„Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the work is the tangible relationship that has formed between the performers – they share, borrow and copy from each other’s cultures and movement vocabularies, resulting in some extraordinary duos and ensemble moments. Tatiana Saphir and Elik Niv are outstanding.“ Business Day South Africa, May 2010
“Macras’ intention is not just to denounce grievances, she challenges our view on Africa as well – ‘The Offside’ is more than a world cup aftermath. (…) Even though the play tells a story about exclusion, poverty and violence, which contradicts defiantly the new image of the Rainbow Nation: the performers from South Africa are winning the favor through their dance.”Der Tagesspiegel, January 2011
“The music and the style of dancing, that has been brought along by the locally casted artists, are being used in multiple manners: On the one hand Macras leaves it to the drums, to indicate rhythm and speed, which brings back together fragments of scenes and connects single actions (…).” TAZ, January 2011
‘(…) a hard, aggressive and witty piece of dance. The performers throw themselves continually on the floor, fight wildly and even dribble one dancer as a football across the stage. Macras explains hardly anything, she wants the audience to find its own meaning in the play. That’s dance, she says, these are feelings, that can’t be described (…).’
Christiane Miethge, CAPRICCIO – BAYERISCHES FERNSEHEN, 27.01.11