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RECENT: RICHARD DYER, THE BOSTON GLOBE, May 8, 2006 " Rice has worked in Boston as a teacher, dancer, and choreographer for more than 20 years, and it was easy to see why she has become a local phenomenon -- her work whirls entertainingly back and forth across the border between ballet and modern dance. It both defies gravity and celebrates it. Her musical taste is eclectic (from baroque to jazz, Arvo Part to Peter Schickele), and her choreography exhibits musical and dance intelligence. The 13 dancers she fielded Saturday night exhibited admirable discipline, energy, stamina, and style.

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PREVIEW ARTICLES: The CELEBRITY SERIES :

Theodore Bale THE BOSTON HERALD- FULL TEXT

MIT TECH TALK - FULL TEXT

 

David Cleary, NEW MUSIC CONNOISSEUR, July 2005, "Rebecca Rice Dance and Axiom Duo" (with music by Harbison, Ruehr, Feldman and Proto) , Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA; February 28, 2005

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April 28, 2005 DANCE REVIEW: Marcia Seigel; THE BOSTON PHOENIX, Cambridge, MA "TEN'S THE LIMIT", Green Street Studios, Cambridge, MA..."Rebecca Rice’s Midstream, a duet for Ann-Marie Cofield and Caitlin Novero, used an evolved ballet-modern vocabulary that made real demands on the dancers and had an interesting minimalistic score by Martin Case"

June 6, 2003 DANCE REVIEW: Marcia Seigel; THE BOSTON PHOENIX, Cambridge, MA "RETRIEVALS-Rebecca Rice keeps moving"

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June 2, 2003 DANCE REVIEW: Thea Singer; THE BOSTON GLOBE, Boston, MA "RICE'S ARTISTIC QUIRKINESS ELEVATES HER CLASSICAL STYLE"

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May 31, 2003 DANCE REVIEW: Ted Bale; THE BOSTON HERALD, Boston, MA "RICE BALLETS BOIL OVER WITH VIRTUOSITY IN CAMBRIDGE"

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Apr 15, 2002  DANCE REVIEW; Karen Campbell; Boston Globe; Boston,MA

"It's always heartening to see the centuries-old vocabulary of ballet being infused with contemporary energy without derivative stylistic gimmicks."

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April 23, 2002 DANCE REVIEW: Sonja Sharpe; MIT TECH, Cambridge, MA "CONTEMPORARY DANCE: An Enchanting Blend of Modern and Ballet "

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