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As storyteller, consultant, motivational speaker, and
dancer Lonnetta M. Taylor-Gaines evokes enthusiastic
responses from her audiences. Below is a sampling of
reviews and comments Gaines has received over the years. |
“Lonnetta M. Gaines yesterday told about 70 teenagers
from inner-city public housing estates to sit up
straight and focus their attention. They did.
For more than two hours. Because the New York
educator motivated them to do so by making games of it
instead of ordering them. Called ‘Imagine
Success,’ it was the first in a series of Saturday youth
motivational programs at the Louis Stokes Center.
Harry Stainer, The
Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio |
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In an evening of dance
choreographed by Eleo Pomare, "...Lonnetta Gaines and
Strody Meekins provided a high point in the evening with
their mocking, sassy 'Juba.'"
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times |
“She
isn’t a minister, but she does preach the gospel of
love, fairness and self-esteem. And people of all
ages listen.”
Judy Jenkins,
The Gleaner,
Henderson, Kentucky |
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“I want
to thank you again, on behalf of all the au pairs, for a
truly inspirational evening. The way you were able
to move from the black experience to the human
experience, from the universal to the personal and back
again, enriched all of us. Through your gift of
storytelling and dancing you made the wisdom of your
black heritage accessible to all of us regardless of
English language ability.”
Community Coordinator, AuPair
Homestay USA |
”Hex exhibited the intense
concentration and sinuous strength of Lonnetta Gaines, a
striking dancer with a powerful almost masculine body.”
Simpson, Dance Magazine |
“Gaines in her
self-fulfilling way is a joy to watch. Here is a woman
who knows that what she does is important and fully
enjoys doing it.”
Bill Moore, The Black American |
“The dancers are stunning:
Lonnetta Gaines, the defiant daughter, darts through
space with the deadliness of a viper’s tongue.”
Allen, N.Y. Amsterdam News
“…marvelous! I could see
the music!”
Marlene Furtick, Manhattan Cable
TV, NYC |
Pomare’s “…she spider (the
stupendous Lonnetta Gaines) jerks and preens and glowers
balefully at her victim (…who looks appropriately
delicate and wriggly beside Gaines, powerful and
intent).”
Jowitt, The Village Voice |
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