Gulistan ​Dance​ Theater

The citizens watched with particular interest the acclaimed Uzbek dance show [Gulistan Dance Theater] from America.

[Carolyn Krueger] is an extraordinary artist with a remarkable ability to enter and express the cultural and artistic essence of traditional materials from cultures other than her own. Her dancing is especially compelling.

Thank you for your breathtakingly beautiful and organized performance.

The performance last night was amazing!

The troupe . . . is composed of strong performers capable of expressing both humor . . . and mystery.

[The] entrance was amazing. The combination of dance, music, song, costumes, masks, and color at an incredible venue [Ford Amphitheatre] made for a special experience. 

I thoroughly enjoyed the choreography, costumes, music, and performance!!! I thought the first act was already spectacular, and then returned after intermission to be blown away by the second act. Thank you so much for inviting me to your show. It has been a great afternoon for me. Thank you again, and CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You were all so beautiful and such an excellent addition to our festival . . . You deserve to be seen by many . . . People loved the visual colors and swirl—thanks for keeping the beauty of Central Asia alive!

Krueger choreographed three of the new works: the two flowing yet intricately ornamented women’s dances from Uzbekistan and the celebratory Persian Gulf finale. Throughout the evening she danced with an energized calm and unerring mastery.

[Krueger is] an accomplished choreographer of traditional materials with an ethnographic background as well as a practiced theatrical eye . . . her choreography . . . [is] sensitively and successfully translated to the theatrical stage. 

It is quite an honor to be able to work with artists of such high caliber.

[Crossings was] . . . truly mythic, touching indeed on secrets, even Mysteries, in the religious sense of the term. Carolyn Krueger’s choreographies drew on the traditional movements of Central Asian and Persian dance . . . to present a very modern theatrical dance performance.