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| | Barry's Dance Review - White Oak Dance Project |
 | | Shortly before his death, Hawkins created this as a solo for Baryshnikov, who had it re-staged for the nine members of White Oak. |
 | | The music, by Hawkins' wife Lucia, modestly titled "Disparate Stairway Radical Other Quartet" was by turns propulsive, frenetic, and whistle-like; there were screeching violins, a suggestion of swarming bees, and all too brief moments of silence. |
 | | The kaleidoscope of movement and freezes included a primal stretching and oozing exit into the wings (prompting one wit to re-title it "Journey of an Amoeba"), graceful floor rolling, jerky gear/ratchet moves, one-legged sway backed poses, and rear facing en rélèvé with arms extended at a 45° angle. |
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