“The human epitome of the unbearable lightness of being...Gareiss is more fleet of foot than an Olympian sprinter and more buoyant than a helium-filled balloon...his restraint is palpable and freeform flight is inevitable.”
— Siobhán Long, The Irish Times
“...his feet coax music from the ground.”
— Dorothea Samaha, The Provincetown Independent
“...minutely precise, brilliantly witty, hip-twistingly agile movement.”
— Rob Adams, The Herald Scotland
“...imbricating sound and movement, Michigan-born Nic Gareiss queers the footfall, the fiddle, and the step, showing these ‘sounding together’ in homoerotic readings of traditional Irish dance and music.”
— VK Preston, Dance Research Journal
“...fluent, expressive dancing, whipping up a soft-shoe storm of subtlety and grace.”
— Laurence Mackin, The Irish Times
“...Gareiss’ dexterous melding of Irish and Appalachian dance.”
— Siobhán Burke, The New York Times
“...a leftfield tour-de-force with irresistible wow factor.”
— Michael Dervan, The Irish Times
“A show-stopper...the most inventive and expressive step dancer on the scene.
— Daniel Gewertz, The Boston Herald
“…a total joy to watch – music embodied in physique, gesture, movement and muscle; an eye-opener for the ear, as it were, such is the precision, detail and adventure of his sense of rhythm.”
— Paul O’Connor, Last Night’s Fun
“His demeanor is always joyful but there is considered depth in every move...a riveting tour de force that equally displayed a subtlety and understanding of percussive dance...”
— Paul Keating, The Irish Voice
“With a working knowledge in a variety of different traditional percussive dance styles and an academic background to match, Gareiss is able to think well outside the choreographic box.”
— Daniel Neeley, Irish Echo
“Gareiss combined roots with a more modern inventive style that came to the fore in an impressionistic piece starting with a whisper of a shuffle...Gareiss moved like electricity was radiating out of every part of his body.”
— Stephen Cooke, The Chronicle Herald