"…..(translation) Founding Artistic Director of Ballet de Monterrey re-creates her Paradise to an evening more stunning version than the original.  To music of Yanni, the stage is alive with amazing movements and dramatic story.  Ms. DeAngelo’s integration of Street Dancers adds a different touch than before when Mr. Wiggles was the star.  The mix of forms works even better.  Bravo to Ballet de Monterrey for having Ann Marie DeAngelo return!"

Carla Brava, El Norte

"Two other pieces also concerned turmoil, Ann Marie DeAngelo based “A Glimpse” on “Mademoiselle de Maupin”, a novel by Theophile Gautier, the 19th-century French novelist and poet who also helped devise the scenario for the ballet Giselle.  The novel and the ballet tell how the poet and his mistress are both attracted to a handsome youth, who is really a woman, Mademoiselle de Maupin, in disguise.  The ballet, which received its company premiere, is a condensed version of a longer work created in 1992.  The taped accompaniment combines Liszt with music by a group called Enigma, in which solemn chanting rises above pounding rock rhythms.  The choreography throbs with passion…"

Jack Anderson, New York Times

Next time you want to bring down the house, leave those classical moves at the door and glide, run and strut, add some hip hop steps and a bit of break-dancing, move to in-your-face music and the result will be one of the loudest and longest standing ovations you ever received.  “Walk On” is danced to music of Richard Rodgers and choreographed by Ann Marie DeAngelo….she now choreographs works that are edgy, abrupt, sometimes disturbing, sometimes eye-popping but always involving…"

Julia Osborne, LV Review

GHOST TOWN RE-VISITED: “Shall We Dance “ Gala, 2002

"...’Ghost Town’ came to life in an excerpt from a new version choreographed by Ms. DeAngelo for the Ohio Ballet in Akron…"

Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times

"Ann Marie DeAngelo, former Joffrey associate artistic director, revealed the evening's highest ambition with A GLIMPSE, inspired by Theophile Gautier's 1835 novel 'Mademoiselle de Maupin'...DeAngelo's world rocks back and forth from now to Gautier's time, mixing pure dance with spoken drama....Gautier himself is a character, as are the characters in his novel, and together they explore his aesthetic proposition: 'Nothing is really beautiful unless it is useless'. DeAngelo shrewdly exploits Matthew Boyes' and Anne Mueler's comic skills, and gets a fine, slinky performance from Kristin Bacon as a voracious androgyne..."

Bob Hicks, The Oregonian

"...a glitzy concoction of dance forms- erupted with enough populist appeal to have an extended shelf life. The brief ensemble work for 13 women, clad in boldly decorated leotards, pulsated to a relentless Yanni score, amid the fabric of constant motion were isolated "showstoppers"."

Pittsburgh Ballet, First Night

" The 18-minutes ballet in three movements explores the journey from pain and resistance to acceptance and reconciliation. It combines elements of street dancing and gymnastics with classical ballet...."

Roy Berko, The Times Newspapers

"DeAngelo responded with a layered, textured, very contemporary ballet. Though it had no direct story line, BLACKBERRY WINTER nonetheless possessed an emotional potency. It was easy to feel her suggestions of love and death. The choreographer purposely chose to blend dance styles, combining classical technique (some women in pointe shoes, others not), break dancing and steps with a jazz-modern flavor."

"...This reviewer remembers seeing DeAngelo on a Midwest tour just after she joined Joffrey in 1973. She was a small and precise dancer with an explosive energy big enough to fill any theater she encountered. She brings this same energy to her choreography today, partnered with a maturity that provides depth in movement and statement..."

Cindy Shumate, Stamford

"...combining elements of story theater with both funky rhythms and the classical a cappella Oriana Singers, DeAngelo's fable of death and creation is crammed with ideas....its a keeper..."

Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun Times

"The only section of Legends that really grabbed me by the lapels was "Stay With Me", a duet by Joffrey Associate Director Ann Marie DeAngelo, set to a concert version of the song by Bette Midler. The dancers were riveting in their violence and sexuality…a fine balance between abandon and classical control."

Laura Molzahn, Dance Magazine