"His choreography shows the influence of a very conceptualized movement vocabulary laid on the foundation of Chinese thought, aesthetics, and discipline." - China Modern Dance News, February 2007

"leaving… an amazing artistic impression on the audience." - China Modern Dance News, February 2007

"When the Chinese-born choreographer moves, he summons a poetic elegance that transcends language." - Dance Teacher Magazine, August 2006

"He performed with an intensity so strong that it seemed at a breaking point. The haze of music of Faure and Arvo Pärt offered an original counterpoint to the brilliantly heightened emotions symbolized by the dancer’s turbulent movement." - Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times, October 2002

"The Secret of the Fan was the highlight of the show. The piece, choreographed and performed by Shouze Ma, was visually and emotionally stunning as it presented him in both heartbreakingly personal and achingly expressive lights." - Daily Columbia Spectator, New York, October 2002

"Shouze Ma gave a suitably dark interpretation of the Rodgers and Hart standard, Blue Moon, exhibiting admirable dexterity." - New York Backstage, April 2001

"Shouze Ma’s class is very unique … a kind of musicality and flow…steady, delicate, but strong. The result, both for those of us taking class and those watching, is a feeling of continuous, undulating motion spread throughout the enormous studio." - danceinsider.com, February 2001

"The performance was stunning and fascinating. The dances had definite reference in Chinese culture, which made the modern dance vocabulary look newly exotic." - New York Newsday, July 1991

"What a brave and risky vision! ...the company’s glory is in the fresh, beautifully trained dancers who seem to bring the purest of hearts to their endeavor." - The Village Voice, August 1991

"It is this creativity, distinguished in piece, so remarkable in general and so clearly heartfelt, that accounts for the success of this showcase at the very festival that prompted the birth of the venture." - The New York Times, July 1991

"The company is full of wonderful dancers, who show total control, impeccable execution and the courage to run with this new form of movement…they have incorporated these (modern) principles into dances which remain distinctly Chinese through the use of traditional materials." - The Herald-Sun, Durham, North Carolina, July 1991