"One of Boston's esteemed dance makers" . "Solid choreographic craft" . Gus Solomons Jr. "SOLOMONS SAYS" June 19, 2011
2011: ENCORE Magazine: http://encoremag.com/new-york/articles/13772/unmasking-a-brilliant-performance
“Rice’s work sings when she raises her own voice.” The Boston Globe. Thea Singer 2003
MODERN & BALLET AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY “Rice’s work makes me feel I’ve seen dancer bodies working at their maximum capacity. Equally satisfying
is her understanding of form. She doesn’t wander or make you feel the dance can stop any time it runs
out of things to do.” -Marcia Siegel, Boston Phoenix
“Every so often, one encounters contemporary ballets with evident structure, danced with exacting
intent. The program offered by Rebecca Rice Dance last night at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center was a revelation, intriguing and sophisticated from start to finish, and proof that Rice is one of this area’s most imaginative and downright solid choreographers.” —Theodore Bale, Boston Herald, May 2003
"Rice has worked in Boston as a teacher, dancer, and choreographer for more than 20 years, and it was easy to see why she has become a local phenomenon -- her work whirls entertainingly back and forth across the border between ballet and modern dance. It both defies gravity and celebrates it. Her musical taste is eclectic (from baroque to jazz, Arvo Part to Peter Schickele), and her choreography exhibits musical and dance intelligence. The 13 dancers she fielded Saturday night exhibited admirable discipline, energy, stamina, and style." -RICHARD DYER, THE BOSTON GLOBE, May 8, 2006
"Rebecca Rice Dance made its Celebrity Series debut in 2006 to great audience acclaim. Ms. Rice works with exquisitely trained dancers and their individual performances were the heart and soul of the program." -Martha Jones, President of the Bank of America Celebrity Series
Rebecca Rice’s work is insightful and direct. She is a talented and perceptive choreographer.” -Mikko Nissinen, Artistic Director, Boston Ballet
“Rebecca Rice’s Bach Dances…have a sweeping grandeur and honesty that can’t be learned but comes rather from a deeper impulse.” -Theodore Bale, Boston Herald
"I have enjoyed watching Rebecca grow as a choreographer during my tenure at the Boston Ballet. Her work is firmly rooted in the classic tradition of modern dance" Bruce Marks . Artistic Director Emeritus, Boston Ballet.
Rebecca Rice’s work is insightful and direct. She is a talented and perceptive choreographer.” -Mikko Nissinen, Artistic Director, Boston Balletruce Marks, Artistic Director Boston Ballet
“With an unusually eclectic background, Rebecca Rice draws from the theatricality of Denishawn dance, the extroverted skills of ballet, and the physical investment of modern dance. Equally satisfying is her understanding of form.” -Boston Phoenix, Marcia B. Siegel, June 2003
Rebecca Rice Dance is one of Boston's hidden gems" Keith Lockhart, Improper Bostonian 2009
"Illuminations (1999) deserves to be in a Ballet Company rep" -Iris Fanger"Dance Magazine"Critic
"“Choreographer Rebecca Rice makes serious, intensely musical dances that are full of promise. Firmly rooted in ballet, her movement style exudes an earthiness and a sweep that recalls the ethos of modern
dance pioneers Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, as well as that of Jose Limon, who came along in the 1940s” —Boston Globe, Thea Singer, June 2003
“Rebecca Rice has forged a movement lexicon that fuses ballet and modern dance in a way that seems totally organic, comfortably familiar yet not routine. The foundation in traditional ballet is impeccably clear, yet her work is grounded in the weighted earthiness and gestural richness of modern dance.” -Karen Campbell, Boston Globe 2003
" ... repertory is rooted in an intense understanding of music and informed by both classical ballet and modern American traditions." -Theodore Bale/ BOSTON HERALD 2006DANCES
“The ballets shown last night, created over the past three years, mark an important turning point in her
artistic career. The events in each are organized with heightened clarity, and it’s easy to observe a coherent style running through all of this work.” Boston Herald, Theodore Bale, May 2003
“I am not a modern choreographer who continuously speaks of turmoil…I try to share my love of movement, nature, design and music. I also try to make it as artistically fine as possible, using the best designers and collaborators for costumes and lighting, and the most highly trained dancers." Rebecca Rice