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“Brittany Brown Ceres may be WestWave Festival producer, but her Simultaneous Solos, premiered at the top of the bill last Saturday earned its place through talent alone. An abstraction for five women set to Michael Gordon’s industrial strength Weather, the piece was carefully plotted. Vibrating wrists seemed to unleash a contrapuntal exercise constructed with almost lapidary precision. Movement motives were introduced austerely and leavened with group strides;
the trajectory was swift and irresistible.”
—Allan Ulrich, Voice Of Dance (7/06)

“brainy and luscious” —Rita Felciano (7/06)

"Brittany Brown Ceres's dances are voluptuous and lucid. They are also finely crafted...for those of us who value imagination and brains,
Ceres is a choreographer to watch."
—Rita Felciano, SF Bay Guardian (12/07)

"(Ceres’ work is) subtle and complex, but also accessible. Unlike many contemporary choreographers, she doesn't shy away from creating beautiful movement. But through that beautiful movement, she explores the intricate, personal, and often painful details of life that affect all of us. She's guaranteed to push you out of your comfort zone,
but you're also likely to enjoy the process."
—Jessica Robinson, Executive Director of CouterPULSE (2/08)

“Kate Weare’s premiere of “Drop Down” and WestWave festival producer Brittany Brown Ceres’s “Simultaneous Solos” were also stunners. Ceres’s “Solos,” also a premiere, was set to the the composition “Weather” by Bang on the Can co-founder Michael Gordon. With its post-Cunningham elemental elegance and artful use of a mere five performers to fill the stage, Ceres juxtaposed slicing, linear leg work with circling, shuddering arms, nervous hands and undulant torsos. Where many young choreographers seem to make a fetish out of gesture without knowing what they are supposed to communicate, Ceres embedded
the gestures in the impulse of the dance itself.”
— Ann Murphy, Dance View Times (7/06)

"Brittany Brown's Recollection - suggested we were in the presence
of genuine craft and individual sensibility"
—Allan Ulrich, Voice Of Dance (8/03)

“(Ceres' choreography) created a sense of urgency towards the
climax of a new place, of change and resolution."
—Rebecca Hirshman, Critical Dance (8/04)

COMMENTS FROM RECENT PRODUCERS

“ Brittany makes great dances- She also builds communities of dancers.”
—Diane Frank, Stanford University
formerly of the Merce Cunningham Studio

“Ceres is an emerging leader in the region and a dance maker of considerable gifts. Her dual passions for creative community and smartly conceived, beautifully executed dance combine in investigations of social issues and matters of the heart, rendered with insight
and wit in brave movement of the highest caliber.”
—Rob Bailis, ODC Theater Director

PEER COMMENTS after “And Again, We Meet” premiered, 11/2005

“Your dancers looked great and I'm still reminded of many of the beautiful images -- the ping-pong game, the sculptural lifts on the floor in the beginning, bodies moving through the lace curtains, feet and a tutu coming out of a box, the apple duet (which I loved,
especially on the Twister board)...Thank you.”
—Mary Carbonara, Mary Carbonara Dances

“it was an intimate and beautiful work- the evening had a clear vision and that vision was communicated successfully, artistically,
and with style. It made me feel so good,
I wanted to run home and hug my husband.”
—Leyya Tawil, Dance Elixir

“your dances are structured in a really sophisticated manner,
and you’ve got movement invention coming out of your ears.”
–Kate Mitchell, Kate Mitchell and Dancers

"And Again, We Meet" was thought-provoking, intelligent, and beautiful.
I found your ending to be particularly expressive
and emotionally satisfying. It is the kind of work
I wish I could see several times and really think about.”
—Jamie Wright

"Your show last night was beautiful. The emotions
and movement held together and moved along,
so at the conclusion the evening felt complete."
—Liss Fain, Liss Fain Dance

"Whimsy, delight and a beautiful kinetic momentum...
some lovely movements of suspension and surprise."
—Jo Kreiter, Flyaway Productions