The dance world currently
teems with pundits
bemoaning our culture's
marginalization of the art.
Not Karen Goodman.
Instead of merely complaining,
this local dancer-choreographer
has used the meaning and value
of dance as the subject of a
full-length, multidisciplinary
solo titled "Close Dancing,"
working with director Winship Cook
to create what she calls "an experience
that pushes the act of dancing and
viewing into a more active relationship."
Thus the audience will sit on the stage,
surrounding Goodman on three sides,
allowing her work to gain the intimacy
of a studio event along with the
technical control of a normal stage
performance. Close dancing indeed.
Los Angeles Times
Thursday, October 12, 2000