“Audiences have a chance to enter into Heginbotham’s entertaining universe, and they shouldn’t miss it. …His works seem to have personalities of their own. You want to know them.”
“An apt move or gesture for nearly every sound.”
“…simply, beautiful, in its beautiful simplicity.”
“...buoyantly musical, courteous with hints of mischief...”
Fantasque
Photo: Cory Weaver, Courtesy Bard SummerScape
“T List: Capturing the Magic of Mushrooms Through Dance”
"...the company looked — and sounded — entirely deserving of the hype."
"The dancing is vivid and spirited and expert. His extremely musical choreography keeps their feet busy..."
“…the work itself shines, its choreography clear, exuberant, and seductive. " “The glorious finale brings all the work's joie de vivre to fruition.”
“John Heginbotham has found a niche in the world of the satisfyingly quirky. Fantasque, his latest work, … finds him with a partner in crime, puppeteer Amy Trompetter, whose creations exaggerate and enlarge Heginbotham’s fantastical ideas. The result is mystifying and delightful, the marriage between puppetry and dance natural.”
"Mr. Heginbotham’s dances for “Principles” are like the found objects that fill Kalman’s book; slightly off-kilter, delicate, vulnerable feeling."
“…there is also dancing in “HERZ SCHMERZ,” much of it contained in two delicious little sections that stay with you when you think about the piece afterward.”
"Heginbotham says this creative laboratory is really a gift from Baryshnikov to other artists: 'He could've just been a great ballet dancer, but he is such a curious and investigative person that he has taken that and put it into creating work and helping other people create work. He betters himself all the time and he encourages us to do that too.'"