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The dancers are all-male and completely urban, and they know how to sashay and hip-hop and muscle themselves across the floor like no la-di-da ballerina can.
Houston Press

The choreography kept the action cohesive and moving toward a clean resolution. In this way, the classical music became counterpoint and complement to dancing onstage and an original direction for both art and media.
Daily News – Anchorage, AK.

The freeze frames, amusing glances in our direction and pranks entertained, but it was the corkscrew turns and limber-legged strength that captivated.
Austin American-Statesman

The works are choreographed by Wood and dancers, and achieve a seamless style of cool twists, complex visual harmonies and amazing break dance tricks.
Arts Houston.

FLY Dance Company -- hot-tempered men from the USA -- was definitely the most exotic guest of the festival.
Virumaa Teataja (Estonia)

In "Trading Places," while one guy made sound-effects accompaniment with a microphone (known as "beat boxing"), his partner turned into a dancing robot.
Orange County Register.

The stage sparked with personality as each dancer tried to outdo the others in over-the-top parodies filled with eye-popping stunts.
Austin American Statesman

"Cool Pops" featured a hilarious and wicked interpretation of Michael Jackson and "Billie Jean;" Barron did a terrific stage-crossing moon walk. And when Garcia spelled out L-O-V-E with his upside down body in coordination with a Nat Cole standard, well, it felt like a hip-hop apotheosis of some kind.
Orange County Register.

Finally, there was something deeply gratifying about seeing four guys together, dancing for the pure joy of it. They combine unquestionable mastery with a raw style, and that's a hard and valuable thing to find nowadays.
Orange County Register.

What would classical music and street dance possibly have in common? Lots, according to FLY Dance Company. This group of young men blasted onto the Discovery Theatre stage Saturday night with a very unusual dance concert.
Daily News – Anchorage, AK.

"Cookin" was definitely not the sexed up, violence-prone dance of Britney Spears and Janet Jackson. Director-choreographer Kathy Musick Wood has tapped into young, urban movement expressions and expanded their vocabularies through the structures of contemporary dance.
Daily News – Anchorage, AK.

Concert Repertory


Cool Pops

Music by James Brown, The Flamingos, Michael Jackson, Nat King Cole.

Choreographed by Kathy Wood and dancers.

A tongue-in-cheek look at the pop star icons of the 50's, 60's, and 70's.


Out of Context

Music by Vivaldi.

Choreographed by Kathy Wood.

When hip hop meets Vivaldi, what happens is out of the ordinary.


Eclair
Music by Propellerheads, Debussy, Kodo Drummers, and live b-boxing.

Choreographed by Kathy Wood and dancers.

Flags, skateboards, stretch fabric and hip hop to a suprising musical mix.


Mambo

Music By Wes Montgomery, Dave Barbour and Yma Sumac.

Choreographed by Kathy Wood.

Revisiting Latin tunes of the 40's.



Lion

Music by Kodo drummers.

Choreographed by Kathy Wood and Dancers.

Frenetic movement with flying fringe.


Earth, Wind and FLY
Music by Earth, Wind and Fire.

Choreographed by Kathy Wood and dancers.

FLY travels back in time to the 70's to groove to music by Earth, Wind and Fire.

 

Metaphor
Music by Stravinsky

Choreographed by Kathy Wood and dancers.

FLY's darkly mysterious Firebird.

 

 

Comedians
Music by Kabalevsky

Choreographed by Kathy Wood and dancers.

Classical slapstick comedy.

 


Blue Air

Music by Schuler, BB King, The Ojays.

Choreographed by Kathy Wood and dancers.

Three pieces about the state of being blue-blue jazz, having the blues, girlfriend blues.


Photo by Enrique Gorostieta

Slow Down
Music by Bizet.

Performed by Isaac Barron and Javier Garcia.

A comedic piece performed in slow motion showing how frivolous play can turn into serious confrontation.





Photo by Mark Chen


Bounce

Music from the movie Pi.

Choreographed by Kathy Wood and dancers.

An athletic piece inspired by the ups and downs of the stock market.


Photo by Mark Chen

Tempting Piece
Music by the Temptations

Choreography by dancers.

Homage to these fabulous performers.


Photo By Justin Calhun