Christa Gamper

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CHRISTA GAMPER'S PERFORMANCE WAS MOST CONVINCING IN THE WAY SHE USED HER
AGILE BODY. HER SPONTANEITY AND PLEASURE ENCHANTED THE AUDIENCE, SO THAT A
CHILD RAN UP TO THE STAGE TO JOIN HER.
(BERNER ZEITUNG SWITZERLAND, 1980)

.. CHRISTA GAMPER PERFORMED SOME HARD - EDGED, ANGULAR, EROTIC AND
STRENGUOUSLY ATHLETIC MOVES TO THE KICK OF A LIVE BAND ...
(ALIVE PERFORMANCE MAGAZINE, 1982)

..THE FIRST PIECE PRODUCED BY CHRISTA GAMPER AND JONATHAN PROSSER OF
LACERATION TEAM WAS THE MOST INNOVATIVE OF THE EVENING. LACERATION TEAM
COMBINED TEXTUAL DISTORTION, PIANO AND GUITAR MUSIC, AND DANCE TO CREATE
IMAGES DETAILING THE ALIENATION OF PEOPLE IN OUR MONOLITHIC 'MODERN'
TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. WITH A CONTAINED, YET FRENZIED ENERGY, THEY PRESENTED
MONTAGES OF OUR LIVES; STRUGGLES AND CRISES OFTEN AGAINST FACELESS AND
NAMELESS ENEMIES.
(EAST VILLAGER NEW YORK, 1983)

..OVERWHELMED BY A FEELING OF SURPRISE ... ...SIMPLE AND VERY EFFECTIVE
SETTING... WITH POOL IBIZA
(DIARIO DE SANTA EULALIA 1983)

.. POOL FOHO TELL DREAMS ... LOTS OF SOUND AND ACTION, INNOVATIVE SETS AND
SLICK STAGE CRAFTING ABOUNDED ...
(DANCE MAGAZINE, JUNE 85, JULINDA LEWIS)

.. WAR DIESE PERFORMANCE IN LICHT, TANZ, GESANG, INSTRUMENTAL -UND
ELEKTRONIKMUSIK PLUS LASER QUER DURCHS ALPHABET VON Z- A VOM
AVANTGARDISTISCH-INNOVATIV-EXPERIMENTELLEN HER DER WOHL ABSOLUTE HÖHEPUNKT
DER ARS ELECTRONICA UND DIE ERSTE AUFFÜHRUNG, DIE DEN NAMEN MEDIENOPER AUCH
VERDIENT HÄTTE.
ARS ELECTRONICA MEDIENOPER ( OBER ÖSTERREICHISCHES TAGBLATT 1986)

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… CHRISTA GAMPER, ... INVOLVED IN THAT CRUCIAL PROCESS OF SEARCHING FOR A
CHOREOGRAPHIC VOICE IN HER OWN WAY OF MOVING ... HER SOLO "FORCE" DANCED TO A
SCORE BY COLLABORATOR//MUSICIAN JACK SMEAD WAS AN INGENIOUSLY CREATED AND
PERFORMED PIECE ...
(THE NEW YORK TIMES, JENNIFER DUNNING, APRIL 10, 1988)

… EXAMINING THE IMAGINATION'S MORE DANGEROUS REALMS....CHRISTA GAMPER
CONCLUDED 'ECHO' HER OWN CHOREOGRAPHIC JOURNEY, WITH TRIUMPHANT POSES. ....
WHILE JACK SMEAD PLAYED A SCORE FOR HARMONICA AND GUITAR, MISS GAMPER WAS
HURLED ABOUT BY CONTENDING INVISIBLE FORCES....
(NEW YORK TIMES, JACK ANDERSON, MAY 25, 1989)

… CHRISTA GAMPER COMBINES A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO MOVEMENT WITH CHANCE AND
IMPROVISATIONAL ELEMENTS TO CREATE A DYNAMIC BODY OF WORK. FINDING
INSPIRATION IN THE CULTURAL HYBRID OF NEW YORK, GAMPER BRINGS A CONFLAGRATION
OF ENERGY AND INFLUENCES TO THE STAGE. … GAMPER AND SMEAD PRESENTED ECHO,
… A DELICATELY SYNERGISTIC DUET OF COOL DISCIPLINE AND SUBTLE EVOCATION.
THE UNDERLYING SUPPORT OF A SIMPLE YET ELEGANT COMPOSITION PROVIDES A
FRAMEWORK THAT CAN SUSTAIN THE SUDDEN ONSAUGHTS OF PASSION AND PACING THAT ARE
CHARACTERISTIC OF GAMPER'S CHOREOGRAPHY. … GAMPER'S EXPLORATIONS OF SPACE
PROVIDE A SERIES OF SIGNPOSTS THAT DEMARCATE THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY …
ATTRACTING MASS AND ENERGY WITH A FORCE THAT RECALLS THE FORMATION OF THE
STARS. … BY ELEVATING VERNACULAR DANCE FORMS TO THE LEVEL OF HIGH ART,
GAMPER OPENS THE DOOR TO HER OWN MAVERICK IMPULSES … GAMPER BREAKS THROUGH
THE BARRIER THAT SEPARATES LIFE, ART AND TIME, BRINGING DANCE INTO AN
EXPERIENCE THAT IS TEMPERED BY INFLUENCES FROM THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
…
(COVER NEW YORK CITY, TOBEY CROCKETT, OCTOBER 1989).…