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Teenage Angst and Institutions
Watching Matthew Bourne's reworked version of the “star-cross'd lovers,” I was briefly reminded of Veronica, played by Winona Ryder, in...
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Sparkles, Scraps and Spandex
Overheard after the curtain drop on “Theme and Variations,” the opener of English National Ballet’s latest mixed bill: “Well, it...
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Dance of Death
Smaïl Kanouté is a French-Malian graphic designer, dancer, and choreographer based in Paris, and the founder of a Compagnie Vivons,...
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Dance to the Letter
Looking to the alphabet, many letters have been used to describe a swan, from the S of their long necks...
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The Walking Dance
The past week has been one of celebration at New York City Ballet. The company is marking seventy-five years of...
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Turbulent and Extraordinary
The late Alvin Ailey famously set his sights on creating “the kind of dance that could be done for the...
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Contrasting Paths
Few dance companies would dare to put such disparate pieces together. But such is the audacious, experimental spirit of Scottish...
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Soul Train
Ah, to be a mere dance writer reviewing a world premiere musical with Broadway aspirations! The sheer luxury of letting...
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
This year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe recorded its fifth highest attendance in its history, a different reality from the ghostly years of...
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Real Time
In the Upstairs Studio at Dancehouse, Rosalind Crisp hands me a small card which invites me to “Please sit where...
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High Flyers
The porous borders of Rafael Bonachela’s “I Am-Ness,” Marina Mascarell’s “The Shell, A Ghost, The Host & The Lyrebird,” and...
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A Day at the Beach
What could be better than a performance of Merce Cunningham’s “Beach Birds” on the actual beach? On a rainy Saturday...
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