FELICIA NORTON

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PRESS Reviews & ARTICLES · 1984–Present

1984

The New York Times Dance: "NovEnsemble at Symphony Space" by Jennifer Dunning
May 8, 1984
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1985

The New York Times, Dance: "Joan Lombardi" by Jennifer Dunning, February 24, 1985 View Article →
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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The Times, London, UK – Dance, "Big Apple, Bloomsbury Theatre" by John Percival
May 23, 1985
Manchester Evening News, UK, "Last Night, America Week" by Alan Hulme
June 5, 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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The Latest News: "Joyful Performances of Dance" Third International Dance Festival at Brussels, Belgium
August 21, 1985
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1987

The Scotsman, "Festival Review", Edinburgh, Scotland by David Campbell
August 29, 1987

1988

The New York Times : "Dance: Felicia Norton" by Jack Anderson, February 23, 1988 View Article →
The New York Times: "Review/New Choreographers" by Jack Anderson, November 8, 1988 View Article →

1989

The New York Times: 'Dancing Out of Doors' Preview August 18, 1989
New York Post, "Midsummer's afternoon's (outdoor) enchantment" – Preview August 18, 1989

1990

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, E-5, Dance, "'Magical' collaboration is a blend of styles, genres" by Helen C. Smith, February 8, 1990 View Article →
Atlanta Constitution, "Seven Stages Magic", Vol 20, No 1 February 10, 1990 View Article →
The New York Times: "Feminist Imagery on 2 Nights" by Jennifer Dunning, October 21, 1990 View Article →

1991

Democrat and Chronicle/Times-Union, Rochester, NY; "Hot Tickets" Pyramid Arts Center, January 17, 1991
Ballet Review: "Check it Out" Spring 1991, p 98

1992

The Times-Picayune, Theater Dance "Lagniappe's Hot Stuff" Preview – Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
December 4, 1992

1993

The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, "This Week, Fanning the Flames" June 20, 1993
Attitude: "Wave Hill – Communing with the Hill" by Bert Weschler, Fall 1993, Vol 9, No. 3/4
The Eye Weekly Toronto, "Minstrels in the Gallery" by Sibylle Preuschat, October 7, 1993
The Toronto Star, "Fusion violinist and dancer pair up for intriguing show" by Geoff Chapman, October 7, 1993

1994

Dance Pages – Preview – Lincoln Center Out of Doors : 'Earth Calling Stars' – Leroy Jenkins with Felicia Norton Summer 1994 View Article →
Attitude Magazine: 'Daphne of the Dunes' by Bert Weschler, Vol 10, No 3
Summer 1994
The New York Observer, "The 8 Day Week, Dancers at DIA, NYC" November 7, 1994, No 39

1995

Dance Magazine: "The Salon Project, DIA Center for the Arts, NYC" by Rose Ann Thom, March 1995, Vol LXIX, No 3 View Article →
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 View Article →
Guatemala Guia, 'Presentation of Contemporary Dance Soloists, Danza': Teatro de Camara del Centro Cultural by Miguel Asturias, June 1, 1995 View Article →

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, April 24–30, 1996
'Goings On Around Town' Salome New Yorker Magazine
April 1996

1997

The New York Times, "4 Shoes and then 2 Concerts" by Alan Kozin, August 11, 1997 View Article →
New York Times : Dance View: "The City Becomes a Stage, and Part of the Action" by Jack Anderson, August 3, 1997 View Article →
The Forward, Performance, 'Metropolitan New York' October 3, 1997 View Article →
BACKSTAGE, Performing Arts Weekly, 'Sundays at Three – Dances of the American Spirit', 92nd St Y, NYC by Phyllis Goldman, October 24, 1997 View Article →
HK Magazine, Hong Kong, 'Janie Brendel & Felicia Norton – Solos and Duets' October 28, 1997
Hong Kong Standard China : 'Dancing Duo Moves Goddesses' – Preview Article by Dennis Eng, October 30, 1997
South China Morning Post : "Reviews: Solos and Duets, Janie Brendel and Felicia Norton" by Jason Gagliardi, November 3, 1997 View Article →

1998

The Washington Post Arts, "Here & Now: Dance That Makes Noise" By Sarah Kaufman, July 12, 1998

1999

BACKSTAGE, "40Up: a dynamic generation" By Lisa Jo Sagolla, July 16–22, 1999

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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The New York Times, "The Arts – Works of Turbulence, Wit and Elegiac Grief" by Anna Kisselgoff, September 13, 2000 View Article →
Show Business Weekly, 'Dance: Various Artists at the New 14th Street Y' By Julia Holland, September 20–26, 2000 View Article →
The Village Voice – Dance by Deborah Jowitt, September 26, 2000 View Article →

2001

Art Voice, 'Violinist Leroy Jenkins Brings Inspiration to Hallwalls' by Bob Boardman, Buffalo, NY, October 10, 2001

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

BACKSTAGE, 'Making Dance Matter : NOOR' By Lisa Jo Sagolla, p. 14, February 12–18, 2009 View Article →

2011

The Skinny, "Booking Dance Festival at EICC, A festival within the Fringe" Feature by Mark Harding, August 19, 2011 View Article →
TW, Three Weeks Weekly, Booking Dance Festival, Edinburgh Festival Review by Alice Longhurst, August 31, 2011

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 View Article →

2016

Itä-Savo: Tanssitahdet Savonlinnassa by Sanni Harmanen, Finland
July 21, 2016, pp 20-21
Itä-Savo: Saimaa Dance Festivals by Riita-Leena Lempinen-Vesa, Finland
July 25, 2016, p 24

Books, Publications, Essays

'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
'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'
'Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance', by Eric Franklin, Human Kinetics, 1996 Felicia Norton, p. 81, p. 187
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
Vision Festival Magazine, NYC, 2001, Photo and Artist Statement by dancer Felicia Norton, pp. 20-21 View Article →
POV : Dance – Felicia Norton Interviewed by Usha Akella, 2020, online publication View Article →
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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