“Even in virtual form, the project’s ethos of inclusiveness remains constant.”
NY Times / Read Full Article
"I wanted to create a safe space where the audience could really ‘look’ and the performers could ‘look’ back.”
The Boost / Read Full Article
"As the largest ongoing international installation of atypical bodies..."
DC Metro / Read Full Article
“With its diverse, inclusive cast, [ON DISPLAY/RESTON] is a resonant project for the current moment”
The Washington Post / Read Full Article
“Through the act of gazing upon one another, ON DISPLAY GLOBAL accesses shared humanity and connectivity.”
Dance Enthusiast / Read Full Article
“Inviting other people to watch you is an incredibly strong statement”
Maryland Today / Read Full Article
“...the event brings a restorative message of celebrating our shared humanity, vulnerabilities, and differences.”
Fjord Dance Magazine / Read Full Article
“In this installation the performers have the power to choose what they do or do not reveal, giving them control over a personal journey that cannot help but be affected by an audience.”
Dance Enthusiast / Read Full Article
“On Display/Boston is everything I want from a work of art: It is thoughtful and makes you think. It provokes reflection. It is full of spirit. It is full of beauty. It is inclusive. And it takes you deep inside your self even as it expands the world around you.”
DAVID HENRY
Bill T. Jones Director of Performing and Media Arts
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA
“On Display creates a safe and creative space for us to really look at each other and our differences,”
Bendigo Advertiser, Australia / Read Full Article
“The acceptance, vulnerability and honesty I've experienced through this work bring so much more humility and compassion to my everyday life and, I hope, to those I encounter.”
Dance Magazine / Read Full Article
“ON DISPLAY/RESTON … is a commentary on the body as a spectacle and society's obsession with body image. The installation confronts the gaze and disability culture.”
Fairfax County Times / Read Full Article
“Heidi Latsky Dance of New York City transformed the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s Kogod Auditorium into a living sculpture garden featuring a diverse cast of 20 performers of various ages, races, genders and abilities.”
The Georgetowner / Read Full Article
“[T]he artists paired with performers from Heidi Latsky Dance in New York City to create wearable designs that puts emphasis on each dancer's strength and resilience.”
World Is One News / Read Full Article
“[T]he project spotlights the slow, expressive movements of each individual and addresses the concept of humans being on display, raising awareness about the experiences of seeing and being seen.”
Westword / Read Full Article
“When I see our ON DISPLAY PSA, [it’s] so different from all the commercial ads that are up in Times Square … it was taking it to a place where I never thought we could go as a modern dance company on stage.”
Backstage / Read Full Article
“Those of us who are presenting ourselves to be looked at have our eyes open, so we are staring back. We are hoping to open a dialogue.”
Albuquerque Journal / Read Full Article