Critique Of Joe Goode's 'The Rambler'

On Friday, February 5th at 7:30 pm the stage at Fisher Theater came to life, as Brittany Miller, Michaela Minock, and Katie Crouch set the stage to 1944, the start of Barjche. The show continued on with eighteen total pieces, some telling major historical moments in the past 70 years. The performance ended with an excerpt from Joe Goode’s “The Rambler”. The choreography for this show was to be themed on modern, and I believe it was more modern jazz than modern ballet. The first piece that caught my eye was the Meprobamate choreographed by Abby Hinchley, I believe the dance was about a 1950s housewives, who were told how to live and who they were to be. I liked how each dancer was introduced separately showing that the second and third …show more content…
I liked how the choreographer had the girls start off holding hands and looking to the stars, as if praying to God for help. Then throughout the dance the girl who has cancer gradually becomes weaker with her movements showing how Cancer makes you weak. While the girl who battles cancer continually wants to give up her friend is right there encouraging her to continue. However, towards the end the friend asks the sick girl to carry her, but she is so weak she can barely hold herself up. I believe this part of the choreography told that the friend needed the support and comfort, to the knowledge that she was going to lose her friend. Lastly, the piece ended with the friend carrying her sick friend off signifying her passing and fight against cancer done. Finally, the piece ends with the friend holding an empty hand and looking up to the stars again, but this time looking to her friend. This piece was well thought out and showed a story perfectly. The dancers Teagan DiSalvo and Amalia Introna completed the piece by adding the emotion needed to tell the