Dance Review: Gina Gibney's View Partially Obstructed, I Wish All Views Were This Partially Obstructed

Gina Gibney choreographs a gorgeous, organically flowing, 55 minute piece set to a memorable piece of music by Ryan Lott and atmospherically influenced by a brilliant live projection designed by Joshue Ott/superDraw. The set design and costumes by Lex Liang and lighting design by Kathy Kaufmann are just the right final ingredients to make this work a totally fierce piece of dance that I would love to see again and again!

View Partially Obstructed begins with some incredible dancing, moving set pieces, solos and duets in front and behind the set pieces and screens littered throughout the space, creating a mysterious and powerful effect. It is clear that the process of creating this work is as just as important if not more important than the product of what we as an audience sees.

Between the quintet of three female and two male dancers is a very strong connection that helps define the space as much as the moveable set pieces. The relationships and choreography convey a beautiful message about the delicate balance between what we see in one another and what we don't, and how we handle those realities. It is a spectrum of creative movement vocabulary, and even the original light show, that starts and finishes the program, has such a powerful impact that it leaves the audience breathless.

If all views were this partially obstructed, theatre and dance would be something everyone would want to see. In every show there are a lot of people who do a lot of work to put it together, but in this case, every aspect of design seems even stronger than the next without any one of them overpowering the other. Gina Gibney's work, View Partially Obstructed, is perfectly combined to create a really great piece that I hope gets a nice long life because it deserves it.

iDANZ Critix Corner
Official Dance Review by Dante Puleio
Performance: Gina Gibney Dance, View Partially Obstructed
Choreographer: Gina Gibney
Venue: Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York City
Show Date: October 13, 2009
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