Financial Times
18 February 1994
Clement Crisp
"Equally good was a duet by Jodi Falk for David Toole, who without legs, is yet a vital performer, and Sing-Bharmi."

The Guardian
8 February 1994
Sophie Constanti
"No-one watching To Please the Desert would describe Toole as physically challenged. From the first quiet moments of the work's opening solo, in which he gives the illusion of growing slowly out of the ground, one arm helping to elevate his torso, the other unfolding upwards in a gesture of simple poignant beauty, Toole succeeds in shattering our preconceptions. … Toole's fixed, open, assertive stare is one of the most haunting and memorable aspects of his personality as a dancer."

The Observer
30 January 1994
Jann Parry
"David Toole of CandoCo Dance Company compels attention. Propped on his hands, head lowered between his powerful shoulders, he returns the audience's gaze with burning intensity. He disappears below the waist, unburdened by legs: his arms are his means of locomotion and of dancing, with or without a wheelchair."

Daily Mail
9 February 1994
Allen Robertson
To please the Desert is danced by Toole and Singh-Barmi. Sombre and strong, it could be a visualisation of Toole's brain.
At first he is alone, and as the title suggests he seems isolated in a vast, empty space. He's solitary, not lonely. Then Singh-Barmi appears and mirrors Tool's movements.

The Sunday Times
30 January 1994
David Dougill
"… is the title of another short work, a British debut by American choreographer, Jodi Falk. … Toole spends most of his time out of his chair in these dance pieces, with an amazing suppleness and speedy mobility that includes walking and spinning on his hands, and balancing his half body on one hand as if suspended in air with the weightlessness of a balloon. This is quite stunning but the crucial point is that it does not look like a speciality act from a circus."


Independent on Sunday
6 February 1994
Anne Sacks
"The star of CandoCo Dance Company is a man with no legs. Surprised? Physically, David Toole is half a person, yet he holds the whole audience with his strength, skill and musicality. His dance has come on in leaps and bounds - except that he does not leap conventionally but on long, muscular arms. … Toole's artistry is revealed again in Jodi Falk's To Please the Desert, a duet with Kuldip Singh-Barmi. The pair make the piece resonate with loneliness. Toole arcs one of his arms through space to form a perpendicular line, then brings it to rest on the diagonal. A hand cups his partners head. The shapes are sharp. Toole's strength amazes as much as his feel for the dance phrases."