Recent Reviews

"I thoroughly enjoyed the performance last evening. Ripples in the Sand was quite intense! I thought the male partnering in Icarus After was terrific, as good as I have ever seen choreographed and performed, and Sadhu was a perfect ending to the performance, wonderfully exemplifying your and ZIKR's mission.:
Peter Gilbert, CEO of Dance Initiative and Board Member of Dance Aspen

"Portals was ethereal, otherworldly and deeply wise. I was deeply touched by the imagery and the movements and felt like it really captured the past, present and future simultaneously. I was truly awestruck. Thank you.“
Alexia Maroun

“Please come back to Taos again! Your performance on 10/23/22 was world class dancing!” 
 Kandace Nachtrab

​At a Zikr Dance Ensemble performance, you will not know what you are seeing. You will be able to identify isolated elements such as accomplished dancers, abstract video projections, trompe l’oeil costuming and elaborate set pieces, but the whole that results from these parts is inexplicable. Whether or not you believe in magic, it is created before you, through a combination of creative energy, intention, and people power. Zikr’s company members are an impressive group, outstanding both individually and together. It is such a pleasure to be able to note dancers’ unique strengths and attributes as well as see what happens in couple and group settings. This is a credit to the choreographer as well as the dancers, as the choreographer creates the opportunities that the dancers fulfill. The power of the evening’s experience lay in the work of these and other people. Onstage and off; before, during, and after; seen and unseen, a multitude of hands is behind the smallest effect. In Oracle, onrushing storm clouds made of billows of fabric are drawn across the stage by running people. A gold-headed prophet rises into the air, lifted by the strong arms and hands of people. In Runes, standing stones (made by people) carved with runes reorder themselves into various combinations, stealthily moved by people. It seems clear that David Taylor has considered the potential for cultural education through dance. Taylor has done his research and works to act respectfully in this use, and it is important that the audience/consumer does this work as well. 
Jane E. Werle, Presenting Denver


"Taylor dances the talk. An artist of his caliber has a lot of influence on the future waves of a movement. It is clear that David and the Zikr Dance Ensemble create outside of the conventional box. With a strong foundation in the classic styles of ballet and modern dance and an inspirational calling to pull from ancient traditions. Zikr’s performances are beautiful, artistic and not to be missed.” 
Maxwell Vision, co founder Transition Theater


"Continuing his vivid choreographic illuminations of ancient spiritual wisdom, David Taylor, Zikr Dance Ensemble's artistic director, presented the world premiere of his newest creation, Lifting The Veil, which lifts the veil from our various ideological illusions to reveal the unity and connectivity of all things.Taylor continues his exploration of the kinetic, aesthetic, and spiritual nexuses created via symbology, and in so doing, brings these metaphysical forces down to earth in an enrapturing choreographic tale." 
Bob Bows, Colorado Drama


“Oracle is a masterpiece of contemporary dance. The choreography held athleticism in strict service to uncommonly graceful and evocative movement in every performance. Stage craft transformed each set piece into an otherworldly experience. I'm sure your artists felt satisfied and honored by their performance on Sunday at t
he Lakewood Cultural Center, as I can assure you that we, the audience, unconditionally were, as well. Bravo, David, to you and your team. I look forward to seeing 
Oracle
 again.”

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Gene Sobczak, Former Executive Director, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, former Executive Director, The Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities

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