WORTH NOTING

"A polished gem of a chamber dance troupe from Minnesota....Mr. Sewell is...one of American ballet's most inventive choreographers....Different and ununpredictable, this is the company to see." - Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times

"Sewell has perfected his unique approach to comtemporary ballet, a choreographic technique he calls 'multiple coordination.' The evidence is 'Schoenberg Serenade,' the ... fanastic nine-part work, commissioned by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra." - Camille LeFevre, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN

"[Sewell's] work may not be trendy, butit's musical, well made, often witty, and varied in terms of subject matter....This years's Joyce program focused more on dancing to music, which this choreographer manages adroitly." - Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice

"The James Sewell Ballet kicked off its season at the Guthrie - the first dance performance to grace that newly minted bastion of theater ...This is a company well worth catching, It wears its charms with a difference." - Clive Barnes, New York Post

"Sewell is daring and original, with a broad grounding in classical ballet and modern dance....[willing] to unearth genuine emotions and grapple seriously with how ballet relates to more organic styles of movement." - Jennifer Homans, The New Republic

"At the end of a weekend full of Wheeldon and Sewell, Sewell shows me more sculpture, more play, more movement, and cooler men." - Anna McDonald, annamcdonald.typedpad.com/seeking...system/2007/10/a-few-things-to.html

"Forget about the cliche idea of a night at the ballet; think; attiude, wit, and startling imagery. Think;smart, comtemporsry haircuts, an array of unexpected and evocative costumes, and a smattering of tattoos." - Susan Anderson, Daily Journal, Fergus Falls MN

"A packed-to-the-rafters audience at Schein Hall greeted the triumphant return (for a third appearance) of The James Sewell Ballet ....This stunningly inventive chamber dance company is fun, sophisticated and dazzling entertainment." - Sanibel Captiva Islander, FL

"Not your grandama's ballet company... A fresh way of putting the standard vocabulary together into sparkling dances that pique your emotions as much as they delight your eye." - Gus Solomons, Jr., Gay City News, NY

"Since leaving Manhatten...in 1993, the company has been thriving rather then just surviving: presenting dozens of new works, building a fanatically devoted audience and keeping the red ink away." - Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, Minneapolis MN

"James Sewell Ballet has ascended to become the region's foremost ballet company, reaching out to the with remarkable succes and popularity." - Lavender, Minneapolis MN

"Sewell's work is different from everyone's else's: it's energetic, direct and full of musical zest; its movement vocabulary is ballet as it could be performed on the playing fields." - Francis Mason, WQXR 96.3FM The Classical Station, New York, NY