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There’s few artists you can truly label as iconoclastic within any discipline, let alone dance, but when discussing Rocio Molina few other labels seem to fit the bill.
Continua a leggereFor the third year in a row, five of New York City's most iconic dance companies—Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem—joined forces for for the BAAND Together Dance Festival, hosted by Lincoln Center. Photographed by Steven Pisano.
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Mind Palace
The void will appear soon, we are told, to invite us into an hour-long escape. The pre-show announcement is more poetic than prescriptive: “We are not islands scattered in a melancholy dark sea,” the voice of god adds, and shortly thereafter, the curtain rises on BalletCollective’s latest work, “Translation,” choreographed by founder Troy Schumacher.
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A Rose is a Rose
A dancer’s lineage can tell you a lot. The places they’ve trained, the mentors they’ve had, the repertoire they’ve inscribed into their long-term memory all have an impact on the ways that they move, attack a set of steps, strategize a quick petit allegro or a dreamy adagio. So, too, is this true for choreographers.
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A High-contrast Zigzag
“So Are We,” from Sol León and Paul Lightfoot—former spouses who share a long-running creative career—is something of a full-circle event.
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I missed it this year. I was supposed to go on one of the days that the performance was canceled due to the extreme heat. I was so disappointed.