Tag Archive for the term: alysia woodruff

Fonction Phatique ****
Even if you do not know what phatic communication is, you have engaged in it. It’s the “hello”s, “how are you”s, “thank God summer is finally here”s, the fluffy pieces of conversation that we use to enter in contact with each other and, more importantly, remain in contact. And it becomes the basis [...]

Found & Lost: Goals for 2002, Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, Kristin Fieseler, Alysia Woodruff ****½
inFluxdance’s title for their dance show about goals for the past reveals the ephemeral nature of its subject. Inspired from things lost and found, the collective does a great job of communicating these ideas theatrically. The choreography is not especially original, [...]