THE “MOURNING” AFTER THE ELECTION SCORE
* ENTER, SAY HELLO
* FIND A SPOT, CRASH
* PICK YOURSELF UP, BRUSH YOURSELF OFF
* PRAY
* MOVE FORWARD
Peace,
Anna
World-class review of ballet and dance.
My favorite books of 2024 offer dance history from the artist’s point of view. Perhaps there is nothing too unusual about this, and yet, something about this trend feels special as we step with trepidation into the first days of 2025. Their pages are filled with lessons in disruption, epistolary inspiration, and creative approaches to the archives of our art. In short, they are all task-oriented scores, seemingly filled with notes from an artistic staff that has been watching our performance and has ideas for how we can improve in the new year.
Moreso than many Balanchine offshoot companies, the Dance Theater of Harlem—founded by the New York City Ballet principal dancer Arthur Mitchell in 1969—keeps the Balanchine ethos at the forefront of its programming.
Continua a leggereArtistic Director Miyako Yoshida’s “Giselle” for the National Ballet of Japan excavates emotional freshness within the familiar landscape of the 1841 Romantic classic.
Continua a leggereAt a baseline, good art should move you. At its peak, it can change you. I did not expect to come out of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s season closer, Re-Act, a changed person, but that’s exactly the effect the performance—and particularly one work, Daniel Charon’s “From Code to Universe”—had on me.
Continua a leggereThe body as vessel; the body as memory container; the body as truth-teller. All of these corporeal permutations were on view at the UCLA Nimoy Theater last Thursday, when Eiko Otake and Wen Hui performed their haunting, elegiac and deeply meaningful work, “What is War.”
Continua a leggere
Wonderful! Thanks for this reminder for my book list. You make me want to read them all, most especially Jill Johnston.