REVIEW I ÔCOLUMBUS DANCES VIIÕ

Works are thoughtful,

but often lighthearted

 

By Barbara Zuck

 

u ÒColumbus Dances VIIÓ will be presented at 8 tonight and 2 p.m. Sunday in Columbus Dance Theare, 592 Main St. Call 614-849-0227.

 

So much art has worked over the idea of baring the soul that it was refreshing to see someone go at it from the other direction. In Layered Identity by the Palestinian-American choreographer Samar Haddad King, dancer Zoe Rabinowitz covered herself in long veils, skirts and shawls. Trapped behind yards of drab clothing, she goes from free spirit to faceless.