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Kid Zone
REVIEWS | Faye Arthurs

Kid Zone

Who says choreography can’t be taught? Not Ellen Robbins, a modern dance educator who has been teaching the art of choreography to young people in Soho for decades.

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Never Forget
REVIEWS | Victoria Looseleaf

Never Forget

Never forget!” With the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day both having been recognized last month, these words, although unspoken, coursed through Melissa Barak’s first evening-length ballet, “Memoryhouse.”

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A Muted Malpaso

A Muted Malpaso

Translated, “malpaso” means misstep, suggesting clumsiness. In the case of Havana based Malpaso Dance Company, the name is a clever misdirection, pointing to a sense of humor often present with...

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Malpaso Dance Company: “Ara” by Osnel Delgado / Esteban Aguilar’s “Retrato De Familia (Family Portrait)” / Aszure Barton’s “Indomitable Waltz” / “Vertigo” by Susana Pous

Place

The Joyce Theater, New York, NY, January 24, 2025

Words

Karen Hildebrand

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Winter Lake Effects 
REVIEWS | Faye Arthurs

Winter Lake Effects 

On the eve of George Balanchine’s birthday, the New York City Ballet opened its Winter Season with a killer all-Balanchine program: “Concerto Barocco,” “Allegro Brillante,” and “Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet.”

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Love and Lust
REVIEWS | Rachel Howard

Love and Lust

The connection between relatively new artistic director Tamara Rojo and longtime San Francisco Ballet fans has felt a little tenuous as the former Royal Ballet star and English National Ballet leader launches her second season programmed here on the West Coast.

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Inner Fire
REVIEWS | Faye Arthurs

Inner Fire

New Yorkers who don’t have a fireplace during this deep January freeze can head to the Joyce Theater to see Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence A Dance Company, where the russet backdrops, rolling hips, and reggae beats give off plenty of warmth.

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New Voices from Japan + East Asia

New Voices from Japan + East Asia

Japan Society presented its 20th showcase of contemporary dance with works from emerging choreographers in East Asia over a mid-January weekend.

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On Endurance
Candice Thompson

On Endurance

In a four-day span of early January I saw: Monica Bill Barnes wrestle a giant beach ball at Playwrights Horizons; Malcolm-x Betts and Nile Harris shoot blanks into the rafters of the Chocolate Factory in honor of Judith Jamison’s spirit; Symara Sarai run in and out of a swirling lasso at New York Live Arts Studios; and Angie Pittman dart across a shallow stage, in character as a vampire, cape flying, at BAM Fisher Hillman Studio in a shared bill with Kyle Marshall Choreography. In short, it was APAP season.*

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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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Mighty Peace
REVIEWS | Karen Hildebrand

Mighty Peace

No matter the theme, an evening with David Dorfman Dance is likely to uplift. The gregarious choreographer has a habit of engaging with the audience pre and/or post show with energy approaching that of a church revival gathering.

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Answering the Calls
REVIEWS | Faye Arthurs

Answering the Calls

One of the first dances I reviewed for Fjord was Jack Ferver’s hilarious yet penetrating “Everything is Imaginable” at New York Live Arts. It featured a series of solos in which accomplished dancers from different genres portrayed their childhood idols.

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A Glittering Cinderella

A Glittering Cinderella

There’s a steady unity of vision in Tetsuya Kumakawa’s production of “Cinderella,” first staged by K-Ballet Tokyo in 2012.

Performance

K-Ballet Tokyo: “Cinderella” by Tetsuya Kumakawa

Place

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, January 9, 2025

Words

Kris Kosaka

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Fighting Spirit
REVIEWS | Karen Hildebrand

Fighting Spirit

There’s a distinct warrior theme to the evening shared by Angie Pittman and Kyle Marshall, though the two choreographers are working in very different styles and tone.

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All the World on Stage
FEATURES | Rachael Moloney

All the World on Stage

It’s not often these days that aspiring dancers and smaller companies can enjoy the luxury of state-of-the-art facilities to develop their practice and put on a show, especially in a capital city.

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Juliet Doherty, Following the Light
TALKING POINTES | Claudia Lawson

Juliet Doherty, Following the Light

Today I have the privilege of speaking with the divine Juliet Doherty. Juliet was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is slightly more Breaking Bad than “Swan Lake,” but Juliet's grandparents owned a ballet studio which passed to Juliet's mother, and so the artistic genes ran deep.

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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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Ideation

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,...

Performance

Repertory Dance Theatre: “Emerge”

Place

Leona Wagner Black Box Theater at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City, UT, January 10, 2025

Words

Sophie Bress

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