Felicia Norton

Reviews · Interviews · Publications

1984 – 2023

Reviews & Listings

1980s
1984
The New York Times
"NovEnsemble at Symphony Space"
by Jennifer Dunning · May 8, 1984
NYTReview
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1985
The New York Times
"Dance: Joan Lombardi"
by Jennifer Dunning · February 24, 1985
NYTReview
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1985
The Latest News · Brussels, Belgium
"Joyful Performances of Dance"
Third International Dance Festival · August 21, 1985
Review
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1985
Dance and Dancers Magazine, UK
"The Big Apple, Dancers from New York in London Season"
by John Percival · Bloomsbury Theatre, London · August 1985 · pp 20–21, Issue no 428
Review
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1985
Manchester Evening News, UK
"Last Night, America Week"
by Alan Hulme · June 5, 1985
Review
1985
The Times, London, UK
"Big Apple, Bloomsbury Theatre"
by John Percival · May 23, 1985
Review
1985
Tatler Magazine, London, UK
"Shooting Up" — New Talent Portfolio: Felicia Norton, Contemporary Dance Soloist
by Elizabeth Woodham-Smith · Photographed by Arthur Elgort · May 1985 · pp 132–133, Vol 280, No 5
Feature
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1987
The Scotsman
"Festival Review"
by David Campbell · Edinburgh, Scotland · August 29, 1987
Review
1988
The New York Times
"Dance: Felicia Norton"
by Jack Anderson · February 23, 1988
NYTReview
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1988
The New York Times
"Review/New Choreographers"
by Jack Anderson · November 8, 1988
NYTReview
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1989
The New York Times
"Dancing Out of Doors" — Preview
August 18, 1989
Review
1989
New York Post
"Midsummer's Afternoon's (Outdoor) Enchantment" — Preview
August 18, 1989
Review
1990s
1990
The New York Times
"Feminist Imagery on 2 Nights"
by Jennifer Dunning · October 21, 1990
NYTReview
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1990
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
"'Magical' Collaboration is a Blend of Styles, Genres"
by Helen C. Smith · February 8, 1990 · E-5, Dance
Review
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1990
Atlanta Constitution
"Seven Stages Magic"
February 10, 1990 · Vol 20, No 1
Review
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1991
Ballet Review
"Check it Out"
Spring 1991 · p 98
Review
1991
Democrat and Chronicle / Times-Union, Rochester, NY
"Hot Tickets" — Pyramid Arts Center
January 17, 1991
Review
1992
The Times-Picayune
"Lagniappe's Hot Stuff" — Preview, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
December 4, 1992
Review
1993
The New York Times, Arts & Leisure
"This Week, Fanning the Flames"
June 20, 1993
Review
1993
The Eye Weekly, Toronto
"Minstrels in the Gallery"
by Sibylle Preuschat · October 7, 1993
Review
1993
The Toronto Star
"Fusion Violinist and Dancer Pair Up for Intriguing Show"
by Geoff Chapman · October 7, 1993
Review
1994
The New York Observer
"The 8 Day Week, Dancers at DIA, NYC"
November 7, 1994 · No 39
Review
1995
Dance Magazine
"The Salon Project, DIA Center for the Arts, NYC"
by Rose Ann Thom · March 1995 · Vol LXIX, No 3
Review
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1995
Guatemala Guia
"Presentation of Contemporary Dance Soloists, Danza"
by Miguel Asturias · Teatro de Camara del Centro Cultural · June 1, 1995
Review
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1996
Independent Weekly, Durham, NC
"Best Bets: In Concert" — Duke University
Preview by Joe Vanderford · edited by Karen A. Mann · Vol XIV, No 17 · April 24–30, 1996
Review
1996
New Yorker Magazine
"Goings On Around Town" — Salome
April 1996
Review
1997
South China Morning Post
"Reviews: Solos and Duets, Janie Brendel and Felicia Norton"
by Jason Gagliardi · November 3, 1997
Review
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1997
Hong Kong Standard China
"Dancing Duo Moves Goddesses" — Preview
by Dennis Eng · October 30, 1997
Review
1997
HK Magazine, Hong Kong
"Janie Brendel & Felicia Norton — Solos and Duets"
October 28, 1997
Review
1997
Backstage, Performing Arts Weekly
"Sundays at Three — Dances of the American Spirit" · 92nd St Y, NYC
by Phyllis Goldman · October 24, 1997
Review
1997
The Forward
"Metropolitan New York" — Performance
October 3, 1997
Review
1997
The New York Times
"4 Shoes and then 2 Concerts"
by Alan Kozin · August 11, 1997
NYTReview
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1997
The New York Times
Dance View: "The City Becomes a Stage, and Part of the Action"
by Jack Anderson · August 3, 1997
NYTReview
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* See PDF (photo of FN in Demeter's Daughter)
1998
The Washington Post Arts
"Here & Now: Dance That Makes Noise"
by Sarah Kaufman · July 12, 1998
Review
1999
Backstage
"40 Up: A Dynamic Generation"
by Lisa Jo Sagolla · July 16–22, 1999
Feature
2000s
2000
The New York Times
"The Arts — Works of Turbulence, Wit and Elegiac Grief"
by Anna Kisselgoff · September 13, 2000
NYTReview
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2000
The Village Voice — Dance
Review
by Deborah Jowitt · September 26, 2000
Review
2000
Show Business Weekly
"Dance: Various Artists at the New 14th Street Y"
by Julia Holland · September 20–26, 2000
Review
2000
Backstage
"Contemporary — Felicia Norton, Find Your Depths: The Dancers Who Get the Work Again and Again"
by Lisa Jo Sagolla · Photos by Julie Lemberger · April 14–20, 2000
Feature
2001
Art Voice, Buffalo, NY
"Violinist Leroy Jenkins Brings Inspiration to Hallwalls"
by Bob Boardman · October 10, 2001
Review
2004
Erie Arts
"Dancing of the Spirit — Violinist Leroy Jenkins and Dancer Felicia Norton Bring the Magic to the Erie Art Museum Annex"
by John Chacona · March 25, 2004
Review
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2009
Backstage
"Making Dance Matter: NOOR"
by Lisa Jo Sagolla · p 14 · February 12–18, 2009
Feature
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2010s
2011
TW, Three Weeks Weekly
Booking Dance Festival, Edinburgh — Split Bill: Rhythmic Circus / Damaged Dance / Labyrinth Dance Theater
by Alice Longhurst · August 31, 2011
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2011
The Skinny
"Booking Dance Festival at EICC, A Festival within the Fringe"
by Mark Harding · August 19, 2011
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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
Itä-Savo, Finland
"Tanssitahdet Savonlinnassa" (Dance Stars in Savonlinna)
by Sanni Harmanen · July 21, 2016 · pp 20–21
Review
2016
Itä-Savo, Finland
"Saimaa Dance Festivals"
by Riita-Leena Lempinen-Vesa · July 25, 2016 · p 24
Review
2018
The New York Times
"6 Dance Performances to See in NYC this Weekend"
by Gia Kourlas · July 12, 2018
NYTReview
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2020s
2020
POV: Dance
"Felicia Norton" — Interview
Interviewed by Usha Akella · 2020 · Online publication
Interview
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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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Books, Publications & Essays

1985
Tatler Magazine, London, UK
"Shooting Up" — New Talent Portfolio: Felicia Norton, Contemporary Dance Soloist
by Elizabeth Woodham-Smith · Photographed by Arthur Elgort · May 1985 · pp 132–133, Vol 280, No 5
FeaturePublication
* PDF available
1992
Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company
Dancers — Photographs by Philip Trager; Essays by Joan Acocella and David Freedberg
Felicia Norton — Dancer, Plates 8 and 9 · "Dance in Nature" by Joan Acocella, p 12 · "The Movements of the Soul" by David Freedberg, pp 23–26 · 1992
Publication
1992
Cauldron Productions, Inc.
"Cosmology — The Breath of God: Hildegard of Bingen"
Science and Spirit Symposium Publication · by Annette Covatta · pp 21–26 · Essay & Photos: Felicia Norton performing 'Hildegard' · 1992
Publication
1993
Attitude Magazine
"Wave Hill — Communing with the Hill"
by Bert Weschler · Fall 1993 · Vol 9, No 3/4
Publication
1994
Attitude Magazine
"Daphne of the Dunes"
by Bert Weschler · Vol 10, No 3 · Summer 1994
Publication
1994
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
Publication
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1996
Human Kinetics
Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance
by Eric Franklin · 1996 · Felicia Norton cited pp 81, 187
Publication
1996
New Arts Program
Dance on Paper: Drawings, Marks and Notations
Artist statement by Felicia Norton · 1996 · Zoellner Arts Center / Lehigh University Art Galleries, Nov 28, 2001–Feb 3, 2002
Publication
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2001
Vision Festival Magazine, NYC
Photo and Artist Statement by Felicia Norton
2001 · pp 20–21
Publication
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