"Small & Tall’s finest dancing came when the pair began to one-up each other in physical choreography that included several acrobatic lifts and jumps as well as some tap dancing sans the tap shoes." ~Steve Sucato
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"...paid close attention to [guitarist, Jérôme] Mouffe's soulful slowdowns and sudden buildups." ~Marcia Siegel
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"Small Sullivan runs through some of the moves that tall Jones has introduced - only faster." ~Deborah Jowitt
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"...Raymonda offered a rare chance to dance in the corps, which she did radiantly."
~Martha Ullman West |
"The casting is just as clever. The diminutive dancer (Macy Sullivan) who plays Peter, in short pants and a cocky baseball cap topped by a pinwheel, could easily pass for a twelve-year-old boy." ~Marina Harss
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"The energy was all in those lines, nothing overdramatic or extraneous, although perky playfulness (Aisha in Paris at 6:37; Macy here in New York at 12:37)... sparked between duet partners." ~Eva Yaa Asantewaa
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"Peter (Macy Sullivan), Little Boy personified, hurls himself around..." ~Joan Acocella
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"Suddenly, a dancer center stage (the ebullient Macy Sullivan) takes the dance up tempo
and onto the balls of her feet." ~Brian Seibert |
"The work’s five women, joined by Jordan Dodson on guitar, perform this in almost militaristic unison, achieving a delicate serious-silly balance. Their expressions, though subdued, aren’t blank, suggesting plans being hatched or emotions slyly stowed away, just beneath the surface." ~Siobhan Burke
"Macy Sullivan, another enthralling dancer, uses her precision and dynamism to bring out the unpredictability of Mr. Heginbotham’s angular movement..." ~Gia Kourlas
"Look for Peter (Macy Sullivan) in the gray blazer of a school uniform and a pinwheel cap." ~Felicia R. Lee
"Peter (Macy Sullivan) skips and hops as if each limb has a mind of its own." ~Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim
"All the dancers, from all over the country, perform with a quietly bubbling eagerness that’s infectious...
these performers made it irresistible." ~Alastair Macaulay
these performers made it irresistible." ~Alastair Macaulay
"Sullivan, dressed in a hula-hoop dress and hot pink shorts, danced as if there were 50 elephants behind her. She strutted with commitment, finding the humor the composer intended it to have." ~Bruce R. Miller
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"It's essentially a tour de force for Macy Sullivan, a diminutive powerhouse of a dancer." ~Tresca Weinstein
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