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“…an innovative duet…full of intimate, unexpected gestures”
Jennifer de Poyen / The san Diego Union-Tribune (2005)    Intercourse

 “…a beautiful duet, tender and curious...complex images of doubt, insecurity and fear which run through them likes the tides that are a part of love.”
Deborah Jowitt / The Village Voice (2004)   Intercourse

“…an original, engaging thinker who relishes questions and distrusts pat answers.”
Eva Yaa Asantewaa / The Village Voice (2002)     self-produced concert at WAX

“And Karl Anderson proved that movement with an inward focus – in this case slow hip-hop-style acrobatics and reclines – can be as powerful as showoff razzmatazz…“
Jennifer Dunning / The New York Times (2002)     Embracing Nothingness

“Mr. Anderson’s fantasies were especially vivid.”
Jack Anderson / The New York Times (1999)     Public Showing

“Powerfully theatrical and heavily scripted...engaging, funny, and terrifying...”
Elizabeth Zimmer / The Village Voice (1998)     Weaving Through The Grid

“Both his words and his gestures were expertly timed.”
Jack Anderson / The New York Times (1998)     Weaving Through The Grid

“His second piece, Duet with bear, was a stunner.”
Graham Hicks / The Edmonton Sun (1989)     Duet with bear

“Duet with bear, Anderson’s second piece was, if possible, even more riveting.”
Elizabeth Beachamp / Dance Connection (1989)     Duet with bear

“With terrific precision and strength, they chase each other through two duets. The second of these escalates the first one’s falls and dive-overs into daring lifts and catches.”
Deborah Jowitt / The Village Voice (1988)     Potassium Depletion

Performance Reviews

“... Karl Anderson and Carolyn Hall – both vivid, arresting dancers...”
Janice Steinberg / The San Diego Union-Tribune (2002)     In the work of Allyson Green

“... Karl Anderson, Erika Kinetz, and Tom O’Connor have timing and power to spare.”
Elizabeth Zimmer / The Village Voice (1999)     In the work of Molly Rabinowitz

“Anderson’s great little scratch-yourself dance just before grandma’s demise is both funny and sweet.”
Deborah Jowitt / The Village Voice (1991) In the work of Stephanie Skura

“…Karl Anderson, a dark angel of a dancer …”
Jennifer Dunning / The New York Times (1990)     In the work of David Dorfman

“Karl Anderson still enters very late with a dazzlingly fluid display of tumbles and rolls and jumps.”
Deborah Jowitt / The Village Voice (1990)     In the work of Stephanie Skura

“Pride of place among Skura’s fine performers went to a splendid Karl Anderson."
Charles Jurrist / Daily News (1989)     In the work of Stephanie Skura

"…Karl Anderson’s tremendous jumps and stretches have a more feline strength ...” Deborah Jowitt / The Village Voice (1989)     In the work of Stephanie Skura

“… and Karl Anderson, who interestingly combined wild gymnastics with the inscrutability of a poker player.”
Jennifer Dunning / The New York Times (1988)     In the work of Merian Soto

“The dancers are as strong a group as you will fine in San Francisco.”
Marilyn Tucker / The San Francisco Chronicle (1986)     In the work of Joe Goode

Related Writing

WHY ART? WHY NOT?
by Karl Anderson

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Cal Arts–Alumni News, School of Dance
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Profiles in Outrage
by Karl Anderson

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