"Proof showcased the fierce and muscular-yet-graceful style of the dancer, who’s been honing her choreographic skills for years. It also revealed a new side: her aptitude for spoken text. 

The work was enigmatic, a sort of puzzlebox that could be read a number of different ways. Dressed in tight black shorts and tank top, with a gauzy plaid dress dangling on a hanger at one side of the stage, Wicklund reclined pensively on the floor. To the sound of a haunting, echoing electro score, she began asking an unseen force to teach her how to act, how to move—keenly listening, eager to learn, ready to work hard. After finding her feet and tapping her explosive power, she segued into the piece’s more serene second act, donning the dress and dancing to Angie McMahon’s soul-ripping rendition of Lana del Rey’s “Born to Die”.

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