PRESS - The Charlotte Observer, NC

September 15th, 2007
Charlotte, North Carolina
The Charlotte Observer, by Steven Brown
about alban elved dance company perofrmances of "Alternate Reality" and "cauda" as part of the 2nd annual Charlotte Dance Festival 2007

"Aerial performances cap celebration of innovative dance - a soaring, swinging finale"

..."Yet the most striking works came from Karola Lüttringhaus and her alban elved dance company of Wilmington. "Alternate Reality," with Lüttringhaus and Shawn Worthington hanging from cables, was for a man and woman who are trapped; only with fumbling did they discover each other and make a play for freedom. Lüttringhaus' solo, "Caulda" -- Latin for "like an animal" -- had her on a bungee that only barely lifted her off the stage. She hovered, she balanced on one hand, she struggled onto her feet, but she never found freedom. Unfortunate creature. "



The Charlotte Observer,
Friday, January 16th, 2004

"Dance Is Star of 3-Day Festival"

By Meg Freeman Whalen

"...The evening belonged, however, to Karola Luttringhaus, ... Though there is variety in her pieces, her choreographic style is distinctive - idiosyncratic and fascinating. She works in a way that reveals an intimate understanding of Newtonian Physics that doesn't come from a book - now swinging away from the earth to let gravity exert it's pull, now defying it in moments of contorted inertia.

Whether she was creeping with the precision of a praying mantice, as in the opening of "Green Woman", entwining herself with Andrea Lieske's body while hovering just above the floor in "At Arm's Length", or creating a frenzy of action in "Just can't Stop", Luttringhaus' control over mass, acceleration and force was mesmerizing."

The Classical Voice North Carolina, Durham, NC February 18th, 2005 (excerpt)