Press - Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects

Reviews
DanceBeat - March 16, 2012		Reviewed by DEBORAH JOWITT Read More

TDF Stages- March 1, 2012		Preview article Read More

NYC-Arts- February 28, 2012		Top Five Pick Read More

Manhattan User's Guide- February 16, 2012		Preview article Read More

The Huffington Post - February 15, 2012		Preview article and photo slide show Read More

The New York Times - June 3, 2011		Feature Article in Arts & Leisure by Daniel J. Wakin Read More

OFFOFFOFF - June 16, 2011		"...a charming and fresh L'histoire du soldat." Reviewed by QUINN BATSON Read More

Eye on Dance - June 13, 2011		Reviewed by JUDITH PEARLMAN

The Huffington Post - May 30, 2011		Preview article and photo slide show Read More

TheaterMania.com - May 19, 2011		Preview article by Dan Bacalzo Read More
The Village Voice- March 16, 2010		Reviewed by DEBORAH JOWITT Read More

OFFOFFOFF- March 15, 2010		"...the best 20th anniversary show I've seen." Reviewed by QUINN BATSON Read More

The Dance Enthusiast - March 11, 2010		View Images

The New York Times - March 10, 2010		Interviewed by JULIE BLOOM Read More

The Village Voice - March 10, 2010		Previewed by ANGELA ASHMAN Read More

SundayArts - March 7, 2010		Watch the Clip

Infinite Body - January, 2010		Interviewed by Eva Yaa Asantewaa Read More

Infinite Body - August, 2009		Reviewed by Eva Yaa Asantewaa Read More

NYTheatre.com - August, 2009		Reviewed by Kelly Aliano View PDF

THE NEWS & OBSERVER - June, 2009		Reviewed by Roy C. Dicks Read More

DANCE MAGAZINE (Web only) February, 2009		Reviewed by SUSAN YUNG, Her dances are fun, funny...humor that is oddly rare in dance. Oberfelder makes work that reflects the moment. Approaching Climax finds more than one meaning in a phrase at a time when pretty much everyone feels duped by promises and rhetoric. Read More

IDANZ - February 15, 2009		Reviewed by JULIE FOTHERINGHAM, a visual feast Jody Oberfelder proves that it's possible to be both fun and intelligent. It's feel-good dance which makes you feel good, and think a little too. The commentary consists of clever statements and observations applying the dramatic structure, as in literature, to the dance. They joke about the viewer's frustration with abstract dance and their futile effort to follow a linear plot when there is none. The title is reflected throughout the piece with references to a dramatic climax, along with its secondary meaning through hints of sexuality. The human pyramids take on a kamasutra nature, and comically cliché sexy moves are hidden within the modern dance vocabulary. View PDF

OFFOFFOFF - February 19, 2009		Reviewed by QUINN BATSON, Oberfelder's choreography is sweet and playful, colorful and funny Hidden in the easy charm and broad humor are plenty of tricky partnerings and physically demanding moves, too, in configurations only Oberfelder could think of Read More

The New York Times - February 16, 2009		Reviewed by CLAUDIA LAROCCO, Jody Oberfelder is a compact, feisty powerhouse, at home in aggressive, acrobatic dances that delight in roughhousing, broad humor and hard landings. APPROACHING CLIMAX "A string of verbal and visual puns...these moments were amusing and the dancers charming." Read More

The New York Times - March 22, 2008		Reviewed by ROSLYN SULCAS, ...Ms. Oberfelder's delightful production deserves to be seen more widely. She gives the classic story a contemporary twist by reincarnating Aeneas and Dido as a modern celebrity couple parted by the current incarnation of divine forces: the media and business interests.... Read More View PDF

Thirteen.org - March 28, 2008		Reviewed by Jennifer Melick Read More View PDF

The New York Times - June 15, 2007		Reviewed by JENNIFER DUNNING, Jody Oberfelder's new piece, “The Title Comes Last,” establishes her as one of the funniest modern-dance choreographers in New York.... Read More

Infinite Body - June 15, 2007		Reviewed by Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Jody Oberfelder is one of dance's irrepressible forces–elfin in physique yet strong and secure, bursting with energy and humor. Read More

The Times Union - January 11, 2007		Reviewed by TRESCA WEINSTEIN, Oberfelder has created a body of work that draws from the stories of her life -- and life in general -- making art out of rites of passage and everyday encounters... View PDF

Dance Magazine - February 2006		Reviewed by Carrie Stern Three figures stand on their heads in dim light. Slowly, straight legs lower. Bending at the hips, bare-chested dancers in scrunchy, skinlike costumes unfold into the “worm,” break-dancers in primordial ooze... View PDF

The Village Voice - December 22, 2005		Reviewed by Deborah Jowitt here she is a small, robust, radiant athlete chalking groups of five lines plus two on the stage... Read More View PDF

The Village Voice - February 13, 2004		Reviewed by Tobi Tobias Her new Landmarks of Dreams exudes a humanism rooted in reality... Read More View PDF

The Village Voice - February 6, 2002		Reviewed by Deborah Jowitt The brothers Grimm might be taken aback by Jody Oberfelder, who approaches their fairy tales with gutsy wit and a vocabulary derived in part from acrobatics... Read More View PDF

New York Times - January 22, 2002		Reviewed by Jennifer Dunning Is it possible to tell a fairy tale in a nonlinear yet evocative way? Jody Oberfelder comes close in "The Story Thus Far," which Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects performed on Saturday night... Read More View PDF

Nightline: Brave New World winner of 2 Emmys in 2000: Best Direction, Best Art Direction
CNN - September 7, 2000		NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC took top honors in the annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, earning 11 awards and easily outdistancing CBS and NBC.... View PDF