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Stand Beside Her
Performed in the "Petronio Summer Reunion" for DanceMopolitan at Joe's Pub.

"Todd Williams's "Stand Beside Her" got off to a hilarious start with a duet for a robotic Barbie doll and a manic, mysterious figure in a burka... "
- Jennifer Dunning, New York Times, June 16, 2007

"Todd Williams' piece, Stand Beside Her, gave a nod to the politics of war, a la Team America... And what salute to America, as ironic as it was, would be complete without the sounds of John Wayne's patriotic ode, Face the Flag."
- Dance Magazine, August 2007

"...this piece is a heartfelt satire or maybe an anti-government statement or a thought about women in Islam or a putdown of American consumerism or. . . ."
- Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice, June 25th, 2007

"The most out-there of the evening's offerings is Todd Williams's "Stand Beside Her." The opening of the show on Flag Day may have inspired this one, to a score including John Wayne's "Face the Flag." In this scathing critique, Williams is swathed in tulle and a burka and then strips to nude colored briefs. Jennifer Horner is an avatar Barbie. She hangs military garb over Williams's extended arm and leg. Both are barefoot and of course Horner's feet are permanently fixed in demi-pointe. Clothes make the man or woman. These superb performers' non-characters sing to a choir, or appealingly rant."
- Lori J. Ortiz, Gay City News, June, 28 2007

Changing Room
A solo improvisational performance based on Stand Beside Her
Photo installation by photographer/curator Anja Hitzenberger and architect/designer Illya Azaroff.

"Todd Williams, enveloped in layers of fabric like some sort of ballerina-mummy, twisted and writhed within the confines of the tiny space."
- Gia Kourlas, New York Times, July 18, 2007

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Exquisite Corpse
Performed as part of Glen Rumsey's "Little Virtue" at Danspace/St. Marks

"In an interpolated duet from Exquisite Corpse, choreographed and performed by Rumsey and Todd Williams , these terrific dancers whip around and flash their legs out as they extricate themselves from what look like high-style burial wrappings and a mess of hair and feathers."
- Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice, July 10, 2007

"Rumsey and Todd Williams took over the stage for a weirdly fascinating duet excerpted from "Exquisite Corpse," which they first performed last year. Swathed from head to toe in a manner both alluring and disturbing in layers of filmy fabric, they evoked mummies, mannequins, the walking wounded. Spinning, leaping and dipping in an onrush of movement, they gradually shed most of their cocoon-like protective layers, growing increasingly desperate and driven. It was weird and hypnotic and oddly beautiful."
- Susan Reiter, Danceview Times, June 2007

"...hectic and decadently sexy,"
- Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody, June 30, 2007

"The dance was actually really wonderful, full of straight up "choreography," and the two were impressive as dancers."
- Counter Critic, June 2007

Supra Conscious
A trilogy of works: 108, Exquisite Corpse, Value Intensity. Performed for the 92nd Street Y - Harkness Dance Festival 2006.

“ Movement That Gets Its Cue From Heady Matters”
     — Gia Kourlas, New York Times

“For Mr. Williams, a silky, remarkable dancer…choreography is a fairly cerebral affair.”
      — Gia Kourlas, New York Times

"...splendid dancing — soft yet muscular, precise yet free-flowing."
      — Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice

"...a silky, remarkable dancer..."
       — Gia Kourlas, New York Times

"Everything that happened on stage was interesting and gave evidence of being well thought-out."
      — Susan Reiter, Danceviewtimes

"...his precise, fluid attack and air of mystery were compelling."
       — Susan Reiter, Danceviewtimes