Center Dance EnsembleChoreographer: Frances Smith Cohen Everyone loves a good opening. Here, Fran Cohen has given us a great one. The lights come up on the stark, seemingly solo image of Dracula, dramatically lit in all his caped glory. The pulsating, bat-like motions...

Center Dance EnsembleChoreographer: Frances Smith Cohen I think this is a flawed program, to which I had an almost visceral negative reaction. I say that, knowing full well the rest of the audience appeared to love it, be moved by it, and would likely lavish praise...

Center Dance EnsembleChoreographer: Diane McNeal Hunt "SHE" looked upon the wolves, who were dwindling in number, and back at the humans, who no longer cared for their own.....SHE combined their spirits. Fate whispered to her, “You cannot withstand the storm” and SHE...

Center Dance EnsembleChoreographer: Frances Smith Cohen Of the two minor works presented by Fran Cohen, The Fallen and Blythe Spirit, Blythe Spirit is, in my opinion, the stronger piece, if for no other reason than it was coherent throughout and truly, satisfyingly,...