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ERNESTA CORVINO'S DANCE CIRCLE COMPANY
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WHAT THE CRITICS SAY…...
Choreography is by the gifted artist in residence, Ernesta Corvino...As dancer and choreographer, Ms. Corvino reflects the high artistic standards set by her renowned father, the legendary dance figure Alfredo Corvino. Ms. Corvino's choreography is witty, musical and insightful, and her performances always technically and interpretively impressive. Hal de Becker, Dirt Alert (Las Vegas)
Her choreography (for Ballet of the Dolls) had charm and wit and provided good characterizations for the dolls. (The Clown) was portrayed with panache by Corvino...outstanding. City Life (Las Vegas)
Ernesta Corvino has utilized Ravel's Bolero (for her ballet Somnus) for a dream sequence in which she is the Sleeper experiencing nightmares of frustration and longing, and recollections of childhood and romance. The fears she endures in her deeply somnolent state certainly arouse sympathy...This is one of the most novel utilizations of the Ravel score ever conceived.The Circle dancers really got into the spirit of this (Holmes, Sweet Holmes) zany, utterly delicious takeoff on the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson. Jennie Schulman, Backstage
Once again, the program demonstrated Corvino's boldness and sense of humor.
.....first-rate. Dance Pages, New York City
Ernesta Corvino's two pieces, The Gallery and Derby, worked very well. Ms. Corvino strikes a thoughtful balance between dance, music, story and costume in her work. There is a serious playfulness to Corvino's work that adds to their interest. The costumes by Marcella Corvino were excellent.
John V. Hennessey, East Villager
Corvino has a deft wit and a sly way with comedy. Derby, a premiere, is a clever picture of horse racing inspired by the 1984 Kentucky Derby. In The Gallery, 'American Gothic' is indeed uproarious, and the finale is madcap.
Joseph Gale, The Independent Press
The maddest undertaking of all was Ernesta Corvino's Holmes, Sweet Holmes, a new ballet set to a collage of music by Tchaikovsky, which borrows elements of the Sherlock Holmes stories to create a new mystery to be solved. Miss Corvino knows the stories, and her incorporation of famous clues from them is witty and inventive.
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
Some works stood out...among them Ernesta Corvino's Uncle Sam. Set to music by Sousa and Gershwin, with a section danced to 'The Star-Spangled Banner' played on car horns, Uncle Sam was a goofy free-for-all. Each couple had an appealing duet of its own...
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
Her (Ellen Kogan's) programme (at The Place) contained seven dances by seven choreographers. Ernesta Corvino's Klezmerized was full of crazy fun. John Percival, The London Times
Spunky, funny and most engaging as Chaplin, Miss Corvino brought to the silent movie routines a quirkiness, an infectious smile and winsome vulnerability that was entirely fresh. Charlie & Co. was a work designed to please an audience - and it did. Ernesta Corvino's comic choreographic sense was equally apparent in a work called The Gallery...It was goofy, oddball, comic genius.
Kelly Christman, The Morning Union
Finally, I would like to say that the evening was made memorable by the presence of performers from The Dance Circle...(These dancers) gave amazingly versatile and professional performances...these dancers moved from classical ballet to music hall comedy with skill and verve. Ernesta Corvino's portrait of Charlie Chaplin...was both outrageous and delightful. William Adelman, Falmouth Enterprise
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