Why it’s called American Street Dancer
Books are banned, DEI scuttled, and Africanist studies scaled back. Yet, the irrepressible spirit of African American artists is not extinguished.
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Though I desperately wanted to see the American Ballet Theater premiere Wayne McGregor’s “Woolf Works” this season, one could do worse than seeing “Onegin” as a last show before hitting the road for summer vacation. And, of the two Tchaikovsky tragedies on offer, John Cranko’s “Onegin”—created in 1965, with revisions in 1967 and new costumes and sets by Santo Loquasto in 2010—is far superior to ABT’s lackluster “Swan Lake” production, which has been around since 2000. Of course, in terms of raw potential, “Onegin” can’t compare with the three major Tchaikovsky story ballets: “Swan Lake,” “Sleeping Beauty,” and “The Nutcracker,” but it smartly incorporates elements from each. It also attempts something unusual for the narrative classics: it delves into the psychology of one woman. Like Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations and George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda, “Onegin” revolves around the pivotal role that fantasy and idealization can play in a life.
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Books are banned, DEI scuttled, and Africanist studies scaled back. Yet, the irrepressible spirit of African American artists is not extinguished.
Continua a leggere“Lists of Promise,” a new work currently in a two-week run from March 13- 30 at the East Village cultural landmark, Theater for the New City, promised more than it delivered, at least for now.
Continua a leggere“State of Heads” opens with a blaze of white light and loud clanking onto a white-suited Levi Gonzalez, part Elvis, part televangelist addressing his congregation. A pair of women sidle in—Rebecca Cyr and Donna Uchizono—dressed in ankle-length white dresses and cowered posture.
Continua a leggereThe late John Ashford, a pioneer in programming emerging contemporary choreographers across Europe, once told me that he could tell what sort of choreographer a young artist would turn into when watching their first creations.
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