Press
Philly Magazine
Interview by Rachel Vigoda
October 5th, 2016
The Black Lives Matter movement hit home for choreographer Lauren Putty White last year when Freddie Gray died in police custody in Baltimore. The UArts grad is a Baltimore native and she watched her hometown erupt in violence while a state of emergency was called… Read More
Thinking Dance
Feature Preview by Sara Graybeal
October 1st, 2016
It’s a stormy Thursday morning and Putty Dance is rehearsing iStand: Stories of an American Civil Struggle, a collection of pieces to be performed on October 9 at the Painted Bride Art Center. Over the sound system, horns flare. Drums cascade gently. Sweat drips. A group of dancers reach, twist, and collapse in unison, as if driven by an invisible, collective force…. Read More
Inquirer
Feature Preview by Merilyn Jackson
December 2nd, 2015
Reviewing sociologically based performances created in almost real time with current events can be dicey. The filter of time can save them from being corny, emotionally overloaded, or lacking in depth. But Putty White and company avoided those pitfalls to create a restrained, emotionally canny and artistically charged work in iStand. Less is more….. Read More
Reviews
“Putty Dance Project showed off the work
Lisa Bardarson
Thinking Dance
“One of the surprise gems of the evening was Lauren Putty White’s Hello? Her piece offered a soulful, jazzy, and beautifully executed solo with live accompaniment on drums and trombone…the music changed gears and tempo to offer us an edgy, intense, and continually shifting variety of movement. [Lauren’s] stage presence, beautiful lines, expressiveness, and interpretation of movement was a joy to watch.”
Brenda Taleman
The Dance Journal