“Jill Sigman has a prodigious
imagination and intelligence. She is also a fearless
performer who does not hesitate to expose the painful truths
within us all. And her new piece, ‘Rupture’ bursts with
unruly, tumultuous life…”
--The New York Times
“Sigman is riveting—an elf with the rebelliousness of the
‘60s avant-garde, the piscine fluidity of a Tharp dancer, and
the charisma and athleticism of today’s virtuosos…”
--The Village Voice
“Ms. Sigman moves like quicksilver and can shift
un-self-consciously from boldness to giddiness to stark
loneliness and back again in moments.”
--The New York Times
“Jill Sigman is a postmodern choreographer with a talent for
building lucent and edgy site-specific works.”
--Time Out New York
“[Vision Begins] entertained, unsettled, and provoked thought
and feelings—everything its brilliant creator intended.
--The Village Voice
“The pieces Jill Sigman has been making since 1998—quite a
few of them site-specific—are designed to make you think. Her
new Pulling the Wool: An American Landscape of Truth and
Deception tackles grief over 9-11, the subsequent maze of
disinformation, and the threat to individual freedoms. She’s
not didactic. Trenchant ideas—witty or horrifying—are served
up in an atmosphere not unlike that of a church bazaar.”
--The Village Voice
“As celebrity culture and flippant irresponsibility now fly in the face of harsh ethical and economic realities, Sigman’s timely ZsaZsaLand illustrates how easily we inhabit the pop wonderland we’ve been creating for decades.”
--The Brooklyn Rail
“When I’m up at 3am washing eggshells in my bathtub, I’m
like, Why am I doing this? What was I thinking? But everyone
I know saves eggshells for me. I get bags left in random
places. I’m like a drug dealer or something.”
--Time Out New York (Interview)
“[The audience participation] gave one a sense of intimacy
with strangers, of familiarity with the anonymous. In the
context of a dance work that illustrated the impersonal edge
of military conflict…and the physical sensation of pain as
Sigman slammed her body repeatedly against the back wall of
the sanctuary, these small messages stood out like a tender
reminder that we are not alone.
--Dance Insider
“Ms. Sigman is a smart, funny, dramatically resonant
performer.”
--The New York Times