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PRESS Reviews & ARTICLES· 1984–Present

1984

1984   The New York Times Dance: "NovEnsemble at Symphony Space"

by Jennifer Dunning

May 8, 1984

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1985

1985   The New York Times, Dance: "Joan Lombardi"

by Jennifer Dunning, February 24, 1985

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1985   Tatler Magazine, London, UK : Feature: 'Shooting UP'- new talent portfolio

'FELICIA NORTON, contemporary dance soloist'

by Elizabeth Woodham-Smith

May 1985, pp 132-133, Volume 280, Number 5

Photographed by Arthur Elgort

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1985   The Times, London, UK- Dance, "Big Apple, Bloomsbury Theatre"

by John Percival

May 23, 1985

 

1985   Manchester Evening News, UK, "Last Night, America Week"

by Alan Hulme

June 5, 1985

 

1985   'Dance and Dancers' Magazine, UK: "The Big Apple, Dancers from New York in London season", Bloomsbury Theatre, London

by John Percival

August 1985, pp 20-21, Issue no 428

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1985   The Latest News: "Joyful Performances of Dance"

Third International Dance Festival at Brussels, Belgium

August 21,1985

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1987

1987   The Scotsman, "Festival Review", Edinburgh, Scotland

by David Campbell

August 29, 1987

 

1988

1988   The New York Times : "Dance: Felicia Norton"

by Jack Anderson, February 23, 1988

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1988   The New York Times: "Review/New Choreographers"

by Jack Anderson, November 8, 1988

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1989

1989   The New York Times: ‘Dancing Out of Doors’ Preview, August 18, 1989

 

1989   New York Post, “Midsummers afternoon’s (outdoor) enchantment”-Preview August 18, 1989

 

 

1990

1990   The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, E-5, Dance," ‘Magical’ collaboration is a blend of styles, genres"

by Helen C. Smith, February 8, 1990

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1990   Atlanta Constitution, "Seven Stages Magic", Vol 20, No 1

February 10, 1990

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1990   The New York Times: "Feminist Imagery on 2 Nights"

by Jennifer Dunning, October 21, 1990

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1991

1991   Democrat and Chronicle/Times-Union, Rochester, NY; "Hot Tickets"

Pyramid Arts Center, January 17, 1991

 

1991   Ballet Review: "Check it Out"

Spring 1991, p 98

 

1992

1992   The Times-Picayune, Theater Dance "Lagniappe’s Hot Stuff"

Preview-Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans,

December 4, 1992

 

1993

1993   The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, "This Week, Fanning the Flames"

June 20, 1993

 

1993   Attitude: "Wave Hill-Communing with the Hill "

by Bert Weschler, Fall 1993, Vol 9, No. 3/4

 

1993   The Eye Weekly Toronto, "Minstrels in the Gallery"

by Sibylle Preuschat, October 7, 1993

 

1993   The Toronto Star, "Fusion violinist and dancer pair up for intriguing show"

by Geoff Chapman, October 7, 1993

 

1994

1994   Dance Pages “Preview-Lincoln Center Out of Doors : ‘Earth Calling Stars’-Leroy Jenkins with Felicia Norton”

Summer 1994

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1994   Attitude Magazine: “Daphne of the Dunes”

by Bert Weschler, Vol 10, No 3

Summer 1994

 

1994   The New York Observer, "The 8 Day Week, Dancers at DIA, NYC "

November 7, 1994, No 39

 

1995

1995   Dance Magazine: "The Salon Project, DIA Center for the Arts, NYC "

by Rose Ann Thom, March 1995, Vol LXIX, No 3

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1995   Attitude Magazine: "Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Prime Movers- Felicia Norton and Leroy Jenkins, ‘Under the Uplands’

by Susanna Sloat, c1994, Fall/Winter Issue, 1995, Vol 10, No 4

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1995   Guatemala Guia, “Presentation of Contemporary Dance Soloists, Danza”: Teatro de Camara del Centro Cultural

by Miguel Asturias, June 1, 1995

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1996

1996   Independent Weekly, Durham, NC, ‘Best Bets: In Concert’, Duke University

Edited by Karen A. Mann

Preview article by Joe Vanderford, Vol XIV, No 17, Apri 24-30, 1996

 

1996   “Goings On Around Town’ Salome

New Yorker Magazine

April 1996

 

1997

1997   The New York Times, "4 Shoes and then 2 Concerts"

by Alan Kozin, August 11, 1997

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1997   New York Times : Dance View: "The City Becomes a Stage, and Part of the Action"

by Jack Anderson, August 3, 1997

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1997   The Forward, Performance, “Metropolitan New York” October 3,1997

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1997   BACKSTAGE, Performing Arts Weekly, “Sundays at Three-Dances of the American Spirit”, 92nd St Y, NYC

by Phyllis Goldman, October 24, 1997

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1997   HK Magazine, Hong Kong, “Janie Brendel & Felicia Norton-Solos and Duets” October 28, 1997

 

1997   Hong Kong Standard China : “Dancing Duo Moves Goddesses”-Preview Article by Dennis Eng, October 30, 1997

 

1997   South China Morning Post : "Reviews: Solos and Duets, Janie Brendel and Felicia Norton"

by Jason Gagliardi, November 3, 1997

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1998

1998   The Washington Post Arts “Here & Now: Dance That Makes Noise”

By Sarah Kaufman, July 12, 1998

 

1999

1999   BACKSTAGE, “40Up: a dynamic generation”

By Lisa Jo Sagolla, July 16-22, 1999

 

2000

2000   BACKSTAGE: “Contemporary-Felicia Norton, Find Your Depths”

‘The Dancers who get the Work Again and Again’

by Lisa Jo Sagolla, photos-Julie Lemberger, April 14-20, 2000

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2000   The New York Times “The Arts-Works of Turbulence, Wit and Elegiac Grief”

by Anna Kisselgoff, September 13, 2000

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2000   Show Business Weekly, “Dance: Various Artists at the New 14th Street Y”

By Julia Holland, September 20-26, 2000

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2000   The Village Voice- Dance

by Deborah Jowitt, September 26, 2000

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2001

2001   Art Voice, ‘Violinist Leroy Jenkins Brings Inspiration to Hallwalls”

by Bob Boardman, Buffalo, NY, October 10, 2001

 

2004

2004   “Dancing of the Spirit- Violinist Leroy Jenkins and dancer Felicia Norton bring the magic to the Erie Art Museum Annex”

Erie Arts

By John Chacona, March 25, 2004

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2009

2009   BACKSTAGE, “Making Dance Matter : NOOR”

By Lisa Jo Sagolla, p. 14, February 12-18, 2009

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2011

2011   The Skinny, "Booking Dance Festival at EICC, A festival within the Fringe" Feature

by Mark Harding, August 19, 2011

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2011   TW, Three Weeks Weekly, Booking Dance Festival, Edinburgh Festival Review

by Alice Longhurst, August 31, 2011

2015

2015   The Chautauquan Daily : ‘Sufi practitioner Norton to present contemporary dance piece based on life of SOE spy Khan’

by Hayley Ross, August 13, 2015

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2016

2016   Itä-Savo: Tanssitahdet Savonlinnassa

by Sanni Harmanen, Finland

July 21, 2016, pp 20-21

 

2016   Itä-Savo: Saimaa Dance Festivals

by Riita-Leena Lempinen-Vesa, Finland

July 25, 2016, p 24

 

Books, Publications, Essays

1992   'DANCERS'-Photographs by Philip Trager with Essays by Joan Acocella and David Freedberg, A Bulfinch Press Book, Little, Brown and Company 1992

Felicia Norton-Dancer- Plates 8 and 9,

Essay “Dance in Nature’ by Joan Acocella p12

Essay: The Movements of the Soul, by David Freedburg, pp. 23-26

 

1992   'Science and Spirit Symposium', Cauldron Productions, Inc, Publication, 1992, “Cosmology-The Breath of God: Hildegard of Bingen”, by Annette Covatta pp. 21-26, Essay & Photos: Felicia Norton performing ‘Hildegard’

 

1996   'Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance', by Eric Franklin, Human Kinetics, 1996,  Felicia Norton, p. 81, p. 187

 

1996   Dance on Paper: Drawings, Marks and Notations Show of New Arts Program Artists with Dance artists statement Felicia Norton in the New Arts Program performances and consultation residencies, 1996, text and ill.

Zoellner Arts Center Main Gallery in conjunction with New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA at Lehigh University Art Galleries Nov 28, 2001-Feb 3, 2002

 

2001   Vision Festival Magazine, NYC, 2001, Photo and Artist Statement by dancer Felicia Norton, pp. 20-21

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2020   POV : Dance-Felicia Norton

Interviewed by Usha Akella, 2020, online publication

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2023   Sufi News Magazine:  ‘Reflections on creating and performing NOOR : A Dramatization of the life and Courage of Noor-un-nissa Inayat Khan ’

by Felicia Norton, Sufi News no 11, pp 10-15

March 2023

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