Home News Photos Reviews Various Reviews & Profiles of Bowen McCauley Dance  This round of four clever dance pieces that couldn't have been more different from each other began with "Amygdala". That title refers to the part of the brain that gives rise to emotions, especially fear. Seven protagonists shrouded in a sort of prehistoric repitilian sheath with a horned cap, exhibited their primitive and wild origins by displaying force, aggression and fear but also the sex drive and lustful wooing. These emotions were made manifest with very expressive dance - one could almost touch these feelings. Read More here: Aachener Zeitung, March, 2006 Most choreographers repeat themselves when a program has five of their pieces, but not Lucy Bowen McCauley. This was her annual big show, and she offered diversity: a symphonic ballet, an expressionist solo, a romantic duet, a comic romp and something else—let's call it a power surge. Three of the works—the solo, the duet and the power surge—were premieres. The last, titled "Telemetry", had a cast of seven on-stage performers and was made to the live, ultra intensity playing of the band Tone. Ms. McCauley came up with movement that had a force, tension, and impact equal to that of the sound generated by the 8 electro-instrumentalists in the orchestra pit. Read More here: the danceview times, November, 2004 Yet even with one’s head feeling thick from the pounding, the dancing was electrifying. Bowen McCauley let her hair down, dipped into her unconscious and pulled out surprise after surprise. This stylish, in-your-face work is like looking into Cinderella’s dark side or Peter Rabbit’s sex life. Bowen McCauley Dance is ... the area’s premier dance company. Read More here: The Washington Post, November 5, 2004 Older Reviews The Washington Post, October, 2002 The Review, November, 2001 The Washington Post, October 12, 2001 NUVO (Indianapolis Arts Weekly) September 20, 2001 The Washington Post, May 3, 2001 The Washington Post, November 3, 2000 The Washington Post, March 16, 2000 The Washington Post, March 10, 2000 (preview) The Washington Review, October, 1999 (interview) Washington Post, October 4, 1999 Washington Post, October 1, 1999 (Preview) Washington Post, April 12, 1999 Washington Post, April 8, 1999 Washington Post, September 21, 1998 Washington.sidewalk.com, March 1998 Dance International Magazine, Fall, 1997 The Review, October, 1997 Washington Post, September 22, 1997 Washington Post, June 30, 1997 Washington Post, May 20, 1997 Washington Post, March 24, 1997 Dance Magazine, October 1996 Washington Post, August 12, 1996