Shakespearean Twist
It’s a drag to report that I had the urge to walk out of my first performance back in NYC after a long summer break.
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When viewing a work by Pam Tanowitz, it pays to look closely. Beyond the precision and fleet feet of her Cunningham-trained dancers, there is often another layer to discover. She refers to pre-existing works of art and literature (recently T. S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets” and the biblical Song of Solomon) using movement to reveal and remix their elements. For those who prize an intellectual exercise, Tanowitz is Olympic Gold. So it’s a surprise that her premiere for the Little Island inaugural summer performance series asks us simply to gaze at the surface. In “Day for Night,” the looking is everything.
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