The skill on show in Monchichi, in everything from the conception, the choreography, to the performance,
is tremendous.
(…) It’s not an easy thing to make a performance as intricate as this seems,
both easy and charmingly raw, but
Wang and Ramirez pull it off.
It moves quickly, and has the light, bubbly quality of French champagne as drunk in
a screwball comedy from the 1930s.
(...) Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang have the talent and vision in spades. With their individual specialities in hip-hop, aerial movement and martial arts, for Dystopian Dream they have created a unique dance language that is totally compelling,
exciting and surprising.
Honji Wang and Sébastien Ramirez have adapted their 2011 production for children
and their families with two new young
performers: Shihya Peng and Marco
Di Nardo.
"(...) the delicate line between experiment and risk, balance and motion, and,
in the duets, dependence and interdependence."
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"Separately and together, they deliver
astonishment after astonishment."
Photo: Rachel Papo for The New York Times
"Company Wang Ramirez’s strength lies in its keen ability to make the superhuman at once relatable and motivating, a daunting feat that inspired a standing ovation from
a captivated audience."
Photo: Paul Wellman for Santa Barbara Independent
(...) side by side, their last names have become the access code to a hip-hop appealing to a much wider audience for which this inseparable couple
is the glamorous leader.
Photo: Nanda Gonzague for Le Monde
"Like the best comedy or the best tragedy,
great dance cannot lie."
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"Wang and Ramirez created a piece that is unmistakably exceptional"
"They take off and glide through the air.
In life and on stage. In six years and six
shows, hip-hop dancers and choreographers
Honji Wang and Sébastien Ramirez, both 35 years old, have taken a seat in a rocket."
(...) unmistakable hip hop technique in the minute articulation as well as a range of other influences, from martial arts to contemporary fluidity...
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(...) chief among the highlights of this one-off concert were two short but riveting
duets by the special guests Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang.
These hip-hop/contemporary dancers — also known as Company Wang Ramirez — are magnetically good, with an attract-repel dynamic that is fast, fluid and especially thrilling when the daring, fine-cut physicality they share
catches you off-guard.
The American Dance Festival, known for bringing the best dancers in the world to audiences in Durham, hasn’t disappointed this season; and the most recent reason for celebrating the beauty of telling stories through dance is the stunning Company Wang Ramirez.
The company stunned audiences last year and were invited back to offer another performance [Borderline] that blends the best of international dance...
Following an American Dance Festival sellout debut in the duet Monchichi last summer in Reynolds Industries Theater, Company Wang Ramirez returned Friday with the 2013 Borderline in a much bigger theater: Durham Performing Arts Center.
Friday's opening night performance drew a standing ovation that brought back performers for several bows...
"German-Korean Honji Wang and
Franco-Spanish Sébastien Ramirez
fly away with their show Borderline
after dancing with the Madonna."