Dances for Dogs and People Who Walk Them

Spatially, I thought it was wonderful, said Liz Lerman…There’s all this feeling going on between people and their dogs. The audience really gets excited about that. Feels that. I heard someone say, Now why did that make me cry?

From Dog Dances, an Exercise in Chaos
By Julie Makinen Bowles
March 25, 1999; The Washington Post (DC); District Weekly section

Come this Saturday in Zilker Park, Orr will assemble a group of dogs and their owners to perform a series of short dances. But Orr's vision isn't some canine version of Lippizaner stallions prancing fancily around. Instead it's a celebration of the dance that just naturally erupts when dogs and humans interact.

From Dances with Dogs: This is no puppy walk
By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
May 11, 2000; Austin American-Statesman (TX); Lifestyle; E1