― CRITICAL RECEPTION
What the press
has to say
Remarkable transformations — a gorilla at one point, the dancer could be a poet uttering an ode to the earth at another.
― FEATURED REVIEW
Body of Music
The Seattle Times
A preview of Christian’s solo show — reviewed in the Seattle Times by R.M. Campbell.
“There may not be a name for what Christian Swenson does — but there’s no denying that he does it remarkably well… it’s the whole package of sound, moves and expression that makes him one of a kind…”
― Selected Press
More of what
they’re saying
“A wildly gifted performer — an extraordinary vocal and movement solo.”
Charles Jurrist · NY Daily News
“A rare soloist who can fill a stage, a mind, for a whole evening. He makes you feel you might be eavesdropping on genius.”
Carole Beers · The Seattle Times
“Swenson has an original mind — to find the right words is difficult because this piece is so out of the ordinary.”
R.M. Campbell · Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“I’ve never seen anything that even resembles this astonishing piece — everything is speaking in a new tongue.”
Sandra Matthes Yukus · Bellevue Journal American
“He’s a one-man animal kingdom….”
Karen Mathison · The Seattle Times
“…he inhabits a song as much as performs it.”
Don Adair · The Spokane Chronicle
“….inspired absurdity!”
Micheal Upchurch · The Seattle Times
“Swenson is such a talented, gentle man with a diverse form of entertainment, from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again.”
Nora Malone · Chateau Acantha
“…the quintessential vertebrate.”
Jake Selunik · Port Angeles Fine Arts Center
“When Swenson dances, it’s as if he’s the most perfect toy a child could imagine — he has found a pure, magical source for movement and sound.”
The Seattle Weekly