Testimonials

Teaching Adam's workshop generated creative energy and high enthusiasm in our students. Under his expert leadership they explored new territories in dance, movement and ensemble improvisation and returned with skills, confidence and satisfaction.  - Michael Posnic, Manhattanville College THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED TO HAVE ADAM RETURN AND CONDUCT ANOTHER INSTITUTE...  - Steven Duchrow    Director of Cultural Arts Northern Illinois University "Adam has an amazing ability to unlock students' imagination while instilling the importance of critical artistic thinking."  - Amanda Jeter, Artist Liason Dance St Louis Choreography THE CHOREOGRAPHY MY STUDENTS CREATED WAS REFRESHING - UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAD SEEN THEM DO BEFORE.  - Nusha Martynuk, Director of Dance, Oberlin College WITH HUMOR AND A SENSE OF PLAY, ADAM ARTICULATES CLEARLY THE PROCESS OF MAKING DANCES  - Alison Chase, Director/Teacher/Choreographer Pilobolus Dance Theater Inc.

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ALL THE STUDENTS INVOLVED WERE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE IN BEING THE RECIPIENTS OF A UNIQUE AND EXCITING ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE  - Robin Pinsker, Director Guilford Youth and Family Services Performance ADAM BATTELSTEIN ...A MASTER CLOWN DISGUISED AS A DANCER.  - Kathleen Bannon, Dancer Magazine ADAM BATTELSTEIN [GAVE] A SUPERB PERFORMANCE WITH TOTAL CONTROL CREATING TOTAL FORM.  - Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times ...A DAREDEVIL PERFORMANCE BY BATTELSTEIN  - Dierdre Kelly, Globe and Mail Mr. Battelstein's comic genius, with something of Woody Allen in his stage persona and a good deal of the silent-screen comedians in his timing, has been one of the season's revelations. - Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times ...The Company's current top performer, Adam Battelstein. - Clive Barnes, New York Post Mr. Battelstein's performance...was the high point of the evening. - Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times For me the outstanding attraction of the company's performances was the dancing of Adam Battelstein...He's the company's imp, it's genie, the fellow who for considerable stretches of time can make you believe something interesting is happening in Pilobolus's world. - Tobi Tobias, New York Magazine Adam Battelstein performed it like Fred Astaire dancing Charlie Chaplin. - Donna Gold, Stockton Springs Maine Battelstein has the perfected the splatfall. - Hilary Ostlere, The Westsider The work is brilliantly given - with Adam Battelstein exceptional as the rejected, but pushy intruder. - Clive Barnes, The New York Post Battelstein's performance was a spectacular display of control...dizzingly superb. - Cardon Burnham, The Chapel Hill Newspaper Adam Battelstein [gave] a strong performance as the village idiot. - Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times The most virtuoso performance of the evening [was] danced by Adam Battelstein. Emerging like a ball of fire...He dances as if there is no gravitational force. - Barbara Allen, The Star Bulletin, Hawaii