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“Niedziałkowski, who created all the pieces and dominates the first half of the program as a performer, is a commanding artist… With the finale, a piece about evolution called Time’s Sculptures, in which he does not appear, he also proves he’s a masterful director-choreographer.”
Detroit News, 1990
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“… monumental … strikingly beautiful… the gentle touch of genius.”
Dance Magazine, 1989
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… one of the worlds most important practitioners of this rarefied dance form.”
Philadelphia Magazine, 1987
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“… the artist took command of the performing space with splendid authority… His range is extensive. He can evoke the noble savage or the simpleton with a turn of the head, a twist of the torso.”
Philadelphia Inquirer, 1986
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“Niedzialkowski is a master of the small but blossoming detail.”
Philadelphia Welcomat, 1986
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“A convincing union of descriptive and lyrical gestures—a ‘whole body mime’.”
Village Voice, 1984
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“Stefan Niedzialkowski’s artistic genius is beyond question… One of the most outstanding performers…”
Attitudes, N.Y.C., 1983
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“… a hybrid of dance, theater, athletics, poetry, and blatant eroticism called ‘mimedance’… a body speech that touched greater depths of experience than language alone could express. There is a certain rightness about combinations that elevates a great artist from more pedestrian ranks. Niedzialkowski’s genius lies in employing generalized whole body poses in place of the more commonly seen particularity of gesture… A sense of rightness stretches his performance beyond the ordinary… goes beyond the mime’s craft of creating illusion with his body. He accomplishes this with only two tools; his own body and the human imagination. He can take an illusion and tell us a piece of the truth about ourselves.”
Dance Magazine, 1982
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“… genuinely impressive. Here actions did indeed speak louder than words.”
New York Times, 1982
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“… an undoubted artist.”
In Step, N.Y.C., 1981
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“… has the kind of physical plasticity that can carry off ‘mimedance’.”
New York Times, 1980
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“Stefan Niedzialkowski, whose smallest gesture is an embodiment of poetry.”
L’Aurore, Paris, 1973
Photo by David A. Fullard