oh dammit.

I do this every year, and I do NOT know why.

Every year, I forget how much I absolutely love Baba for Now. I don’t get excited to see them, I don’t seem to care about their shows, I always forget to recommend them, and then when I DO happen to see them, I fall in love all over again.

This show is AMAZINGLY good. I’m thrilled Hannah DeGroot dances with them…I’ve always really loved the way she moves.

Baba for Now has transitioned slightly over the years away from performance art and more towards modern dance, but they never forget their roots of using projection and comedy to make points.

Still, I return to the dances…this year’s dances are better than ever, and each dancers abilities and strengths are really highlighted well. This is exemplified in the last dance number…Kara is dancing highly wound and slightly manic, Hannah flows and undulates, Andrea dances like a mother with a memory for childhood, and Aimee brings so much emotion to her movements. These styles are all brought together with a club-dance performance move and literal walls of separation.

Did that make sense? Probably not unless you’ve seen it, which you absolutely should. Absolutely.