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KQED - Rorschach, a sharp-edged, riveting collaboration
Rorschach, a sharp-edged, riveting collaboration between dancer Benjamin Defaria and filmmaker Valentina Reneff-Olson, unfolds in vignettes… → Read More
Vogue - These Are the Best Ballets to Come Out of Quarantine
The Australian Ballet company reveals it has a wonderful sense of humor in this scripted video, which retells the famous plot of Giselle as though it has just unfolded. “Ladies, something serious happened, which we got all on tape,” says dancer Isobelle Dashwood on a Zoom call with her fellow ballerinas. → Read More
The New Yorker - Choreography Under Lockdown
More fun, the Australian Ballet’s “Wilis in Corps-en-tine (A ‘Giselle’ Skit) → Read More
Dance Magazine - 6 of Our Favorite Digital Dance Projects to Come Out of Quarantine
The Australian Ballet's "Wilis in Corps-en-tine" video was an inspired marketing move, a perfect ballet synopsis and a delightfully tongue-in-cheek satire of Zoom culture, complete with jokes about that one person who forgot to enable their video and heaps of meme references. → Read More
Gracia Haby - Shelter speaks of this ripple of news and its accompanying, varied emotions and bodily responses
What was once a refuge from the noise and chaos of life ‘out there’ has become my whole world. And to this ‘whole world’ comes digital art to one’s living room in the form of Shelter by Alexander Reneff-Olson, Danielle Rowe, Garen Scribner, and Valentina Reneff-Olson... → Read More
San Francisco Ballet - TAKING BALLET TO EVEREST
I would bike with the marley, and they would drive with the camera equipment keeping our distance and shooting everything I wanted to get filmed. I biked all around the city with the Harlequin marley on my back (which I don’t advise anyone to do, but it definitely wasn’t fake!) → Read More
Michelle Potter - Shelter. Reneff-Olson Productions
“I wanted to bring attention to the current realities performing artists are facing during this time. Self-isolation has kept dancers from performing in conventional ways and traditional venues, but it hasn’t diminished their resilience, even in the face of these unprecedented times.” - Alexander Reneff-Olson → Read More
Fjord review - Taking Shelter
And to this ‘whole world’ comes digital art to one’s living room in the form of “Shelter” by Alexander Reneff-Olson, Danielle Rowe, Garen Scribner, and Valentina Reneff-Olson → Read More
Harlequin floors - CAVAN CONLEY Embraces Dancing From Home
Dancers all over the world are using the Harlequin Dance Mat to keep dancing, even during a shelter in place. Read and watch below to see how San Francisco Ballet soloist, Cavan Conley is adjusting his practice during this pandemic. → Read More
Pointe Magazine - 2020 Stars of the Corps
"Leading up to a performance, you'll find me interacting with dancers, crew and staff in full costume, as the character," he says. "People sometimes think I've gone a little mad, but it really helps me to find who that character is." → Read More