“Nourishment (Why Believe?) does not offer answers to the question posed by the title. It instead highlights the little things we put our faith in every day, the little rituals that carry us through a complex world that we, perhaps, rarely pause to consider. Though the moments of transcendence found by the incredibly skilled, sensitive performers were more fleeting than one might hope, there is certainly further magic to be unearthed here—and more questions to be raised in lieu of answers.”

“The solo that followed was filled with urgency, even as it took its time. Gussman seemed both drawn to and uncertain of the plane of light within which she moved, reaching and recoiling with the confidence and vulnerability necessary for transformation.”

“By blurring the lines between the collaborators’ artistic expressions of choice, and even between the performers and the spectator, Gussman guides the audience away from the othering often intrinsic to the performing arts with a gentle reminder that beyond those distinctions lies a shared humanity. In Nourishment (Why Believe?)… the erasing of those lines feels less a product of artistic license or practicality than an absolute imperative to the success of the work.” ”