What The Press Is Saying...

“a beauty (Rocha) in her clear bold way, her face nakedly revealing fierce self-confidence and vulnerability.”

“she evokes strong emotion physically, here through flung, pivoting and slashing bodies."

“authoritative work.”

“a hilarious trio for manic tootsies.”

Jennifer Dunning – New York Times

"Every now and then, I see a production that makes me clasp my hands with delight and I want to send everyone to experience it for themselves."

"innovative, high-energy dance performances tinged with wry wit."

"this talented ensemble under the direction of Rocha executes their collective response to this challenge brilliantly and with much humor."

"Rocha herself presides over all: part protagonist, part mistress of ceremonies, somehow managing to channel both the grace of Claudette Colbert and the comedy of Buster Keaton."

"Rocha has assembled a strong, energetic ensemble and their commitment to Rocha’s vision is a credit to both her direction and passion towards her own craft."

- Amy Lee Pearsall. NYtheater.com

"Our highest recommendation! In the continuously outstanding offerings of dance in New York, no company has delighted and impressed me like Jenny Rocha’s."

"Jenny Rocha’s Mandorla is a masterpiece in which she brings together complementary opposites- collaboration and competition, creativity and commerce. It is a pastiche of irreverent, edgy, assertive, estrogen-promoting dance-drama, utilizing music, shapes, forms and video to further inform the tensions of life. "

"In creating this brilliant performance piece, it is very apparent that Ms. Rocha has tapped into a vast treasure of artistic and intellectual capital. Bravo and Thank you! Jenny Rocha."

- Sue Salko, theater critic

"Rocha's full-out, confident, passionate style in performance as well as choreography makes her an artist to watch in 2007"

“…wit, technical precision, and exuberance…”

"Part feminist satire, part neo-feminist celebration, The Painted Ladies depicted feisty, sometimes comic, show girls down through history."

Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody

“funny and entertaining, a kind of Vaudevillian burlesque.”

“they stamped and slapped against the boxes as they thrust, bumped and winked…short and sweet.”

Pawelec & McCormick–Gay City News

“this show that puts the art back into tart.”

“Galapagos' famous resident dance and vaudeville team Jenny Rocha and Her Painted Ladies.”

NYpress

“The lynchpin here is dance, with everything else coming together to inform.”

"Jenny herself is one of those tiny women who becomes larger-than-life onstage, and puts on styles with steps, the costumes almost an after thought."

“…wholly baked, completely conceptualized goodness…”

Burlesquebeat.com

“In her own dancing she welds a fierce attack to a sexy sensibility and a sense of humor.”

“…witty amalgamations of modern and jazz dance styles in vaudeville frames with burlesque accents.”

DJ McDonald, Culturebot.com

“Jenny's comedic dance crew is like no other group I had seen before, incorporating a number of dance styles from can-can to hip-hop, all the while providing the audience with an (often) thoughtful message.”

Eric Eliacin- The Examiner

“The whirling skirts create a mesmerizing blur that becomes a visually electric metaphor for the driving spirit that conquers adversity.”

Rocha has a notable talent for creating work that is both aesthetically interesting and powerfully communicative.”

Sarah Carlson - OffOffOff.com

"fly girls for thinking people"

Nonsensenyc.com