Review of Vested Souls
The dance seemed separated into several sections marked by tempo changes in McDermott’s utterly absorbing music, a CD by his group Micronesia and made just for the dance. I heard cello, electronics, found noises, even some attenuated strings. Read the rest of the review at Philly.com
We had a great weekend of shows for VESTED SOULS and there’s a great review of the show and music in this week’s Philadelphia Inquirer.Once in a while a dance leaves you breathless the instant it begins. That happened Friday night at the Community Education Center (CEC) with dancer/choreographer Nora Gibson’s work for four dancers, Vested Souls. From the first sweep of Michael Reiley McDermott’s electronic score to the last sweep of Eiren Shuman’s arm, and from the first pose of Jeffrey Gunshol in third position to the last of Gibson’s small ronde de jambes, this dance held me in its thrall. I don’t think I took a full breath until about 50 minutes later.
Composer, producer and sound artist Michael McDermott (Mikronesia) creates sound for film, dance, installations, recordings and performance.
