Chronicle Review, Columbia Chasing

"Where structure is concerned, the complex physicality of Brittany Brown Ceres' "Columbia Chasing" made it the ideal program closer. A sextet for four women and two men, set to sundry techno and minimalist scores, the work etches shifting balances of power, often in successive phrases. A man lifts a woman and somehow he ends up, vulnerable, on her back. Maybe continuity slips occasionally, but the dancers led by Yukie Fujimoto (once of ODC Dance) and Roel Seeber were palpably convincing. The piece looked as if it was assembled with a watchmaker's eye for detail." -- Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle 11/9/10
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/09/DDRU1G9CJG.DTL

great note from a audience member

Columbia Chasing- I loved every step - why I go to dance performances!!

Ms Ceres, I loved Columbia Chasing - Monday Night at Cowell. Your dance is why I attend so many dance performances. To see that, your choreography, dancers and "spot on" music selection. Am still listening to "Nurse who love me" over and over again. I'd like to write to you more about parts of your dance. (There's a tie in to your ending and Eugene Loring's Billy the Kid) If you send me your email addr I will write something up for you: jimtobin@yahoo.com. And my dance blog is: www.BayAreaDanceWatch.com. I write what I call "blog essays" about SF local dance performances. Thanks again Ms Ceres, for giving me the gift of steps and music Monday night, and another reason to keep attending dance performances! My Very Best, Jim

REPLY: Hi Jim,
First of all, pls call me brittany and second, I am very honored by your attention and thoughtfulness. I too ended up really liking the piece after several incarnations over the past nine months! The music was difficult from the beginning so im glad you enjoyed it. I had a hard time letting go my formalist/academic roots, as id cinsider some of that 'pop' music... But I finally just went with my gut and chose something I really liked-- something that pulled soulfulness and movement from me in equal portions beyond my control.
It all came together finally with the right combo of rush and pool... Like life I guess. Sometimes when you're swept away beyond your control you just have to go with it-- and you might as well respect the process, if not love every minute!