“It takes a minute before I can walk straight when I stand to leave—as if the energy, humor, and physical endurance of the show have bypassed my conscious understanding to settle directly in my gut. Is this joy? Or maybe profound relief, after spending ninety minutes in an imaginary kingdom to distract me from terrible world events. Either way, I am uplifted by the unbounded creativity of this trio of artists who, in a perfect universe, would have greater resources directed their way. Back outside, the night doesn’t seem quite as cold.” Karen Hildebrand, The Brooklyn Rail February 2024 (READ FULL ARTICLE)
"Workum’s works place female dancers in slippery, dreamlike settings where movement relates to deep sensations ... Instead of mind over matter, the body is in charge."
"The piece is an exercise in movement invention as much as animal awareness and, even more so, an exploration into the ways in which interior experience can be made available for public view. Workum as a bounding, fearless creature with wide lunges and mobile joints; Smith with a vibrant winding and fluid curlicue motions that float through the air; and Pauly with a grounded quiet that gracefully skims each surface… The performers seem to see with touch, hear with sight, touch with sound, ...as a display of expressive states, it is incredibly compelling."
"Before it was The Artesia Hotel, the Kensington Warehouse stored some of London’s finest chocolates and confections. Hotel co-owners Bethany Rawlings and Oliver Sears have kept the atmosphere sweet, but have mixed in an air of sophistication that’s alluring and comforting.”
—Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Infinite Body and Creative Conciousness 4/10/2015 (READ FULL ARTICLE)
"They're as alert as animals to everything they see and hear. And, in the case of these three, what they sense through their skins…The women's occasional misadventures also reveal that they are improvising—misadventures that in this low-key, sensitive work can be as kinesthetically stimulating as a virtuoso act. ...many of the tangles and supports are beautiful as well as unusual—fluidly arrived at, seriously performed, and then organically disarranged. There's a certain elegance to Black Lakes along with its earthiness, sensuousness and adventurousness. ...three women keen of mind and freer in their bodies and spirits than anyone [Peter Styvesent] might have known."
"The whimsical Ms. Workum builds up and breaks down tensions between enclosed spaces and boundless ones, between private rituals and group dynamics." {Starred Preview}
"Herkimer Diamonds is a pretty, very well crafted, mildly twisted experience… Intriguing oddness describes all of Workum's movement palette, a refreshing quality that keeps things visually interesting. These diamonds have a langorous attractiveness that is easy on the eyes and ears, and it's certain that when someone opens their mouth to speak, the story will be beguiling."
"A strange transformation is effected, though, as the piece continues, full of odd little songs and repetitive, deliberate movements, often performed by the quartet in canon, or different rhythms. Each of the women emerges as a distinctive performer, full of individual personality. The lighting bestows a spooky glamour on the group; the varied electronic sound is skillfully juxtaposed with silences. By the end Ms. Workum has brought you fully into her strange world."
