango music. She led
her four dancers into combinations with an edge of the unexpected.
They stalked each other in the mood of the rhythms, often plunging
headlong into flashy acrobatic partnering. For one so young, Poler
has a unique talent for making movement. Jeffery Freeze offered
"Three to Get Ready" - a romp to spirited Dave
Brubeck music. The three girls wore lollipop-colored dresses and
skimmed the floor in soft jumps and easy ballet vocabulary. It was
charming and airy.
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