Press Quotes

The Los Angeles Times:

"If Georgia O'Keeffe's pastel landscapes were dances, they'd be the plains elegies of ...choreographer Benita Bike and her company, DanceArt. Sweeping and full of muscular femininity, her works take charge of the space and evoke the metaphysical power of ritual...."

"...Benita Bike makes artfully shaped, carefully constructed modern dance...committed to the display of choreographic craft and dancer refinement..."

The Orange County Register:

"...Bike has managed to hang onto some gifts of childhood - the ability to make the body be animal, vegetable, mineral or anything else. As a result, her dances are direct, kinetically varied, and visually interesting..."

The Grunion Gazette (Long Beach):

"It was modern dance at its purest -- barefoot and earthbound, yet soaring in gesture and expression...DanceArt is a well-organized, polished little company whose delightful style of modern dance deserves to be seen and enjoyed."

The Beverly Hills Outlook:

"Traditional Modern Dance in Rare Form: The company is a finely tuned ensemble of six evenly skilled dancers."

"Timeless Dance: Benita Bike’s Dance Art Company at the Brand Library and Art Galleries...cut across time lines. Whether transported back to the year 1850 or carried forward by original music, her company of six women pulled us through amazing emotional terrain. Their outstanding physicality was fluid and vibrant."

L’Echo Republican (Rambouillet, France):

“...Very spare surprising dances that attain a high level of intensity through the purity of the dancers' expression.”