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New York Times Review: Merce Cunningham Early Works 

"the intense focus of Mr. Riener, Mr. Olk and Ms. Knouse showed us how today’s artists honor old choreography while finding personal qualities within it." -Alastair Macauley New York Times 

"Ms. Brown’s manner was one of vehement Puritan rigor, while Cunningham had the freedom and individuality of an animal (sometimes caged, sometimes free); Ms. Knouse’s is one of wide-eyed innocence, Mr. Olk’s a severe devotion." -Alastair Macauley New York Times 

The Dance Enthusiast: Impressions of Merce Cunningham Early Works

"the choreography was embodied by Vanessa Knouse and Benny Olt, the same dancers who performed it at the Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC). Their long-boned physical elegance and kinesthetic agility were matched by their particular performing intensity (she was the alpha of the pair, a reverse of the dynamic with Brown and Cunningham), and, from their meticulous dancing, it was clear that we were watching choreographic art of a very rarefied achievement." -Mindy Aloff The Dance Enthusiast

New York Times Review: "Pas De Detour" By Ellen Cornfield 

New York Times Review: Merce Cunningham’s ‘Crises’ Opens Dance at the New Whitney

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