Mensah has a reputation of one of the city’s boldest choregraphers… We don’t believe that a performance [Shades] quite like this has ever been staged in Toronto”

-She Does The City on Shades

Dance film ‘Tessel’ is a poetic reminder that Black artistic lives matter"

- Michael Crabb on Tessel

The work and voice of Esie Mensah embody the critical conversations that speak to our history, present and evolving future. In the many years that I have witnessed her creations, spirit, abounding dedication to the human experience and ancestral acknowledgement, I'm aware that Esie Mensah is not only a beautiful force within our industry. She is power exemplified.”

~Nicole Inica Hamilton, Artistic Director of I.D.I / Producer, Turn Out Radio

Director Esie Mensah, has done a wonderful job keeping the “Four words appear at the end of the film: spirituality, humanity, care, and the principles of love. For me, this short film bravely captures these four elements in a symbiotic relationship to each other while wonderfully highlighting the solo work of the brief moment of each artist.”

-Joe Szekeres (OnStage Blog) on Tessel