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"Ms. Myers can indeed shape an onstage world."
--Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times


"I have never felt so close
to someone else's art."
--Blanche Boyd, Novelist


"...in Myers's engrossing Slipline (for her own company), the dancers emerge as collaborating individuals. In games, varied encounters, and bold dancing by five women, we can view Dominique Godderis as a mischief maker and Myers as her sometime confederate, Diana Deaver and Allison Walton as friends, and Rachel Astern as a loner. It's a rich little world."
--Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice


"Myers' what we have is half of what we wish for... is a fascinating modernist breakdown of a hectic society [with] a wondrous sound collage by Kyle Olson which could stand alone as a fully realized artwork yet works even better as a provocative and propulsive pace-setter for the quintet."
--Chris Arnott, The New Haven Advocate


"a piece that you have to see to believe, but one that will make you appreciate the athleticism of some dancers and dances, and makes you never able to look at a pink shag rug in quite the same way again."
--K.D. Norris, Bennington Banner



presenters


"…the unifying quality of Adele’s work was that of a shared, palpable space between her company and the audience- something that is difficult to achieve. This is the quality that truly sets Adele’s company apart from the rest. They get it right."
--Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond


"Professional and adaptive: Presenting and working with Adele Myers and Dancers was a pleasure! The vision of Myers as an artistic director and choreographer is innovative and relevant; the dancers are visually stunning in their deft athleticism and sensitive interpretation. The element of group’s theatricality adds a nutritious layer of thought-provoking substance which definitely resonated in the minds of our student and adult audiences."
--Aranka Matolcsy, Mahoosuc Arts Council Executive Director, Bethel, Maine


"One of Adele’s many strengths is her intuitive understanding of audiences. Her enthusiasm and energy is infectious, which enables her to captivate her audience and makes her performances and/or presentations successful artistically and intellectually."
--Robert Richter, Director of Programming, OnStage at Connecticut College


"I am impressed by how rigorous Ms. Myers is in her own artistic practice and her commitment to making dances that are deeply infused with meaning. She is an artist who has a deep passion for dance and all its possibilities."
--Sara Coffey, Vermont Performance Lab, Guilford, VT



audience


"Adele’s choreography limns the absurd."
--Dr. David Kim, Associate Professor, Connecticut College


"Adele’s work is charged, savvy, contextual, heart felt, and beautifully performed. She has cultivated a choreographic voice that contains pieces of human life, expressed with visual and emotional intensity. She knows how to command the stage. Much of her performance is about the act of performance. The work invites the performers to reveal their vulnerability, which, in turn, allows for a real connection with the audience. In doing so, she exposes both frailty and strength. Her dances are powerful and powerfully human. Their images resonate long after the curtain closes."
--Heidi Henderson, Choreographer, Elephant Jane Dance


"Myers' work bursts with the high voltage kinetics, wit, quirks and most of all clear talent that characterize her mind, a place I always enjoy visiting."
--Nancy Smith Fichter, Choreographer, Professor Emerita, Florida State University


"Adele Myers & Dancers dance like they don't care that you're watching. They always embody Myers' abundant commitment to the movement, bringing themselves to the work first as people, then as dancers. Not to be missed."
--Maria Bauman, Urban Bush Women company member


"A wondrously imaginative spectrum of movement that is ticklish to the amateur eye and technically intricate upon closer inspection. Myers creates characters whose secrets you want to know. You want to learn their moves, just one, one at a time."
--Mary McKinley


"Myers has managed to inject an element of levity into an art form that often takes itself too seriously."
--Joseph Fortuna


"The choreography is incredibly inventive and dynamic, and the dancers are playful, surprising and so energetic!"
--Allison Tennenbaum



Photo of Adele Myers by Squire Fox (top); Photo of Rachel Astern, Allison Walton, Diana Deaver by Lois Greenfield (bottom)