Reviews / Press Quotes

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2008

“…choreographer Anabella Lenzu has created an engrossing physical landscape that explores and illuminates the characters and their personal relationships through a series of dances.” 
Fred Backus - nytheatre.com · February

“Anabella Lenzu's passionate Latin choreography” 
Aaron Riccio- Show Showdown, February

2007

“The quotidian and the eternal are represented in (Anabella's) small body... theatrical & magical"
"Shock and wonder in the faces of the audience .” Michelina Zambella, Oggi 7, October

2006

“Argentinean Choreographer Anabella Lenzu that uses tango steps, white handkerchiefs, and anguished gesture to convey a society in collapse.” The New Yorker, December


“(Amen) The show is very suggestive and has beautiful choreography...full of symbols borrowed from other dances like Tango and the Argentinean "Zamba' ...There is erratic strength, fear, anguish, joy, light and shadow.” Laura Caparrotti, America Oggi, October


“...A magnificent presentation at the Argentine Embassy.
Creator of a fresh and atractive technique. "
Noticiero de Norte a Sur, New York, August

“Che, Tango is a performance that expresses the humanity of us all. Anabella with her movements and magnificent interpretation opens a wound in our heart, where contrasting feelings spring forth.” Irene Diaz-Bazan, Atlanta Latino, March

2005


“Lenzu is a dancer that transmits art as well as a endless energy, communicating to the general audience without distinguishing between race, creed or language"
IreneDiaz-Bazan, Atlanta Latino, December

“Absorbing work based on Italian folkdance.” La Nueva Provincia, Punta Alta, Argentina,June.

2004


“From Argentina, Chile and the USA, Lenzu never stops. Always searching for stimulation and artistic challenge…for her, dance is a journey -always searching for means of communication and encountering others.” Alfonsina Malaga, OltreNews,Salerno / Italy, “ A journey -always searching for means of communication and encountering others.”, November


“Enterprising artistic capacity.”
Il Mattino ,Regione Campania / Italy ,“The Sweet Smell of Success” , November


“Striking! …a dance that calls for a grand expressiveness." Il Mattino ,Regione Campania / Italy, October


“During the rehearsal Anabella Lenzu worked closely with her dancers, trying to pull out the best possible emotive energy and teach them to overcome their inhibitions to use their potential expressiveness as a medium of communication.” Il Sannio (Benevento / Italy)”A Laboratory of Emotion and Movement”, August


“An important success and another feather in her cap in her career for this talented Argentine artist, now an adopted Italian in all the senses.” Il Punto (Regione Campania / Italy),June.

2003

“She gladdened the audience with her captivating beauty”
La Sentinella (Regione Campania/Italy), September


“She demonstrated her ability to sustain the attention of the audience, but also showed versatility and dynamism in her expressive movements.” La Nueva Provincia (Bahia Blanca /Argentina) August.


”I am pleased to point out Lenzu’s choreography, which created two strongly expressive “paintings”. . . “Paintings” because Anabella Lenzu’s gestures simply painted and sculpted the space with her charismatic temperament.” My-Z ine (Caserta / Italy), February-March.

2001

“With only 25 years, her enterprising spirit helped her to find a place in the dance world. Anabella Lenzu has already obtained a vast career. “ Cecilia Corraleti, La Nueva Provincia (Bahia Blanca /Argentina) “ In Anabella’s footsteps” , Febrary

1998

“The spectator is transformed with the expressive magic of dance.” Los Cerros de Puan (Puan /Argentina),Agosto


“Excellent Performance”
…”a performance that not just entertains, but also educates and enriches the spirit.”
El Ovallino (Ovalle/Chile),”When Dance is a Frenzy that Moves the Spirit”, January


”Thank you for your message of hope you have left us. Life is an illusion that is not worth rationalizing!”
El Ovallino (Ovalle/Chile),”When Dance is a Frenzy that Moves the Spirit”, January .


“This is the second time that L’Atelier and Anabella Lenzu have visited Ovalle, due their popularity, warmth and friendliness that radiated from them at all the times.”
El Ovallino (Ovalle/Chile), January .

1997

“Few times can one see a dance performance like this in Ovalle, as was performed last night.”
El Dia (Chile),”Brilliant night of Dance in Ovalle”, February.


"She is herself the representation of inner fire....fire in the soul."...."Her dance frees the spirit."
El Ovallino newspaper, Ovalle, Chile.Febrary


“It was a great pleasure to welcome A. Lenzu an ambassador of Argentina and of her school L’Atelier.
….. (Her company brought) “And interesting choreography which combined beauty, youth, warmth and above all professionalism.”(Mayor of Ovalle, Mr. Alberto Gallardo Flores)
El Ovallino (Ovalle / Chile),”Impeccable presentation from Ballet from Argentina”, February

1996


…”The girls I saw taking her class had a warmth and happiness that is uncommon. There was something extraordinary going on and they knew it.”
Periodico de la Mujer (Buenos Aires /Argentina) ,”Dancing from within”, June


 
Fellow Artists:

Domenico Del Prete, President of I.A.L.S (Rome / Italy), November 2004
“Aside from her activity as a choreographer and researcher of Italian folklore, she established periodic showcases of work-in-progress for new Italian choreographers to promote and appreciate dance, not just for knowledgeable audiences, but for the general public as well. … These educational meetings became very valuable to the community. “ …“she created choreographies which were considered by people in the Italian dance circles as a scholarly personal interpretation. Her work enriches the Italian contemporary dance landscape.”


Rafael Martin, sculptor, Maitre D’Oeuvre Collection du Sphink de MAX ERNST, Argentina, June 2002 “I have known Anabella Lenzu from the beginning of her young and fruitful history in the art world. What stands out is her creativity and active participation as a part of the Bahia Blanca community, as well as her intelligence and organizational capacity demonstrated in her enterprising projects both independent and in a group. “ “Anabella Lenzu and her family are highly valued for their honorable behavior and good manners, both personally and professionally. Anabella Lenzu is very talented, and I recommend her wholeheartedly.” William Catanzaro- Musician, Composer and Teacher / NY, February 2002


"Ms A.L is an expert of excellent skills." "A.Lenzu is accomplisher dancer , dance teacher and choreographer...She has the expertise and a knowledge of typical Hispanic styles in particular of Argentine Tango that sets her apart from the norm in the immense dance community"
Sr.Carlos Gutierrez Munoz, Canciller del Consulado de Chile in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. February, 2001

"Mrs. Anabella Lenzu has a big and wide career in Argentina and has made presentations in Chile in 1997 and 1998 with a lot of success, because she has the inherent qualities of discipline and dedication that display themselves in her professional manner"  Jim May- Artistic Director of Anna Sokolow Dance Company


NY, March 1999 "I believe Anabella to be a promising dancer and artist. She is quick, enthusiastic performer...promising, serious artist."
NY,February 2002 "A.Lenzu is an artist of choreography with unique capabilities...It is rare to find someone with this kind of talent.......Che, Tango is a choreographic creation at the highest level."
Igal Perry-Artistic Director of Peridance Center / NY, March 1999

"Ms Lenzu has specifically interest and talent in the areas of choreography and composition" "Ms Lenzu is an earnest, consistent and hard-working student, motivated by abundant curiosity and creativity."