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Felicia Norton<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Performing Dance Artist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The New York Times Dance: “NovEnsemble at Symphony Space”<\/a><\/strong>by Jennifer Dunning \u00b7 May 8, 1984 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The New York Times, Dance: “Joan Lombardi”<\/a><\/strong>by Jennifer Dunning \u00b7 February 24, 1985 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tatler Magazine, London, UK: Feature \u2014 ‘Shooting UP’ \u2013 new talent portfolio, ‘FELICIA NORTON, contemporary dance soloist’<\/a><\/strong>London, UK
by Elizabeth Woodham-Smith \u00b7 Photographed by Arthur Elgort \u00b7 May 1985, pp 132\u2013133, Volume 280, Number 5 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Times, London, UK \u2013 Dance: “Big Apple, Bloomsbury Theatre”<\/strong>Bloomsbury Theatre, London, UK
by John Percival \u00b7 May 23, 1985<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manchester Evening News: “Last Night, America Week”<\/strong>Manchester, UK
by Alan Hulme \u00b7 June 5, 1985<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Dance and Dancers’ Magazine, UK: “The Big Apple, Dancers from New York in London season”<\/a><\/strong>Bloomsbury Theatre, London, UK
by John Percival \u00b7 August 1985, pp 20\u201321, Issue no 428 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Latest News: “Joyful Performances of Dance”<\/a><\/strong>Third International Dance Festival, Brussels, Belgium
August 21, 1985 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Scotsman: “Festival Review”<\/strong>Edinburgh, Scotland
by David Campbell \u00b7 August 29, 1987<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The New York Times: “Dance: Felicia Norton”<\/a><\/strong>by Jack Anderson \u00b7 February 23, 1988 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Times: “Review\/New Choreographers”<\/a><\/strong>by Jack Anderson \u00b7 November 8, 1988 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The New York Times: ‘Dancing Out of Doors’ \u2013 Preview<\/strong>August 18, 1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Post: “Midsummer’s afternoon’s (outdoor) enchantment” \u2013 Preview<\/strong>New York, NY
August 18, 1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, E-5, Dance: “Magical” collaboration is a blend of styles, genres<\/a><\/strong>Atlanta, GA
by Helen C. Smith \u00b7 February 8, 1990 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atlanta Constitution: “Seven Stages Magic”, Vol 20, No 1<\/a><\/strong>Atlanta, GA
February 10, 1990 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Times: “Feminist Imagery on 2 Nights”<\/a><\/strong>by Jennifer Dunning \u00b7 October 21, 1990 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Democrat and Chronicle \/ Times-Union: “Hot Tickets”<\/strong>Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY
January 17, 1991<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ballet Review: “Check it Out”<\/strong>Spring 1991, p 98<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Times-Picayune, Theater Dance: “Lagniappe’s Hot Stuff” \u2013 Preview<\/strong>Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
December 4, 1992<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The New York Times, Arts & Leisure: “This Week, Fanning the Flames”<\/strong>June 20, 1993<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attitude: “Wave Hill \u2013 Communing with the Hill”<\/strong>by Bert Weschler \u00b7 Fall 1993, Vol 9, No. 3\/4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eye Weekly Toronto: “Minstrels in the Gallery”<\/strong>Toronto, Canada
by Sibylle Preuschat \u00b7 October 7, 1993<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Toronto Star: “Fusion violinist and dancer pair up for intriguing show”<\/strong>Toronto, Canada
by Geoff Chapman \u00b7 October 7, 1993<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dance Pages \u2013 Preview: ‘Earth Calling Stars’ \u2013 Leroy Jenkins with Felicia Norton, Lincoln Center Out of Doors<\/a><\/strong>Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Summer 1994 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attitude Magazine: ‘Daphne of the Dunes’<\/strong>by Bert Weschler \u00b7 Vol 10, No 3 \u00b7 Summer 1994<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Observer: “The 8 Day Week, Dancers at DIA”<\/strong>DIA, New York, NY
November 7, 1994, No 39<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dance Magazine: “The Salon Project, DIA Center for the Arts”<\/a><\/strong>DIA Center for the Arts, New York, NY
by Rose Ann Thom \u00b7 March 1995, Vol LXIX, No 3 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attitude Magazine: “Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Prime Movers \u2013 Felicia Norton and Leroy Jenkins, ‘Under the Uplands'”<\/a><\/strong>Lincoln Center, New York, NY
by Susanna Sloat \u00b7 c1994, Fall\/Winter Issue, 1995, Vol 10, No 4 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guatemala Guia: ‘Presentation of Contemporary Dance Soloists, Danza’<\/a><\/strong>Teatro de Camara del Centro Cultural, Guatemala City, Guatemala
by Miguel Asturias \u00b7 June 1, 1995 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Independent Weekly: ‘Best Bets: In Concert’<\/strong>Duke University, Durham, NC
Edited by Karen A. Mann \u00b7 Preview article by Joe Vanderford \u00b7 Vol XIV, No 17, April 24\u201330, 1996<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Yorker Magazine: ‘Goings On Around Town’ \u2013 Salome<\/strong>New York, NY
April 1996<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The New York Times: “4 Shoes and then 2 Concerts”<\/a><\/strong>by Alan Kozin \u00b7 August 11, 1997 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times, Dance View: “The City Becomes a Stage, and Part of the Action”<\/a><\/strong>by Jack Anderson \u00b7 August 3, 1997 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Forward, Performance: ‘Metropolitan New York’<\/a><\/strong>New York, NY
October 3, 1997 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACKSTAGE, Performing Arts Weekly: ‘Sundays at Three \u2013 Dances of the American Spirit’<\/a><\/strong>92nd St Y, New York, NY
by Phyllis Goldman \u00b7 October 24, 1997 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HK Magazine: ‘Janie Brendel & Felicia Norton \u2013 Solos and Duets’<\/strong>Hong Kong
October 28, 1997<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong Standard China: ‘Dancing Duo Moves Goddesses’ \u2013 Preview Article<\/strong>Hong Kong
by Dennis Eng \u00b7 October 30, 1997<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South China Morning Post: “Reviews: Solos and Duets, Janie Brendel and Felicia Norton”<\/a><\/strong>Hong Kong
by Jason Gagliardi \u00b7 November 3, 1997 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Washington Post Arts: “Here & Now: Dance That Makes Noise”<\/strong>Washington, DC
by Sarah Kaufman \u00b7 July 12, 1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BACKSTAGE: “40Up: a dynamic generation”<\/strong>by Lisa Jo Sagolla \u00b7 July 16\u201322, 1999<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BACKSTAGE: ‘Contemporary \u2013 Felicia Norton, Find Your Depths’<\/a><\/strong>‘The Dancers who get the Work Again and Again’
by Lisa Jo Sagolla \u00b7 photos \u2013 Julie Lemberger \u00b7 April 14\u201320, 2000 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Times: “The Arts \u2013 Works of Turbulence, Wit and Elegiac Grief”<\/a><\/strong>by Anna Kisselgoff \u00b7 September 13, 2000 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Show Business Weekly: ‘Dance: Various Artists at the New 14th Street Y’<\/a><\/strong>14th Street Y, New York, NY
by Julia Holland \u00b7 September 20\u201326, 2000 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Village Voice \u2013 Dance<\/a><\/strong>by Deborah Jowitt \u00b7 September 26, 2000 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Art Voice: ‘Violinist Leroy Jenkins Brings Inspiration to Hallwalls’<\/strong>Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
by Bob Boardman \u00b7 October 10, 2001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Erie Arts: “Dancing of the Spirit \u2013 Violinist Leroy Jenkins and dancer Felicia Norton bring the magic to the Erie Art Museum Annex”<\/a><\/strong>Erie Art Museum Annex, Erie, PA
by John Chacona \u00b7 March 25, 2004 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BACKSTAGE: ‘Making Dance Matter: NOOR’<\/a><\/strong>by Lisa Jo Sagolla \u00b7 p. 14, February 12\u201318, 2009 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Skinny: “Booking Dance Festival at EICC, A festival within the Fringe” \u2013 Feature<\/a><\/strong>Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
by Mark Harding \u00b7 August 19, 2011 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TW, Three Weeks Weekly: Booking Dance Festival, Edinburgh Festival \u2013 Review<\/strong>Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
by Alice Longhurst \u00b7 August 31, 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Chautauquan Daily: ‘Sufi practitioner Norton to present contemporary dance piece based on life of SOE spy Khan’<\/a><\/strong>Chautauqua, NY
by Hayley Ross \u00b7 August 13, 2015 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u00e4-Savo: Tanssitahdet Savonlinnassa<\/strong>Savonlinna, Finland
by Sanni Harmanen \u00b7 July 21, 2016, pp 20\u201321<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u00e4-Savo: Saimaa Dance Festivals<\/strong>Savonlinna, Finland
by Riita-Leena Lempinen-Vesa \u00b7 July 25, 2016, p 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Books, Publications, Essays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

‘DANCERS’ \u2013 Photographs by Philip Trager with Essays by Joan Acocella and David Freedberg, A Bulfinch Press Book, Little, Brown and Company, 1992<\/strong>Felicia Norton \u2013 Dancer \u2013 Plates 8 and 9
Essay “Dance in Nature” by Joan Acocella, p. 12
Essay “The Movements of the Soul” by David Freedberg, pp. 23\u201326<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Cosmology \u2013 The Breath of God: Hildegard of Bingen,” by Annette Covatta, pp. 21\u201326 \u2014 Essay & Photos: Felicia Norton performing ‘Hildegard’ \u2014 ‘Science and Spirit Symposium’, Cauldron Productions, Inc., Publication, 1992<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance’, by Eric Franklin, Human Kinetics, 1996<\/strong>Felicia Norton, p. 81, p. 187<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dance on Paper: Drawings, Marks and Notations \u2014 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.<\/strong>Zoellner Arts Center Main Gallery in conjunction with New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA at Lehigh University Art Galleries, Nov 28, 2001\u2013Feb 3, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vision Festival Magazine: Photo and Artist Statement by dancer Felicia Norton, pp. 20\u201321<\/a><\/strong>New York, NY \u00b7 2001 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

POV: Dance \u2013 Felicia Norton<\/a><\/strong>Interviewed by Usha Akella \u00b7 2020, online publication \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sufi News Magazine: ‘Reflections on creating and performing NOOR: A Dramatization of the life and Courage of Noor-un-nissa Inayat Khan’<\/a><\/strong>by Felicia Norton \u00b7 Sufi News no. 11, pp 10\u201315 \u00b7 \u00b7 View Article \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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