ARENA Dances by Mathew Janczewski impacts viewers on a visceral and kinetic level with its exhilarating, pure, athletic movement. The company of dancers seemingly flies through the space, with exuberant physicality, whipping their bodies into precarious positions, only to break into the far reached of the room. Janczewski’s choreography has a seamless quality rooted in intelligence, thoughtfulness, and grace.
Dances range from the playful to the somber, juxtaposing the intricately technical with elegant simplicity. Janczewski’s distinctive movement cuts across many schools and styles of dance, combining elements to create its own unique signature that is a curious blend of the humorous, the classical and the quirky.