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Into the Heart of the Cave
FEATURES | Karen Greenspan

Into the Heart of the Cave

One of the gems of New York City’s dance landscape is the Graham Studio Series, a programming cycle that offers behind-the-scenes interaction with the work of the Graham Company in their studio space. In early January, the series presented a Graham Deconstructed event exploring Martha Graham’s modernist masterwork “Cave of the Heart.”

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A Century of Moderns
BOOKSHELF | INTERVIEWS | Rachel Howard

A Century of Moderns

Sara Veale’s new book Wild Grace: The Untamed Women of Modern Dance (Faber & Faber) examines the lives of nine boldly subversive dancemakers over nearly a century, starting with Isadora Duncan and ending with Pearl Lang. Along the way, it provides a pared but potent mini-history on the emergence of women’s rights.

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Ideation
REVIEWS | Sophie Bress

Ideation

Repertory Dance Theatre’s “Emerge” had the feel of a dance studio recital, for better and for worse. The annual showcase, designed to emphasize the robust dance community in Utah—which does, by the way, exist—had a warm, familiar feel, but lacked sufficient pedigree for a company of RDT’s caliber.

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Greek Myth or Graham Myth?

Greek Myth or Graham Myth?

The Martha Graham Dance Company performed two of its Greek myth-themed works at Philadelphia’s Suzanne Roberts Theatre over the weekend.

Performance

Martha Graham Dance Company: “Errand into the Maze” and “Cave of the Heart”

Place

Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, January 4, 2025

Words

Merilyn Jackson

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The Legacy of Arlene Croce
FEATURES | Mindy Aloff

The Legacy of Arlene Croce

Although Arlene Croce was not a trained dancer (her afterschool arts training in childhood was as a painter) she took dancing seriously as both an occasion for pleasure and a cultural endeavor, and she took writing about it to be a serious cultural action as well, at least as important to the mental health of the public as some of the verbiage by politicians and their editors.

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Notes for the New Year

Notes for the New Year

My favorite books of 2024 offer dance history from the artist’s point of view. Perhaps there is nothing too unusual about this, and yet, something about this trend feels special...

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High Hopes
REVIEWS | Faye Arthurs

High Hopes

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual December residency at City Center featured four world premieres. I caught two: Hope Boykin’s “Finding Free” and Lar Lubovitch’s “Many Angels.” 

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A Bug Menagerie

A Bug Menagerie

The Sarasota Ballet does not do a “Nutcracker”—they leave that to their associate school. Instead, over the weekend, the company offered a triple bill of which just one ballet, Frederick...

Performance

Sarasota Ballet: “Les Patineurs,” “Rubies,” “Spider’s Feast”

Place

Sarasota Opera House, Sarasota, Florida, December 21, 2024

Words

Marina Harss

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Hard (Nut) Facts
REVIEWS | Faye Arthurs

Hard (Nut) Facts

I couldn’t stop thinking about hockey at the New York City Ballet’s “Nutcracker” this year, and not only because the stage appeared to be made of ice: there were a slew of spectacular falls one night I attended.

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Other Delights
REVIEWS | Candice Thompson

Other Delights

Last week, during the first Fjord Review Dance Critics’ Festival, Mindy Aloff discussed and read from an Edwin Denby essay during “The Critic’s Process” panel.

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Song and Dance

Song and Dance

To paraphrase that great song from “A Chorus Line,” the Los Angeles-based BodyTraffic gave a concert that might best be summed up as, “Dancers 10, Choreographers, well, 3.”

Performance

BodyTraffic: Trey McIntyre's “Mayday” / Matthew Neenan's “I Forgot the Start” / Juel D. Lane's “Incense Burning On A Saturday Morning: The Maestro.”

Place

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, California, December 6-7, 2024

Words

Victoria Looseleaf

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