Words about the Movement:

Performances

“Wireless City is the most outrageous and indescribable entertainment experience to hit San Diego in eons.”  -- Charlene Baldridge, Theatre Critic, Downtown News

“22nd Century…It is, quite simply, a revelation.”  -- Jennifer de Poyen, Dance Critic, San Diego Union-Tribune [On Eveoke’s 5th year anniversary repertory concert]

“The first act is jaw-dropping…[Funkalosophy] is a thrilling evening of entertainment and enlightenment, one that touches you, moves you and makes you think.”  -- Pat Launer, Theatre Critic, KPBS Radio

“Provocative, rich in symbolism and expertly performed, [Funkalosophy] hits you on a visceral level, yet trails questions in its wake.”  -- Jennifer de Poyen, Dance Critic, San Diego Union-Tribune

“Anyone who misses – or didn’t experience – the wild heyday of performance art in the 1970’s should run to see House of Hysteria…The courageous, no-holds-barred attitude that gave early performance art its exuberance and excitement is present in abundance in Gina Angelique’s staging and choreography and in the work of a ferociously talented cast.” 

-- Janice Steinberg, Dance Critic, San Diego Union-Tribune

“Best show in town!” Critic’s Pick – Jeff Smith, Theatre Critic, San Diego Reader on Eveoke’s production of Soul of a Young Girl, Dances of Anne Frank

Celebrate Dance Festival

"Celebrate Dance has become an indispensable part of the local dance scene."

--Jennifer de Poyen, Dance Critic, San Diego Union-Tribune

"The crowds kept coming through the weekend; so did the dancing...With so much to see, there really was something for everyone's tastes. More to the point for those who want to swell the ranks of dance lovers, though, mind-expanding moments were in abundance, as well."  -- Jennifer de Poyen, Dance Critic, San Diego Union-Tribune

Art & Audience

“Without preaching, the company practices true political art; through the passion and beauty of dance, they urge us to imagine, and realize, the possibility of a better world.”  -- Jennifer de Poyen, Dance Critic, San Diego Union-Tribune

“I can’t remember the last time I heard people sobbing in the theatre, gasping for life-giving breath like mourners at a funeral…What we are witnessing is the ascendance of a new generation of theatre artists who believe in the necessity and power of art to awaken us to life in all its beauty and horror.  -- Jennifer de Poyen, Dance Critic, San Diego Union-Tribune

“Choreographic Talent is the rarest of artistic gifts.  Gina Angelique’s got it.”  -- Anne Marie Welsh, Dance Critic, San Diego Union-Tribune

“Angelique’s work is heartfelt and direct, exactly opposite in attitude from the ironic cool of so much postmodern art.”  -- Anne Marie Welsh, Dance Critic, San Diego Union-Tribune

Eveoke dancers “performed…with full bodied commitment, gestural clarity, and the kind of open hearted innocence that left the audience too devastated to applaud.”  -- Anne Marie Welsh, Dance Critic, San Diego Union-Tribune

“There is a palpable energy and infectious joy to everything Gina Angelique does.  Her work draws the audience in, makes them laugh and makes them think.”  -- Pat Launer, Theatre Critic, KPBS Radio

“’Diverse’ is a conservative word to apply to the audience here: children of all colors, old white hippies with ponytails; teenagers; young, tongue studded Asian lesbians; middle-aged women who do not look like mothers or librarians; Chicanos; Black families; young gay men in flambouyant regalia.  The Elephant Man in drag could pass unnoticed here.”  -- John Brizzalora, T.G.I.F column, San Diego Reader