"In the bitty fragmented programmes of the Gala Ballet season, presided over most graciously by Margot Fonteyn, The single premiere came as a welcome relief. Domy Reiter Soffer's "Phantasmagoria" created for Maina Gielgud and Jonathan Kelly, is a short work of considerable complexity, set to a haunting modern score by Mordechai Seter. It explores the elusive vision of love, now tangible, now fleeting and although you are never sure if Gielgud's passion is but a fantasy, the intricate interwindings of the couple are most beautifully realized".
Jan Murray- (Time Out).
"The short ballet for two dancers, as distinct from the pas de deux in or out of context of a longer production, is a difficult choreographic form. But in Last night's change of programme of the Gala Ballet Season at the Royal Festival Hall, Domy Reiter Soffer's "Phantasmagoria" to music by Mordechai Seter showed how effective and rewarding it can prove. The various visionary implications of the title were sensitively reflected. Using to full advantage the considerable abilities, technical and expressive, of Maina Gielgud and Jonathan Kelly. Reiter Soffer established an initial sense of mystery and developed it through changing moods with confident control".
K. Sorley Walker (The Daily Telegraph).
"A new work for Maina Gielgud and Jonathan Kelly to music by Mordechai Seter "Phantasmagoria" choreographed by Domy Reiter Soffer showed both dancers to advantage. Kelly has a dramatic presence and moves eloquently with a pleasing musicality, and there was no doubt the movements suited Gielgud and Kelly, and it is always pleasant to see dancers doing things they do well"
Nicholas Dromgoole- (Sunday Telegraph).
"The best thing on last night's programme at the Fonteyn's Gala Season at the Festival Hall was the newly created duet "Phantasmagoria" to music by Mordechai Seter choreographed Domy Reiter Soffer especially for Maina Gielgud and Jonathan Kelly. It was performed with lyricism and control creating a beautifully constructed high lifts danced effortlessly with eloquent and mystery".
John Percival-(The Times)