NY Fringe Festival Review: Testify

A Dance Recital Explores Emotions

Testify
Presented by: ETCH Dance Co.
Choreographer: Elisha Clark Halpin

Summary:
A dance recital of sorts for students and recent grads affiliated with Etch Dance Co. in Central Pennsylvania. Artistic Director and choreographer Elisha Clark Halpin explores emotions expressed through dance in five numbers performed by Allison Alemi, Megan Moore, Caitlin Rogowski and Lauren Steinke (Halpin also performs).

Highlights:
• A moving dance performed by Moore to Jacques Brel’s “Ne Me Quitte Pas.”
• 30 minutes long

Lowlights:
• The program blurb describes the performance as “Displacement in Darfur, unrequited love, warfare, devastation, compassion, & desire; Testify takes you there and everywhere in between.” I guess I was somewhere in between because even if I figured out the war and displacement themes (and yes, I did), I wouldn’t have known that number was about Darfur.

Fringe Tassels Awarded: 1.0

VENUE #6: The Robert Moss Theater
See it again Wed 26 @ 4:15 Thu 27 @ 5:45 Sat 29 @ 8:45 Sun 30 @ 3:30

-- Lauren Yarger