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"Yes, they are phenomenal dancers, but for physical comedy, I've never seen better... I was reminded of my carefree adolescence at an all-girls summer camp when creative hyperbole and personal daring had yet to be stifled. In these charged days of aggression against women, what sheer pleasure to see the women of LMnO3 show what power really looks like."

"'At face value, you could say it’s a feminist rant on the false expectations of women and those obsessions that define us,' [Dwight Currie] says. 'But it’s so damned funny and they are so sincerely authentic and authentically sincere. I think that in 60 minutes they’ve captured the zeitgeist of the times and they do it with such bravura and virtuosity. To me, it’s sort of like the artist off the leash.'"

"Heads are still spinning, thinking about how much went onstage in B.A.N.G.S.: made in america. These three think in hyperdrive, much quicker than normal humans. It's not just the dancing, or the acting, or the lip-synching; the flux speed of their performance leaves audience thought-drenched, processing what they just saw while their eyes hold on to what is happening now."

"Sexiness, or toughness, or daintiness, or any other kind of femininity, resides to a remarkable degree in what we wear and how we wear it (or take it off). Feminine identity can be remarkably fluid and capacious, if often problematically contradictory. And yet, whichever performance of femininity we choose, or symbolically refuse by going without its trappings, we have no choice but to live it and embody it. That embodiment makes us vulnerable. It is also the only way we can go out into the world, and claim our power. In an evening of raucous fun, the trio of LMnO3 showed us how to be boldly, optimistically vulnerable."

"There’s no relief in sight as the trio of Deborah Lohse, Cori Marquis and Donnell Oakley come rolling into town, determined to leave us rolling in the aisles."

"The hysterical Deborah Lohse, Chelsea and Magda, Cori Marquis + The Nines, and Jordan Isadore make up the field's younger dance-makers."

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"The winner on Saturday was the offbeat "Ink Stink," choreographed, performed and costumed by Deborah Lohse, Cori Marquis and Donnell Oakley. They strutted and preened upon the stage to Ludacris's "Move Bitch" and won over the audience's hearts and funny bones...Marquis echoed what all the performers love about the festival. 'Even with the competitive element, there is a lot of camaraderie because I think it's a home team vibe, where everyone is on the same page and rooting for each other with the audience rooting. It's a special incubator for new ideas, which are easy to present here."

"But silly brilliance ruled the night...Lohse, Marquis and Oakley took names and kicked some butt in Ink Stink, playing against the words of a rapper seeking the crown of Miss Ogynist and turning them on their head, to full comic effect. Who knew tiny purses held such sustenance?"

"Beyond the temporal and spatial constraints [of the DanceNow Festival], anything goes. This year’s motley contenders include...the combined forces of the charismatic dancers Deborah Lohse, Donnell Oakley and Cori Marquis."

A Feedback Loop of Movement and Sound: Five Questions with Choreographer Cori Marquis

“['Lion's Share' is] a fluid solo to a just perceptible soft sound (by Mum), choreographed and danced by Cori Marquis, a lovely performer who imbued her movement with a restless urgency tempered by sudden pauses and hesitancies."

"Ms. Marquis lightheartedly describes her work as a 'profane mess.' She uses improvisation as a keystone of some of her pieces, drawing on the vibes of the exact moment for inspiration."

"Cori Marquis, with Alexander Dones, do magicians proud with their duet of humor and deception, unedrtsdaning this smees to be esiaer tahn you mghit hvae thgouht. Amidst clean, strong dancing, tiny lights — like fireflies — appear and disappear in their hands. The lights go from clever distraction to main focus, and end up splattered on Marquis, after Dones "eats" one too many of them — silly fun."

"The partnering [in F=Gm1m2/r2] was intricate and perfectly executed..."

"F=Gm₁m₂/r2(The Universal Law of Gravitation) choreographed by Cori Marquis and Alexander Dones was a powerhouse of a performance. It was haunting and arresting and possessed an intensity that was sensual and passionate. Filled with daring partnering that was based on a joint trust that was evident. This is a very personal journey we [have] witnessed, she trust[s] him and he is always there for her."

"'F=Gm₁m₂/r2 (The Universal Law of Gravitation)' choreographed and danced by Cori Marquis and Alexander Dones...used the duet form to explore the tensions and comforts of coupledom. Marquis and Dones...were still in thrall to being in love, but just realizing that love does not necessarily conquer all. As Dones made his final exit, Marquis leaped across the stage desperate at his departure. Desperation gave way to joy as she landed on his back, content in his continued presence."

"'Lion's Share,' the first piece, featuring Cori Marquis, choreographer and soloist, showcased technically infeasible movements, yet the spirals, flexions, dips, turns and suspensions were perfectly executed on many levels and in varying spaces of the stage, conveying personal intimacies of the dancer, as hands tore across vulnerable chest, and legs slapped open and closed, hard against the floor. Her breath and heart rhythm was the only music in such segments of the dance - a familiar solo-ness that accentuated the dance's beautiful, if haunting, elocution. Especially intriguing towards the end of this piece was the repetition of frenzied jumps, asymmetric and angular, juxtaposed against rounded, frog-like gaming on the floor, which eventually flattened against the black, stark wall."

"Marquis really knows how to use space, beginning her work pressed flat against the back curtain before working the floor with stretches, falls, and contorted balances. When she arose, great arcing swoops and spins that played with weight suspended and luxuriously released sent her bounding about the space."

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