Okpokwasili’s borderline magical physicality makes for awesome punctuation...Like dreams, ‘Bronx Gothic’ isn’t always decipherable, but blurred, bloody fragments of it linger long after it has ended...'
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I have never seen a piece quite like this before. It’s performance more than theatre, a collision of dance, singing and the spoken word...If only the work were more tightly structured, it would be a phenomenon.'
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Unsettling, boring, confusing and, at times, touching. At its best, it is all of those at once. At its worst, you are just waiting for it to end.'
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Breathtakingly hypnotic dance-theatre...Bronx Gothic is a masterpiece of physicality and endurance...It’s also a beguilingly clever piece of storytelling.'
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...extraordinary piece of dance-theatre...It is a haunting and penetrating performance, one driven by an arresting urgency and emotion from Okpokwasili.'
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Okwui Okpokwasili’s solo performance piece is an astounding piece of theatre...It’s hard, and finally fruitless to attempt to describe Okwui Okpokwasili’s Bronx Gothic in conventional terms of genre...'
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Okpokwasili is an incredible performer; utterly transformative. Her dancing is graceful, and she tells stories through movement...this show is nothing if not a challenge.'
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