COMMENTS FROM FORMER STUDENTS OF DAVID STOREY
“I absolutely love his positive attitude! He is genuinely concerned about us and I know that he wants us to do well in all of our endeavors. He is sincere and warm. It was a joy being in class with him.”
“Feedback is given constructively and always with a positive attitude. He always answered any question that anyone had, and he would work with you until you got it right.”
“Mr. Storey is very clear and helpful and offering helpful instruction. He demonstrates the movement accurately and beautifully, offering posivite comment for the benefit of the class.”
“The positive aspects of Mr. Storey is the passionate joy for dance. It was inspiring to me. A dear heart and good character that makes you feel like someone really cares about you. He is refreshingly unbiased, and his positivity and exuberance brightened the room.”
“I feel like my dancing has improved since the beginning of class with David Storey. I always tried my hardest to do well for David. He made me want to do the best I could. Whatever my grade. I am deeply satisfied in my soul for getting the chance to dance with him.”
“I feel like I perform a lot better and instead of just 'doing steps' I feel like I dance the emotion now.”
“David Storey gave the the confidence that I didn't have when I began training with him. David corrected me until I improved and reached my goals."
“David has pulled out all of the emotional and dramatic sides of me, which has definitely upped my performance quality.”
Reviews of David's Dance
“Great wit…emphasized from Mr. Storey's great gift of Social Commentary.” (In the Company of Men, “Clothes make the Man”)
Jack Anderson, New York Times
“Mr. Storey is at his imaginative best in the first act. The party is fast-paced and full of moving touches. Here, for instance, the little boys terrorize the little girls with toy machine guns. There is a punk servant, a little break-dancing, some burglar mice, a videotaping Papa…the second act is a huge success…fresh and likeable”. (The Nutcracker)
Jennifer Dunning, New York Times
“…a major work from a new talented choreographer. David Storey's dancers seem boundless in energy, and Mr. Storey boundless with ideas”. (Sunday Performance #4)
Shigeo Matsuazawa, Tokyo Times
“Mr. Storey's “Fear” is an authentic hoot. Making the music his own…what soon became clear was that we hada stage full of wimpy scaredy-cats, afraid of light, dark, sound, each other, and the audience. It was hysterical and completely sustained throughout…the dancers, always true to their zany characters,seemed to be having a ball, and so did we with the “Sacre du Halloween”, it was wonderful. (David Storey DanceWorks, Fear)
Attitude magazine, NY
“I wanted to jump on stage and rejoice with the company…dance is alive with David Storey's work. (Sunday Performance, “Swan Song”)
Kazuko Hoshi, Tokyo Times
“…lyricism with no pretensions, just a simple celebration of dance”. (Merce Cunningham Theater, “The Gift”)
Attitude Magazine, NY
“We loved “Peter and the Wolf”. We loved the costumes. The actors were great, not great, FABULOUS! Thank you so much”. (Peter and the Wolf, Eglevsky Ballet)
Jessica Deutsch, age 7, P.S.Q. Bellross, NY
“Remarkable impact. David Storey's “Do Kamikaze Robots Dream in Cyberspace” set to techno-music, built surely from beginning soloist to group. Movements were strong, bodies hurling themselves, shoulders and heads in isolation, flat-footed passerby indifferent to the involved contortions. The piece had a Twyla Tharp quality in the vision and achieved it in the piece”. (Do Kamikaze Robots…)
Jeffrey Smart, Sarasota Times
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