Pose excels with its dancing
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"While the acting and writing can be uneven, the show has an undeniable commitment to dance that is present even when the characters aren’t performing or rehearsing, just talking and laughing and crying," says Gia Kourlas. “Pose is something of a peek into the private lives of dancers, in which the rigor is the same for all — it doesn’t matter if their work is done in a studio, on a stage or on the piers. The dancing, at times, is spectacular, particularly that of the voguer Jason A. Rodriguez, known as Slim Ninja: Radiating limbs transform his torso into a solid stretch of sinew and muscle, making him at once tense, velvety and effortless. But the most unexpected part of this series, which features choreography by Leiomy Maldonado (voguing) and Twiggy Pucci Garçon (runway), is its modern-dance bent. How often do you hear references to Lester Horton on TV?"
