Critical Response to
May I Now (18 Questions in the Space of an Answer)


"Jenkins' dances and gestures carry the depth of human relations. . . .They are ineffably beautiful." ­Octavio Roca, San Francisco Chronicle


"Intelligence and beauty radiate through the latest work by Margaret Jenkins. . . . Jenkins harnesses an all-star team of local collaborators to create a work that won't soon be forgotten." ­Anita Amirrezvani, San Jose Mercury News


"Jenkins' dances . . . provide the spark of the inner-city community: young, vital, bustling, even colliding. They are consistently energetic, interactive, unemotional, and abstract, reflecting the most meticulous preparation leading to mobile patterns as precisely drawn as Flemish renaissance paintings." ­Paul Hertelendy ArtsSF.com


"Never self-indulgent, Jenkins seems to get clearer and clearer in her presentation of what is on her mind, without condescending or pandering. She trusts her audience and we try to live up to that trust. I saw the performance twice, from both sides, and found each time that I felt I was on the 'better' side."‹Meredith Watts, Arts Enthusiast


"The push-pull physics of intimacy, the perils of linguistic (dis)possession, and a hard-won vocabulary of gestures authenticated by collective invention: these give the work its political eloquence, emotional resonance, and structural elegance." ­Jeff Peterson, Poet