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The inaugural Unite Ballet Festival, directed by Calvin Royal III, took place at the Joyce Theater from August 13-18, 2024.
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New Horizons
Before digital audio, compact discs, cassette tapes with their ribbons of sound sandwiched within a small case, and pressed vinyl records, came wax cylinders to record and reproduce sound, thanks to Thomas Edison’s 1877 invention of the hand-cranked phonograph.
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Forever Flamenco
Far from Southern Spain, but in the heart of Hollywood, that once monthly dance staple, “Forever Flamenco,” was alive and well again at the Fountain Theatre, if only for the month of August.
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On the Road
Since 1980, the Australian Ballet's National Tour (or really, the Dancers' Company as everyone calls it), is a much anticipated event for the graduating students of the Australian Ballet School.
Continue ReadingMan, Woman, Butoh with Ichi & Vangeline
On a mid-summer evening, along the banks of the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan, a colorful band of performers costumed in orange and blue merged with the sunset and the...
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Taiwan Season
Every year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, I look forward to the Taiwan Season. A curated selection of shows within the organised chaos of the festival, the quality of the dancing is always exemplary. I caught two out of the four shows of this season’s offering.
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In Threes
How often have you sat in a dance piece that felt too long? Lewis Major’s “Triptych” successfully rises to the challenge of creating an evening of dance, without overstretching an idea into boredom.
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Internal Noise
Dance aficionados are on high alert any time there’s a new Bill T. Jones work. That the artistic director/co-founder and choreographer of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company did not make dances for “The Motherboard Suite,” but directed it, still made for a solid evening of dance drama.
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Oceanic Feeling
Once a year New York City dance lovers and Brooklyn beach-goers converge in the Venn diagram of performance art and natural splendor that is Beach Sessions Dance Series.
Continue ReadingDancing with Duende
The temperature rose again on Thursday at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles’ celebrated outdoor venue, when Spanish-American conductor François López-Ferrer brought the heat to the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program...
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Iconic
“Life is a thief,” pouts Alan Greig, emerging in the studio space clad in black vest, full skirt and voluminous trousers. Impish and imperious, he becomes Tennessee Williams in waspish mode even as he lies dying, or perhaps he's Blanche Dubois, looking to fill the void.
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Fury and Solitude
This provocative double bill showcases contrasting approaches to the body, and perceptions of how and why they take up and transform the space. It's also a meditation on art as an act of resistance, a form of political liberation.
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Melanie Hamrick’s Next Chapter
During her 15 years dancing with American Ballet Theatre, Melanie Hamrick always brought a book to rehearsal. “Sometimes if it wasn’t my cast—and because I’d done “Swan Lake” so many times—I’d try to sneak a book in my lap,” she remembers.
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Sticking Together
The Pilobolus troupe took over the Joyce Theater for three weeks this August with a rotating pair of programs: one was called “Dreams,” the other, “Memory.” Both titles were good catchalls for the company’s signature brand of surrealist, muscular theatricality.
Continue ReadingAll Together Now
A unique cooperation by New York City’s five largest dance companies, BAAND Together Dance Festival was conceived as an effort to restart live dance performance after the pandemic.
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Beethoven, Boots and Cats
Bookending my first day at the Edinburgh Festival are two very different but beautiful performances at the wonderful Dance Base venue in the Grassmarket, Matthew Hawkins’s “Ready” and Christine Thynne and Robbie Synge’s “These Mechanisms.”
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Dance of Joy
Bharatanatyam soloist, Christopher Gurusamy, describes his practice as purely based on his traditional dance training, Bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance that originated in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
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By the Water
On a sultry day like this, it might be easy to imagine we’re somewhere in the south, rather than the urban confines of Hearst Plaza, where a small group has gathered, curious about a free event. We’re not quite sure where to sit.
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A Metamorphosis of Meaning
One night, three premieres, and a mixture of tradition and originality. Queensland Ballet’s “Bespoke” presented new works that playfully experimented with the classical technique in a contemporary setting.
Continue ReadingDon't Look TooGood
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...
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