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