Press Quotes

Praise from press for Corbett’s Tom’s Wealth:

“Corbett is a veteran with an uncanny ability to manipulate scads of dancers and nondancers through intricate patterns showered with idiosyncratic blips …the meaning comes through the movement. The essence of vulnerability fairly rips up the stage.”

—Thea Singer, Boston Globe

“Caitlin Corbett knows that ordinary folks can invest everyday movements with beauty and dignity… In Tom’s Wealth, Corbett has acknowledged the universal urge to dance within the context of an iconic image of our nation when it was young.”

—Iris Fanger, Dance Magazine

“Thirty men, women and children display an impressive physical commitment… Corbett gives five professional dancers imaginative, sophisticated phrasing in smaller configurations, as they imbue fundamental material with a fluid, more elaborate sense of breath and expanse…. [Tom’s Wealth] somehow makes you feel a little more connected to the things that truly matter.”

—Karen Campbell, Boston Globe

Quotes from reviews about Caitlin Corbett Dance Company:

“One of Boston’s foremost choreographers is entering her prime. All seven dances by Caitlin Corbett… are examples of stunning organization and infinite expression.”

—Theodore Bale, Boston Herald

“Her movement vocabulary—which is lush and spare at once—is so distinctive that it has the kinesthetic effect of a rich flavor lingering on your tongue… Corbett’s work not only addresses intellectual questions but also has humor and heart.”

—Thea Singer, Boston Globe

“Her movement vocabulary is both fully developed and unique, and her dances look like no one else’s.”

—Diane C. Grant, Boston Globe

Caitlin Corbett has been presenting intelligent, well-crafted works in the Boston area since 1984. One of the most assured of Boston area’s choreographers…”

—Iris Fanger, Boston Herald

“A perfect postmodernist… the work was honest, engaging, physically and emotionally dangerous, and unpredictable.”

—Christine Temin, Boston Globe

“When you watch her move… the basic beauty of all human movement is realized.”

—Lisa F. Hillyer, Boston Phoenix

“Corbett makes dances that are assertive and technically lush.”

—Iris Fanger, Dance Magazine

“Corbett… dared to offer the audience personal insights and maybe even beliefs without losing postmodernism’s project of investigating movement, structure and performing presence.”

—Marcia B. Siegel, Boston Phoenix

“Corbett’s works… are compelling, rich with allusions that frame vigorous, often virtuosic movement.”

—Karen Campbell, Boston Herald