WHAT CRITICS SAY

"...a visceral journey through all of grief's stages shared by seven women of exceptional emotive integrity (Christine Chen, Patricia Jiron, Krista DeNio, Rachael Lincoln, Rachel Shaw, and Dominique Zeltzman round out the skilled cast).  The inquiry is gutsy, and Kreiter's exploration of it is compelling."

Rachel Howard, SF Examiner

"She (Kreiter) places the gifts of gymnastics and the props of circus arts, such as trapeze, poles and ropes, inside the aesthetic boundaries of the concert stage and liberates often stodgy modern dance by freeing movers from the floor."

"...she has created a means to fuse the freedom of athleticism with the poetry of fine art."

Ann Murphy, Oakland Tribune

"With her newest endeavor, 'Maybe grief is a good bird flying low,' she has taken a big step forward in giving formal expression to a feminism as physically powerful as it is spiritually gentle."

"'Grief' sores on the strength of its individual episodes, Kreiter's ability to shape transitions, and, above all, pacing that is lyrical and leisurely but never sags.  Kreiter and her dancers are wondrously assisted by Jack Carpenter's evocative lighting and a score, by Carla Kihlstedt and Shahzad Ismaily, that was ever supportive of the choreography, yet sang with its own voice."

Rita Felciano, SF Bay Guardian

"Kreiter avoids extraneous details in her work and builds subtle rhythms..."

"Kreiter regards her apparatus with the loving admiration of a conceptual artist."

Ann Murphy, SF Weekly

"Kreiter's artful direction pushes the physical feats far beyond spectacle."

Jennifer Copaken, Dance Insider Online

"...A wonder of equilibrium..."

The New York Times

"In TEST, Jo Kreiter used an anchored steel pole, which she climbed and dangles from in an impressive display of strength and agility."

Christian Science Monitor

"Among the dozens of ensembles that vie for space and audiences among the local stages, there are three that most recently struck me me with their ability to articulate movement ideas and craft them in to expressive forms that are at the very least promising. Flyaway Productions is the brainchild of Jo Kreiter. Kreiter is trying to bridge the gap between gymnastics and dance, developing a dance style which demands upper body strength and a willingness to embrace physical risk. But unlike sports or a circus act the effort and energy to create the movement are totally subversive to the expressive end."

Dance View

"Kreiter's feats of athletic dance are a philosphical assertion. On one level, with their emphasis on upper body strength and embrace of physical risk, they're a feminist statement, celebrating the potential of the female body... But on another level her choreography affirms the simple sensuousness and communicative power of the human body."

East Bay Monthly

"At the Aerial Festival, Jo Kreiter danced like a cat in an urban jungle, clambering up a pole shadowed by the black concrete walls. The technique was gymnastic; the dance a poem."

SF Magazine

"Kreiter propelled herself up, down, and into the air from a shiny black pole, sometimes barely hanging on by a heel or a hand. While the immaculate control and willingness to take such physical risks are admirable, what made Test so compelling was its sense of quest. this challenge was clearly in the heart as much as the muscles."

SF Bay Guardian