Phoenix Rising
The traditional striped kabuki curtain of black, persimmon and green hangs tattered and faded. It’s our first hint of destruction.
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World-class review of ballet and dance.
There's something glorious about watching a married couple dancing in sync. It's the shared looks, smiles, in-jokes and sense of being completely intuitive, working in symbiosis. Few dancing couples have the charisma, wit and raw talent of husband and wife duo, Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara from the iconic BBC hit TV show, Strictly Come Dancing. They are icons for a good reason: they make any dance look absolutely effortless. They've been together since meeting at auditions for “Burn The Floor” in 2010, and married in 2017. Their first child Lyra Rose was born in 2023.
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The traditional striped kabuki curtain of black, persimmon and green hangs tattered and faded. It’s our first hint of destruction.
Continua a leggereOn the final weekend of August, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park presented Anna Sperber’s Bessie award-winning dance “Bow Echo” during the opening day of its 2026 Annual Festival.
Continua a leggereThere is site-specific dance—think Trisha Brown’s 1970 groundbreaking work, “Man Walking Down the Side of a Building”—and then there’s Sarah Gordon Butler’s “Hay Rake Ballet.”
Continua a leggereThis summer, hidden within the red brick warehouses and graffitied construction panels of industrial East Williamsburg, Brooklyn lay a secret garden.
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