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`Hungry Stones' fails to satisfy.(NEWS)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20040522
Author:LeFevre, Camille

Byline: Camille LeFevre

Special to the Star Tribune

When a dance bills itself as a story about passion, obsession and desire, one expects a bit more verve than the tepid, sometimes melodramatic performance offered by Katha Dance Theatre in "The Hungry Stones."

Based on a story by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, "The Hungry Stones" is the tale of a marble palace whose stones hold secrets of conflicted love, and of a new tax collector ensnared in the dreamlike web that the stones weave when they come alive.

The premise is fascinating. And the story is ...

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