Press Excerpts
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"I gasped when these daredevils careened into night, fearlessly leaping into the void. The experience gave new meaning to coming out of nowhere." - Preview article on Splitting Night
- CultureMap
Read entire preview by Nancy Wozny
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"...few choreographers have given such a prominent place to lighting design as the Nobles, who go a step further and use it as an impetus for creating movement." - Preview article on Splitting Night
- Chronicle.com
Read entire preview by Theodore Bale
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"If the nation sees that dance is thriving in this community, then it becomes a destination for creative souls." (Quote by Andy Noble regarding the Houston Dance Festival) - Preview article on HDF
- CultureMap
Read entire preview by Nancy Wozny
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"Choreographers Andy Noble and Dionne Sparkman Noble craft mini epics filled with drama and individual character smartly pitted against clever, engaging ensemble work from the eight dancers." - Summer Dance with Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance
- Austin Arts: Seeing Things
Read entire review by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
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"Delightful, Stunning, Beautiful." - Light Blanket x44
- Orts on Arts
Read entire blog by Neil Ellis Orts
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"Light Blanket x44, by Andy and Dionne Noble, has the most scintillating beginning since Balanchine's Serenade." - JCC Triple Focus 2011
- Dance Source Houston
Read entire review by D.L. Groover
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"...delivered both the most delicate and the fiercest performance of the night." - JCC Triple Focus 2011
- Houston Press
Read entire review by Rosie Trump
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"NobleMotion emerged as the company to gush about." - 2010 Year in Review
- Culturemap Houston
Read entire review by Nancy Wozny
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"In their mission statement, they say they want to challenge both their own boundaries and those of their dancers and collaborators. On Friday night they accomplished that and more at the Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex with a cutting-edge program of formally sophisticated and socially provocative dances. For us, it's the most exciting dance news of the summer." - NobleMotion Evening ...On Your Mark, Get Set
- Houston Press
Read entire review by Theodore Bale
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"...it got the biggest applause of the night." - KinkyKool Fan Blowing Hard at The Dance Gallery Festival New York
- OffOffOff Dance
Read entire review by Quinn Batson
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"In Photo Box D, bodies fly in and out of a velvet blackness, leaps disappear as if caught by a lightless void, while at other times, the dancers get literally sucked out of the light. " - The Dance Gallery Festival Houston
- Dance Source Houston
Read entire review by Nancy Wozny
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"Speed, attack and...even reckless virtuosity" - Kinky Kool Fan Blowing Hard at Weekend of Texas Contemporary Dance
- Dance Source Houston
Read entire review by Theodore Bale
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"I appreciated his boldness. Noble may look a little like Dick Van Dyke in his casual, nice guy manner, but his dances are anything but retro." - Weekend of Texas Contemporary Dance 2010
- Culture Map Houston
Read entire preview by Nancy Wozny
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"(Lone Lark Speaking) is a lovely, emotional piece, an exercise in restraint where another artist might slip into melodrama." - NobleMotion Evening ...On Your Mark, Get Set
- Dance Source Houston
Read entire review by Neil Ellis Orts
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"...(the dancers) shove, push, walk and smash up against the wall in some all out thrilling partnering." - Barrier at Dance Houston
- DanceHunter
Read entire review by Nancy Wozny
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"...the company exhibits an extraordinary athleticism...NobleMotion Dance is a name to watch." - Big Range Dance Festival 2009
- Dance Source Houston
Read entire review by Neil Ellis Orts
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"Noble and his collaborators have crafted the rarest of treasures - a work of dance theater that has heart and conveys a message." - Evening-Length Show ...to the Rescue
- Salt Lake Tribune
Read entire review by Karen Ann Webb
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"Andy Noble and Dionne Sparkman Noble score with a piece called small spaces. It's dramatic, lyrical and melancholy and has a subtle narrative element that these choreographers often bring to their work."
- St. Petersburg Times
Read entire review by Marty Clear
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"...graceful, touching and visually interesting, using the space and the bodies in ways that are editorial and intimate, sad and exuberant." - small spaces at On the Boards Northwest New Works Series, Seattle
- Seattleactor.com
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"...it's easy to pinpoint the moment that held the most emotional impact. The ending of "Yield," by guest artists Andy Noble and Dionne Sparkman Noble, led to audible sighs from the audience, followed by raucous applause."
- St. Petersburg Times
Read entire review by Marty Clear
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Also see NeoNuma Arts: Literature, Performance, Art a blog by Neil Ellis Orts