University of Missouri - Kansas City Associate Professor, Center for the Performing Arts
"Cati is an accomplished choreographer."
"In every instance I have been amazed by the honesty and the respect of the individual and collective commitment to her vision and the breadth of productivity and accomplishment under her guidance."
"Her beauty comes from her soul and her integrity is impeccable."
"Her craftsmanship, imagination, intelligence and sensitivity to and knowledge of her subjects have allowed her to produce highly sophisticated, interesting and beautifully conceived and integrated works [...]
Art News
review of “The Shedding”
"Cati Blanche was always very intuitive in selecting her collaborators and thus able to surround herself with other promising talents in order to create, present and communicate her vision."
Ron Simonian The Pitch Weekly review of Metamorphosis-KC premiere
…Bennett employs the talents of Cati Blanche as the form to bring to life this transformation.
In a ballet of human entanglement, they create a wonderfully artistic and beautiful image, on the metamorphic journey to the grotesque."
"There are not enough words to express the
powerful performance turned in by Blanche..."
(performed with Nick Schlyer as Gregor/Bug)
S. Kay review of “Gargoyles”
"I haven't ever seen such an articulate vision, inclusive of spoken works, music and magic, grace the stage with such a powerful resonance..."
Paula Weber UMKC Center for the Performing Arts
"Her ideas deal with an array of various topics and genres and seem to come from the deepest place in her heart."
"[Cati is] a performer capable of moving within and through a variety of styles and idioms with lyricism and sensitivity."
"... her lean physical structure, amazing suppleness and flexibility, excellent reading skills and musicality..."
"Her dancing comes from a place of passion which I believe makes Cati truly a talented artist, superior in her ideals and worthy of note.”
The Dance Insider New York
"I was impressed with Blanche and Bennett's physical achievement..."
"Blanche and Bennett undergo a subtle but thoroughly convinciing metaphysical fusing...
...a physical miracle...
...performing one of the most virtuosic two-person characters I've ever seen."
The Kansas City Star
"Blanche is a slight, agile and muscular dancer, and her catlike leaps and sweeping motion are expressive and controlled."