REVIEWS

"Mr. Nicholson’s lyrical arms and easy ballet line are a special pleasure, as is Mr. Royon’s keenly focused, succinct way with movement."

(Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times, July 31, 2007)

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"...Royon's world premiere quartet "Take 4" was dynamite. It featured edgier music (by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Herbert), and a provocative setup, beginning and ending in stark squares of light. The four dancers came alive as if someone had just wound them up, and they exploded into movement that pushed at the edges -- jazzy, hip-hop-flavored isolations, corkscrew turns, capoeira-influenced floorwork, and an unapologetic in-your-face bravado."

(Karen Campbell, Boston Globe, July 31, 2007)

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"Royon is a tightly-coiled chunk of a man who "flies" as a snake does — swift and sure, compact in the air, targeted. He's an emblem of martial arts, who seems, at his soul, to hold a deep quiet."

(Alison Tracy, Berkshire Eagle, July 31, 2007)