"...a modern day Isadora Duncan...approached Ruth St. Denis as she slithered through an impudently sensuous belly dance...a vibrant performer...an unusual and talented choreographer." 
Jennifer Dunning, New York Times

"She knows how to put movement together...ingenious...adds up to good dancing and an original statement." 
New York Times

"...killer creative choreographer...the best belly dancer in the world... 
Carman Moore, Village Voice

"I liked Dianne McPherson's Clan a lot. It was jaunty and it was breezy, but in very solid, unpretentious ways. Tidily structured but not tight-lipped." 
Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice

"Her pure, solid dancing has never seemed so welcome to me...I think I held my breath in delight through the entire dance...The works soundly structured, with all the details meticulously etched, revealed the full extent of McPherson's talent." 
Dance Magazine

"...elegant, confident, sensual..." 
Kerri Hikida, Whole Life Times, LA

"...she evoked something essentially female, essentially powerful..." 
Elizabeth Zimmer, Dance Magazine

"She has the lithe and leggy body of a ballerina and the articulate arm and leg movement of a butoh performer." 
Marene Gustin, Austin-American Statesman

"I see Dunya's dances floating like feather down to the center of her big, elaborately patterned carpet...They merge with her body, she processes them, and they dance themselves right back out...Dunya's [performance] is a very clean space on a psychic/spiritual level, a natural resting spot for dances." 
Stephanie Beauchamp, Austin Chronicle