Robin Pogrebin wrote in The New York Times in 1999 of Stroman visiting a swing club and noticing a dancer in a yellow dress. "The woman would step up to the dance floor as a song was beginning and nod or shake her head at the various men asking to be her partner. Then, after holding everyone's attention with her nervy grace, she would disappear into the crowd. What came out of this was Contact... "Pogrebin, Robin. "Making 'Contact' Without Conflict; How a Hit Dance Play Evolved, Cordially" The New York Times, October 18, 1999
