PRESS
“We need creatives of vision like Lewis Major in this country to further the significant genre of dance theatre and they should be supported with appropriate funding that serves the breadth and value of the work, celebrating its relevance to our humanity”. – StageWhispers.com
“Future Festival directors take note: home grown work deserves to be programmed on its own merit!” – Maggie Tonkin, Dance Australia (on S/WORDS and Unfolding)
Indaily - Lewis Major's Unfolding Dance Career
Dance Australia - Limelight - Lewis Major
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The Drawing Room with Patricia Karvelas - Lewis Major's work is Unfolding
S/WORDS AND UNFOLDING
“Unfolding and S/WORDS borders on perfection. Both bills are captivating, revelling in the experimentation and skill that contemporary dance demands. …A festival highlight.” – Arts Hub
https://www.artshub.com.au/2021/03/12/dance-review-s-words-and-unfolding-adelaide-festival-262098/
‘There is much youthful exuberance and idealism in this double header. A fitting way to finish the 2021 Adelaide Festival of Arts.’ – Bob Becker, HiFiWay.com
“A double bill of contemporary dance by locally grown, globally minded choreographer Lewis Major invites a meditation on the universal truths of our times through two contrasting, memorable performances.” – InReview
“This is an exquisite work, a perfect fusion of design, light and movement.” – Maggie Tonkin, Dance Australia
SATORI
“Lewis Major’s Satori is an intense, enthralling work… That the program was present in the Space at the Festival Centre is an important reminder that these works merit their place in the big league.” – Peter Burdon, The Advertiser
“This was a very enjoyable work and, like all well-formed pieces, left the audience intrigued and with more questions than answers.” – Ray Smith, Broadway World
MURMUR
“You watch riveted as slender feet rap out complex equations of rhythm; as arms trace elegant arabesques, even as the body contorts into disturbing ugliness. Piercingly effective.” – Judith Mackrell, The Guardian, London
“The variations at play are downright exciting and its thrilling to see dance, the art form, unafraid of appearing polluted… the appreciative audience is loud with cheers and awe” – Art Scene in Wales, Aberystwyth
“The production is self-defined, unique and independent from any assumptions. It is a production of awe-striking imagery, visual representation and unique choreography. If one allowed oneself to suspend one’s expectations and engage with it on an emotional level, it became a profound experience… an impressive spectacle.” – Sanjoy Roy, The Guardian/Pulse Magazine, London
“A transformational experience for the body and spirit. The fuzzy lights, ambient music and convulsing dance suck us into a reeling, hypnotic vortex where the contours defining reality and fantasy recede. With the body, through the body, transcendence can occur.” – The Dance Enthusiast, New York
“Murmur is a compelling evocation of mental turmoil. The opposite of opaque; a world of wonder inside the mind. It touches on the unsettling connection between identity and the written word and ends by celebrating the liberating joy of dance and imagination. A wonderful coup de théâtre!” – Hanna Weibye, The Arts Desk, London
“The lighting and stage-effect accuracy of this piece is simply brilliant… it demonstrates the greatness of what's to come within the genre of dance theatre.” – DanceGround.com, London
“One of the most affecting and uplifting shows at British Dance Edition.” – Mary Brennan, The Herald Scotland, Edinburgh
GLASSHOUSES
“Emerging Australian choreographer Lewis Major’s Glasshouses is all individual fervour and torment with muscular, aggressive contact work, totally within the current tradition of Khan, Cherkaoui and Schechter that holds such sway at Sadler’s Wells and internationally.” – Exeunt Magazine, London
“Major’s choreography reflects on what happens when humanity and innocence are exploited. The strength and power of the dancers was incredible.” - Bachtrack, London
EPILOGUE
“The concept is simple, but the realisation is multi-layered: each element carefully considered and staged with theatrical verve to make a solo worthy of a post-modern Bellini.” – Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance, Sweden
“Major’s choreography zapped us through time with classical piano variations by Debussy, contrasted by remixed music sounds and contemporary dance movements. Epilogue was utterly classic and ethereal.” – Hong Kong Dance Moms, Hong Kong
“Lewis Major’s work, Epilogue, is a mesmerizing and sinuous exploration, again pushing physical boundaries with Marty’s unique body language at the fore.” – Lisa Lanzi, TheatreTravels.org
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