Catching the Moment with Paul Kolnik
For nearly 50 years the legendary dance photographer, Paul Kolnik, helped create the visual identity of the New York City Ballet.
Continue ReadingWorld-class review of ballet and dance.
Like two cicadas advancing, springing instep with each other, Tra Mi Dinh and Rachel Coulson manifest from the shadows of the deep stage of the new Union Theatre. “Seven dances for two people,” the first of three works presented as part of Lucy Guerin Inc’s “Pieces,” in a new collaboration with University of Melbourne Arts and Culture (UMAC), summons a world beyond as the framework of the theatre falls away, or so it feels from my vantage in the stalls on opening night. Lightly, as if winged, in Dinh’s “Seven dances for two people,” there may be two, but it seems a familiar buzzing chorus at the end of a hot day. A loud, buzzing chorus of cicadas to signal a united front to predators; an orchestral deterrent clicking, perhaps there is more.
Performance
Place
Words
“Uncommonly intelligent, substantial coverage.”
Your weekly source for world-class dance reviews, interviews, articles, and more.
Already a paid subscriber? Login
For nearly 50 years the legendary dance photographer, Paul Kolnik, helped create the visual identity of the New York City Ballet.
Continue ReadingTushrik Fredericks walks as if in a trance, arms floating forward and pushing back with each step. Fog transforms the air into a tangible element.
Continue ReadingHouston Ballet is the fourth largest ballet company in the United States, but when it comes to the talent of its top dancers, they are the equal of any American company.
Continue ReadingThe height of summer has arrived to New York’s lush and idyllic Hudson Valley. Tonight, in addition to music credited on the official program, we are treated to a chorus of crickets and tree frogs in the open-air pavilion of PS21 Center for Contemporary Performance.
Continue Reading
comments