New York-based dance and performance group headed by Lynn
Brown and Lynn Marie Ruse. "We are committed to the creation of a dynamic, theatrical
dance vocabulary and emotionally challenging themes. We are dedicated to pushing the
definitions of concert and community dance by developing site-specific pieces. We have
presented work at Dance Theater Workshop, The Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival,
The Florida Dance Festival, The 92nd Street Y, Context Studios and Circum Arts
Foundation."
The critics say:
"In it's embrace of a multimedia dance esthetic the four pieces on this 55-minute
program have a gritty realism that emerges out of a movement vocabulary of kamikaze
falls, beer guzzling and tentative waltzes. The performers led by artistic directors
Lynn Marie Ruse and Lynn Brown speak, dance and gesticulate with commitment and
abandon."
--D.K., Toronto Globe and Mail
"It pulled the viewer into a multi-dimensional realm of dreams, fairy tales,
subconscious realizations."
--Fernando Passos, The Washington Square News
"The peak of my wide-ranging Fringe this year was an hour of dance drama. . .
The Tracking of Expectations presents four Manhattan-based performers in a
suite extravagantly, outrageously physical pas de deux about bonding."
--Wilder Penfield III, Toronto Sun
"Lynn Marie Ruse and Lynn Brown have a knack for sculpting grace, strength
and beauty."
--Michael Dunn, The Tampa Tribune
The Artistic Co-Directors:
Lynn Brown holds his MFA from NYU's Tish School of the Arts. He has peformed
nationally and internationally with Pooh Kaye, Jody Oberfelder-Reihm and Victoria
Marks. His work has been presented extensively in the Chicago area and in New York
at PS 122, Mulberry Street Theater and on various community groups throughout the
city. He is a Lincoln Center Teaching Artist in Dance.
"We've discovered there's a great opportunity for us to make work that puts art
back into the community. I've got a lot of faith in that."
--Interview by Darcy Cosper, The Village Voice
Lynn Marie Ruse holds a Professional Diploma from the Laban Centre in London and
her MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She has performed with Henry Montes in
London, The Hillsborough Moving Company in Florida (Site-Specific Theater), Aiden
Teker and Rebecca Moore in NYC. Ruse has choreographed Hillsborough Moving Company
Productions such as Mac Wellman's Why the Y in Ybor, as well as being presented
at The Florida Dance Festival, Context Studios and NYU.
"Ruse is a stunning, smoldering performer."
--Elizabeth Zimmer, The Village Voice
"She can make heavy statements with a subtle touch and handles serious issues
without losing sight of their inherent humor."
--Marty Clear, Tampa's Weekly Planet
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