The Mahabharata: A Timeless Retelling
Why Not Theatre’s bold, multidisciplinary adaptation of the Mahabharata drew a rapt audience at Lincoln Center’s vibrant summer arts festival “Summer for the City.”
PlusWorld-class review of ballet and dance.
The late Alvin Ailey famously set his sights on creating “the kind of dance that could be done for the man on the streets, the people.” His successors at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater have faithfully taken up this mantle, keeping approachability at the forefront of new company commissions. AAADT’s new 21st Century Creations bill, for example, hails the universality of hope, joy and pain, using mixtape music and dance hall moves to stoke a balmy familiarity. The emotions, and the dance conveying them, feel lucid and immediate, free from pretension. But while the performances are accessible, they’re hardly conventional.
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Why Not Theatre’s bold, multidisciplinary adaptation of the Mahabharata drew a rapt audience at Lincoln Center’s vibrant summer arts festival “Summer for the City.”
PlusStephen Petronio has an odd way of celebrating his 40th anniversary. He and his board have decided this season will be the company’s last.
PlusWashington, D.C.’s 100° June weather wasn’t the only thing generating heat in the city. Chamber Dance Project’s 11th annual D.C. summer season production, “Red Angels,” produced its own scorching intensity as one of this summer’s early triumphs.
PlusA ballet body is essentially a deformed body. The older and more experienced the dancer, the more evident–and beautiful–this deformation is.
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