On Criticism
On rare occasions, a dance seems to speak directly to me—often to my experiences as a dancer, sometimes to my humanity.
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Limón, Past and Present
I can’t take my eyes off the men. Stephen Haley, Joey Columbus, and Ian Debono each have solos in “Mazurkas” that emphasize the Limón posture full of elegance and pride.
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Weird and Whimsical
While the dancers traveled up from Florida, the Sarasota Ballet presented a taste of British sensibilities in its week-long engagement at the Joyce Theater.
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Dance as Duration
“This resting, patience” has been danced in cities ranging from Helsinki to Porto to Venice, and in all of them the crooning vocals of its most-repeated music, Burt Bacharach’s “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” must have been instantly familiar.
Continua a leggereSwooping In
In the Chunky Move Studios, for Caroline Meaden’s “Immacolata,” presented as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival, two banks of seats, on the diagonal, hold a room.
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On the Fringes
Upon arrival, two tall screens reveal a kaleidoscopic, fluid slither of serpents, as I find a seat in the downstairs Sylvia Staehli Theatre at Danceshouse, for Weichen Cui’s “In Green, In White—Metamorphosis of The White Snake,” presented as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival 2026.
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Fashionable Fall
In approaching a New York City Ballet Fall Fashion Gala commission, choreographers have two choices: make a dance that hinges upon the fashion, or make a dance regardless of the fashion, and hope that the costumes enhance rather than detract from the steps.
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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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Leading the Pack
Things seem to be clicking in place for Mamela Nyamza. Her latest work “The Herd/Less” is touring the world while her recognition as a choreographer with a distinction for the subversive and political has earned her a Silver Lion for dance at the Venice Biennale.
Continua a leggereRonald K Brown, Raw and Resilient
After taking a field trip in the second grade to see the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ronald K. Brown was inspired to take his first dance class at Bedford...
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Dance with Defiance
As much as it is a cliché to reference, there is something special in finding a work that so aptly fits that famous quote from George Balanchine: “See the music. Hear the dance.”
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Wild Things
Wei Wang begins as any faun does: alone and center stage, awakened from a reverie and looking a touch wobbly.
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The Screen is Always Greener
Coming in hot off their premiere at the Paris Opera Ballet, rising creative duo Jess & Morgs present “Deepfake.”
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Subversions of the Ideal
There’s a palpable intent to the swerving compositions of Pam Tanowitz’s “Pastoral:” the mannered choreography, with its long, soft angles and consciously discursive phrasing.
Continua a leggereUn/Natural Behaviour
A night with Thick & Tight might look a little different to a standard evening of contemporary dance, in a few ways.
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It’s the Taking Part that counts
It’s not often that you’ll get three competition kids together with the goal of not being the best. That was the goal of dancers Charlotte Mclean and Jack Anderson in collaboration with composer Malin Lewis.
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Character Dance
You can't see the first character who appears in Kashia Kancey's “I Believed It Too,” which was presented at Baryshnikov Arts Center September 24-26.
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Northern Soul
Northern Ballet is the little company that could. Often forgotten and in the shadow of larger UK companies, there is a sense of a new momentum since the takeover by Federico Bonneli of the Leeds-based outfit.
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Power Play
The lights dim and the mystical Eye of Horus commands our focus. Hieroglyphics and distinctive carvings flank the famous Egyptian symbol of resurrection as the overture swells and the drop curtain morphs into a portal to the past.
Continua a leggereAmerican Icons
Fresh from performing the concert version of George Balanchine’s “Who Cares?” at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this month, Los Angeles Ballet mounted a tribute to “American Icons” which included Jerome...
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