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Antaeus Dance @ Cleveland Public Theatre 4/30

'MOLT,' Antaeus Dance's offering at the recent Cleveland Public Theatre's 'DANCEWORKS 09, failed to ignite the audience. This selection, which was overly long, was often repetitious. How many ways and times can dancers arrange and rearranged a pile of straw? Yes, the company proposes to have "a sense of connecting to earth," but what about this piece, beyond the straw, was earth connecting?

Choreographer Joan Meggitt states in the program that, "The group [those not dancing] acts as a mirror to the soloist's interior life, with the soloist reflecting upon what the group, in turn, reflects back to her." Oh, if only that were true. That may have been her intent, but it wasn't what was visually presented.

The dancers, though they tried, were not always in sync. They needed much more work, and a honing of their skills by a purposeful choreographer.

CAPSULE JUDGEMENT: Joan Meggitt and the Antaeus Dance Company disappointed in their 'DANCEWORKS '09' presentation. Abstract descriptions and the lack of a clear mission do no a good dance program make!

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