Press Quotes

"GIMP is without doubt a gleaming milestone in the progress of contemporary dance and theater, proving that the term "disabled dancer" is an oxymoron." Theodore Bale, Dance Magazine

"GIMP beautifully resets preconceptions about bodies and movement."  The New Yorker

"Latsky asks us to look at people for what they are capable of, rather than what they can't do." ... "GIMP takes the 'dis' out of disabled and reveals a whole new realm of abilities."  The Washington Post

"Like all truly satisfying great art, you can experience IF on an intellectual, visceral, emotional and visual level. If art is supposed to make you think, feel, and experience something outside of the bounds of what you are accustomed to, IF is just that work."  Huffington Post

"GIMP showed that compelling movement can be produced by someone who is missing a limb or whose knees turn inward. More important to dance than an idealized physical form is the human spirit.  This worthy message resounds throughout GIMP."  Ballet-Dance Magazine

"Dancer-choreographer Heidi Latsky presents the New York City premiere of GIMP--a full-throttle, passionate ensemble work that expands expectations and perceptions of the body, disability and performance." Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Body and Soul podcast

"I'm impressed with the way Latsky makes our eyes work...she makes this potentially unwieldy crew seem like a society of individuals with a zest for organized festivity."  Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice

"Latsky…diminutive vessel of energy, concentration, and passion- personifies that state every dancer aspires to-in which intent and execution are one."
Tobi Tobias, The Village Voice

"Brilliant theater and dance. New, exciting and immensely pleasurable. Latsky is on to something! The work does not ignore or side-step impairment -The audience went wild -they realized that something new was in front of them and they were privileged to witness it."  Simi Linton, Disability Culture Watch

"The dancing was formidable, the moments profoundly moving and the end heartbreakingly beautiful."   Maura Nguyen Donohue, The Dance Insider

"Something extraordinary happened this weekend at St. Mark's Church. Heidi Latsky, the former Bill T. Jones dancer turned feisty downtown choreographer, premiered a dance so impassioned - and so good - that the packed audience sat spellbound."  
Joy Goodwin, The New York Sun

"Latsky, a mover and shaker if there ever was one...her career as part of the socially conscience Bill T. Jones Co. is now the stuff of legend. She has turned her zestful creativity and huge unstoppable energy toward "GIMP", which highlights uncommon virtuosities and the raw beauty of bodies" Time Out, Chicago

"An austere and immaculate meditation on the conventional and unconventional body, danced to perfection."  BUZZINE.com

"Daring risk-taking movement, visually exciting and deeply emotional…it is the moves of all kinds of bodies that count" Albuquerque Journal

"One of the truly standouts of the evening was Heidi Latsky's "Gimp", a true embodiment of the idea that dance was an art that transcended the physical limitations of disability and age."  OFFOFFOFF.com