Reviews

Lawrence Journal World

“Resident dance group conveys passion, art” by Becca Ramspott – May, 2006, The Lawrence Journal World (excerpt)

"...the 940 dance company marked its one-year anniversary as a resident ensemble with a repertoire that was everything one wants modern dance to be: startling, spontaneous and, most importantly, fearlessly creative . . .Warden's explosive "BANG" was [another] great moment, with six dancers throwing themselves into a series of energy-driven, extremely athletic movements..."

E-KC Online

"Daring and refreshing" by David Ollington - E-KC Online (excerpt), April 2005

"...Susan Warden, artistic director of the Lawrence 940 dance company, choreographed "2146 in a Series" in 1987... Kansas City dance goers probably would be familiar with Warden's arch sendup of cheap romance, danced by three women in lingerie who mouth the inane words of a romance novel, posed provocatively in between passages of darting, contrasting motion, while electronic music mounts in the background..."

Lawrence Journal-World

"940 dance company Dazzles in Diverse Debut" by Mindie Padget, April 2005 - The Lawrence Journal-World (excerpt)

"This company has a flair for the dramatic, a willingness to play and the ability to touch audiences with laughter and empathy."

E-KC Online

"Accomplishments through Dedication", review of 2006 Modern Dance Night at the Folly by David Ollington -From E-KC Online, excerpt Jan. 20, 2006

"Warden's work, 'Coffee Clutch,' though a light comic ditty... showed the most maturity. A wonderful slapstick piece about caffeine addiction, Warden filled the space with clearly motivated movement, surprising lifts and a wry musicality to the sounds of opera singers doing Verdi."

Lawrence Journal World

Review of 2004 New Works Concert by Mindie Paget - The Lawrence Journal World (excerpt)

"...the most successful completed work on the program was [guest choreographer] Susan Warden's 'Incoming', set to a crystalline a cappella choral score by Arvo Pärt with the sound of beating helicopter wings mixed in. The full company in white tunics and pants formed lines that broke apart, then surged into and through each other, like a hauntingly solemn game of Red Rover. As in other dances on the program, fear and the human response to it played out here, with dancers peeking skyward, cowering, hiding, then pairing off to hold one another up, shield one another from the mystery to come."

Kansas City Star

(Upon receipt of her second consecutive Choreography Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts) "Ms. Warden . . . is one of those rare artists whose work is both thought-provoking and consistently accessible."