February 5th, 2012
The Seldoms celebrate at Harris by reaching out often. By Sid Smith, Special to the Tribune. Marking their 10th anniversary, the Seldoms celebrated over the weekend by converting the Harris Theater into their own deconstructionist romper room. Part performance and part guided tour, “This Is Not a Dance Concert” also reversed roles, or at least [...]
February 1st, 2012
Recommended Dance; New City. By Sharon Hoyer. A stirring dance show can make a body want to dance right out of the theater, swinging around railings and leaping down stairs. The Seldoms get to do just that as lobbies, stairwells, backstage, balconies, the primo seats and—why not?—the stage too, as every corner of the Harris [...]
February 18th, 2011
Stupormarket,” A One-Act Dance About Our Economic Meltdown, Is Just Plain Terrific, A Smart, Tireless Tour De Force Both Thoughtful And Entertaining…
February 18th, 2011
Carrie Hanson Takes Us On A Roller Coaster Ride That Recapitulates – And Reinvents – The Roller Coaster The Economy Has Been On For The Last Few Years. We Lurch Up The Hills Of Greed, Selfishness, And Ignorance; Slide, Shrieking, Down Into Reckless, Abandoned, Ridiculous Laughter; Clasp Each Other In Desperation, Need, And Shared Terror…
February 13th, 2011
Choreographer Carrie Hanson, Artistic Director Of The Seldoms, Made Thrift And Death Of A (Prada) Salesman In 2009. The Two Short Works Spoke, With Poetry And Humor Respectively, To The Recent Credit Collapse. She Then Switched Gears To Complete Work On A Collaborative Multimedia Abstraction That Premiered At The MCA…
March 15th, 2010
In the Seldoms’ new “Marchland,” boundaries and alliances are formed only to be broken. Isolation from others and collaboration are equally unproductive; there is no equilibrium or security. No one is safe…