A Danced Rituel
When Frank Gehry was tapped to be the architect of Walt Disney Concert Hall, home to both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, he envisioned the space to be “a living room for the city.”
Continue ReadingWorld-class review of ballet and dance.
This fall, Bjayini Satpathy has returned to New York to present what she has been developing in her home studio just outside of Bangalore in India. Satpathy, a consummate artist of the Odissi form of classical Indian dance, is renowned for her 25 years as a leading dancer and director of training for the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble. But now she is forging a new chapter. In 2018 at age 46, Satpathy left Nrityagram impelled by the desire to explore her potential─both as a soloist and as a choreographer. She began the laborious and often lonely effort of planting her own garden of creation.
Performance
Place
Words
“Uncommonly intelligent, substantial coverage.”
Your weekly source for world-class dance reviews, interviews, articles, and more.
Already a paid subscriber? Login
When Frank Gehry was tapped to be the architect of Walt Disney Concert Hall, home to both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, he envisioned the space to be “a living room for the city.”
Continue ReadingSan Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House is a grand, gracious theater, so it was a big deal to see the San Francisco Ballet School hold its end-of-year performances in that hall for the first time since at least 1985.
Continue ReadingAt its heart, “Sylvia” is a ballet about the resistance to love—a theme that continues to resonate deeply, as the human spirit often recoils from love, driven by fear, pride, a need for control, or the weight of duties and moral constraints.
Continue ReadingSince the 1970s, the Paris Opera Ballet has cultivated a distinctive tradition of nurturing its own dancers as emerging choreographers.
Continue Reading
comments