Quotes froM THE PRESS
“Jeremy Nelson’s work ‘Bridges and Doors’ contrasts Rutter’s with its stunning sophisticated simplicity. It is a work with ideas and inspiration arising from architecture, and architecture’s final purpose as dwelling place . Nelson, who is known to work from the inside, out, subtly seems to instill his ideas more internally into the framework of the mind and body. This depth of practice can be seen in the clearly articulated, unique movements and presence of each dancer.”
Hannah Standard, NZ Theatre Review, June 2016 Read full review
“ In contrast, Bridges and Doors by Jeremy Nelson, is almost its predecessor’s antithesis. Explicit choreographic vocabulary comes to the fore allowing the versatility of its dancers (Jeremy Beck, Brydie Colquhoun, Emma Dellabarca, Jared Hemopo, Lana Phillips) to shine in a myriad of exceptionally beautiful sequences.”
Dione Joseph, New Zealand Herald, July 2016 Read full review
“ Through the thoughtful, textured choreography we are privy to elements of architecture combining with human interactions and an exploration of who we are and where we live. I feel I am traveling through a stranger’s house and their mind, privy to all their private thoughts”
Donna Bacevich Gera, NZ Theatre Review, July 2016 Read full review
“Jeremy Nelson’s SIX is a richly satisfying, finely nuanced dance in which the movement potentialities, centres of gravity, inherent contrasts of flow and dynamic variation provided by dancers in and out of wheelchairs are at the heart of the choreography.”
Raewyn White, New Zealand Herald, August, 201O Read full review
“The timing is so organic, like an array of dominoes falling and creating gorgeous formations in space. Tinkles, a clean and clear top light, arm swipes and rolls, fading out to a stationary Cowan looking plainly at the audience – these images are mesmerising and magical. SIX is a sumptuous and satisfyingly performed dance work that gives the company a chance to take a bigger bite of the apple. Bravo Mr Nelson!”
Jack Gray, Theatre Review, August 2010 Read full review
“Jeremy Nelson’s new SAIL is as well made and tasteful as any dance. What made it stand out on Thursday night at Danspace Project was Mr. Nelson’s trademark full-blown, surging movement and the vivid individuality of its five hard-dancing performers.”
“Emotion is always present under the surface of “Sail,” certainly, but that is largely because the performers are human. One point of the new piece, and of much of Mr. Nelson’s work, seems to be the infectious joy and sense of completeness that can come from unrestrained, whole-body dancing. This is what it must be like, you think, to move with no restrictions.”
“A recent wave of ballet choreographers seems devoted to hectic activity for its own pointless sake. “Sail,” paired on the program with “Mean Piece,” is proof that it is possible to be in constant motion and make a lot of sense.”
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times, March 2008 Read full review
“Nelson’s choreography seethes with off-kilter movement that can melt sensuously and in a second – maybe even simultaneously – slice into space with steely precision.”
Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice, September, 2006
“Nelson, whose intricately plotted dances ………. make one believe in movement‘s infinite possibilities.”
Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Gay City News, September, 2006
“This new work (Accent Elimination) richly mines Nelson’s skill at juxtaposing lushness with leanness, refinement with a touch of roughness – ”
Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice, November, 2004
“Nelson inserts lustrous details into his lean, angular moves, which make his dancers flare, shiver and stretch.”
Judith Mackrell, the Guardian, England, 2003
“… the choreography is opulent in texture. Now taut and keen-edged, now lush and fluid, it stresses unexpected shifts of position and direction.”
Tobi Tobias, Village Voice, November 2002
“…Nelson manages to create dances that are incredibly engaging, full of smart inventions, witty phrasing, and surprising impulses of motion.”
Anne Zuerner, ExploreDance.com, 2002
“Nelson makes fascinating movement – a combination of rag-doll looseness and knife-edged precision….”
Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice, 2000
“He’s a wonder: a small lean guy who moves big. He blends tautness and melting suppleness, both in his dancing and his choreography. The elegant piece careers in and out of strikingly asymmetrical order ….”
Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice, May 1998
“…..his choreography looked like his remarkable dancing: bounding and buoyant, taking the earth and air in great expansive, gobbling leaps…..”
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times, December 1996
“…..It was a work of genuine feeling, grand vision, and generous spirit …… this New Zealander clearly loves visceral, athletic dance, but frames it with accessible structures and surprising, evocative movement….”
Alice Naude, Dance Magazine, 1995
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