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REVIEWS | Rebecca Deczynski

Strings Section

Chamber music can be fun, too! That, at least, is the apparent message that violinist Johnny Gandelsman is trying to spread in his two-hour program, “Johnny Loves Johann.” He’s certainly not wrong.

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For Old Times’ Sake
REVIEWS | Rebecca Deczynski

For Old Times’ Sake

What makes a story stick across not just decades, but millennia? The longevity of ancient Greek drama points to an innate essentiality, but the variations of these works, too, have played a critical role in its durability.

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Stepping on the Right Path
INTERVIEWS | Eoin Fenton

Stepping on the Right Path

“We are in a shambles.” This is the headline statement for Catherine Young’s touring work “Ciseach | An Embodied Manifesto” which will make its way through Ireland at a time when it is perhaps needed most.

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Double Happiness
REVIEWS | Garth Grimball

Double Happiness

Five years ago Oakland Ballet launched its Dancing Moons Festival as a way to highlight Asian American and Pacific Islander choreographers in response to the surge of anti-AAPI hate during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Healing Together

Healing Together

Gibney Company’s season at the Joyce Theater was full of common threads, promising beginnings, and lingering energy.

Performance

Gibney Company in Medhi Walerski’s “Silent Tides,” Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s “On Contemplation of Wailing,” Lucinda Childs’ “Canto Ostinato,” and Mthuthuzeli November’s “Vukani”

Place

The Joyce Theater, New York, NY, April 8, 2026

Words

Sophie Bress

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Steps in the Street
REVIEWS | Karen Hildebrand

Steps in the Street

It seems fitting that as the world held its collective breath over violent threats from the US White House, the Martha Graham Dance Company would perform “Chronicle,” an anti-war statement from 1936, as the centerpiece for the opening of its New York City Center season.

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Ballet in the City with Joshua Beamish
INTERVIEWS | Rachel Howard

Ballet in the City with Joshua Beamish

Perhaps best known for touring with New York City Ballet associate artistic director Wendy Whelan in her show “Restless Creature,” Joshua Beamish grew up dancing in his Canadian hometown of Kelowna, British Columbia, founding his own company when he was just 17.

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Emotionality Unbound
REVIEWS | Steve Sucato

Emotionality Unbound

Ballet Unbound” was a diverse mixed repertory program that landed squarely in Ohio Contemporary Ballet’s sweet spot as a company presenting classical modern dance, and neo-classical and contemporary ballet works.

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Everything Under Control

Everything Under Control

It’s hard to predict where Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will go next. Literally. Through the repertoire selections presented in the company’s two-week run at the Joyce Theater, the dancers demonstrate...

Performance

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago: “Within the Frame,” “Percussion IV,” “Beauty Chasers,” and “Blue Soup”

Place

Joyce Theater, New York, NY, April 1, 2026

Words

Rebecca Deczynski

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Rewind
REVIEWS | Valentina Bonelli

Rewind

La Scala Theatre’s ballet season featured a programme offering a snapshot of European choreography from 25 years ago.

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Meryl Tankard, Staying Connected
INTERVIEWS | Eoin Fenton

Meryl Tankard, Staying Connected

Meryl Tankard is somewhat of an Aussie dance legend. A choreographer of international renown, her works have been mounted and premiered on prestigious companies ranging from Royal Ballet of Flanders and NDT III in Europe, to the Australian Ballet and Sydney Dance Company in her homeland.

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Moondance
REVIEWS | Faye Arthurs

Moondance

The Mark Morris Dance Group, now celebrating its 45th anniversary, visited the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a quick late-March run with two topical dances that were new to New York: one heavy and one light.

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Simply Red

Simply Red

Do ballet trends bubble up cyclically, or did artistic directors collude to engineer this year’s “Firebird” mania? Suddenly this spring, the flaring-eyed creature immortalized in Stravinsky’s 1910 score is headlining...

Performance

Pacific Northwest Ballet: “Little Mortal Jump” by Alejandro Cerrudo, “Red Angels” by Ulysses Dove, “Firebird” by Kent Stowell

Place

Digital stream of performance in McCaw Hall, Seattle, captured live on March 13, 2026

Words

Rachel Howard

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Theatre-going
REVIEWS | Elsa Giovanna Simonetti

Theatre-going

“Empreintes” featuring two new creations by Jess & Morgs and Marcos Morau, reads as a choreographic response to Walter Benjamin’s reflections on the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction.

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Objects of Desire
REVIEWS | Elsa Giovanna Simonetti

Objects of Desire

Maurice Béjart would surely have been delighted to see La Seine Musicale’s vast Grande Salle, that striking structure seemingly floating on the river above the Île Seguin, filled for all six March performances of his company’s tour.

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Street to Stage
REVIEWS | Merilyn Jackson

Street to Stage

Penn Live Arts presented Rennie Harris’s “Losing My Religion” last week as part of its America Unfinished Series, marking the country’s semiquincentennial. 

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Motherhood
SCREEN DANCE | Sarah Elgart

Motherhood

Motherhood has often been idealized as the ultimate fulfillment of being a woman. In fact, in many cultures, motherhood is still understood as a woman's basic mission and an inseparable part of her nature.

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Dividing Lines

Dividing Lines

A gifted satirist, Jane Comfort’s dance theater productions are razor sharp and wickedly indelible. Take, for instance, the evening length “Beauty” (2012), with its robotic Barbie beauty contest. 

Performance

Jane Comfort and Company: “The Gulf of America”

Place

La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, New York, NY, March 20, 2026

 

Words

Karen Hildebrand

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