SHE, a choreoplay (2017) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (24)
See it if You like modern/contemporary dance. The dancing is great and should have been left to tell the story along with the audio/video sets.
Don't see it if You can't overlook a poorly written story used to try and force an idea. It's important one and emotional but doesn't ring true as written.
See it if You want a play, told best through dance, with a powerful message about violence against women.
Don't see it if You want a well-crafted play. While the dance is excellent, the script & the actors' performances are clunky & often fall flat.
See it if You want to see amazing dancing. You want to see a performance about sexual violence told through dance and spoken word as well.
Don't see it if You are very sensitive to sexual violence. You don't like expressive dance. Read more
See it if you are interested in the ongoing issue of the abuse of women -physically, sexually, emotionally & the dire need for unity to fight it
Don't see it if you have PTSD or have been assaulted in any way- date rape, beatings, psychologically tormented- this piece will trigger strong reaction Read more
See it if you like modern dance and shows including only female actors and dancers and concerning issues concerning primarily women and caring men
Don't see it if you cannot experience safely the graphic depiction/open discussion of rape/abuse of power of men over women or do not like dance/women theme
See it if You like shows that create a fresh way to tell stories with a mixture of word,dance and mixed media .Talk back gives. audiences a voice.
Don't see it if If you want more classically told presentations of socially themed theater
See it if U want 2 c some beautiful & vibrant dancing/dancers & need 2 commiserate with others who have been victims of sexual violence. A lot is said
Don't see it if This play is not for everyone; my male friend hated it-saw it as 1 sided and victim"y". I didnt feel same but it needs shaping/is indulgent~
See it if You like to watch dance and watch a play about sexual abuse. I prefer the dance to the narrative.
Don't see it if You don't like slow narrative and abrupt transitions during the play. The dancing is great, but the script needs editing. Read more
Critic Reviews (2)
"'She' feels urgent in its aims, if less assured in its execution...The most successful dances show women’s physical freedom transformed into something far more jagged. But abstraction is less helpful in capturing violence through language...The direction, by Phaedra Michelle Scott, often seems unsure whether to focus on the speakers or the dancers...If the piece is not entirely effective as a work of art, as a piece of advocacy and as a goad for discussion, it is passionate and necessary."
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“From beginning to end, ‘SHE’ delivered incisive, evocative commentary on the subject of sexual and gender violence…The closing piece gave emotional buoyancy to the evening…‘SHE’ was a truly stunning and powerful artistic statement made up of so many individual contributions. But what truly stands out is how Parker managed to link together movement, images, stories, and a number of genres of music into such a coherent and dynamic performance.”
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