Cathy Masten's Sense of Narrative
I joined choreographer and artistic director Cathy Marston over a video call at the end of another day of rehearsals.
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London City Ballet Spreads its Wings
Times are hard for ballet. With national funding that favours the new and the bold, ticket prices rising, and accusations of elitism, only a fool would start a company focused on works of the past.
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French Jewels
It was a grand night of show and—well, show more—as eight members of L.A. Dance Project strutted their gorgeous, technically brilliant stuff in the US premiere of “Gems.”
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Lee Jong-Ho, for the Love of Art
Before founding the Seoul International Dance Festival, Lee Jong-Ho began his career as a journalist.
Continue ReadingTraditional Tales Retold
During the summer, two Chinese dance productions came to Koch Theater at New York’s Lincoln Center: “Lady White Snake” from Shanghai Grand Theater in July and “Butterfly Lovers” from Hong...
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Amy Watson, A Steady Hand
When Amy Watson took the reins at the Royal Danish Ballet one year ago, she entered stormy waters.
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A New Performance Language
I walk into Roulette, a rough-around-the-edges world music venue, a couple of blocks from the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). I am attending “Dambudzo,” presented as part of BAM’s Next Wave Festival, brought to the neighborhood by the bold imagination and creative enterprise of Zimbabwe performing artist Nora Chipaumire.
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Breakaway
A rehabilitated 117-year-old power plant situated on the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, once a toxic waste site, now houses an amazing new contemporary arts hub—Powerhouse Arts.
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An Evening of Horror
To say the least, the true story of a juvenile axe murderer seems unlikely to inspire a ballet. But the legends surrounding the late nineteenth-century murders of Lizzie Borden’s father Andrew and her stepmother, Abby persist, perhaps because Lizzie was ultimately acquitted, and no other suspect was ever identified or brought to justice.
Continue ReadingCinderella Unites East and West
The National Ballet of Japan’s rendition of the Frederick Ashton classic, “Cinderella,” offers an authentic taste of English tradition, subtly flavored by Japanese aesthetics.
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Breaking the Waves
As October starts to draw to an end, so too does Dance Umbrella, London’s annual international dance festival. Having worked their way through the Barbican and Sadler’s Wells East, one of the final programmes is on at the Place—which has had an especially impressive Autumn season.
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Tip of the Hat
This fall, the American Ballet Theatr is celebrating its 85th anniversary by highlighting the choreographers key to the company’s history. Agnes DeMille, Antony Tudor, Frederick Ashton, Michel Fokine, Marius Petipa, George Balanchine and Alexei Ratmansky are all featured, but only Twyla Tharp got her own night.
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On Love and Mortality
What’s special about Rudi van Dantzig’s “Romeo and Juliet” is how deeply it is steeped in the textures of popular devotion and everyday life, reminiscent of Flemish painting in its chiaroscuro and crowded humanity.
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Becoming David
Who is David Roussève? Is he a 64-year-old African American dance/theater artist taking to the stage in a solo outing for the first time in 20 years? Check!
Continue ReadingThe Final Stage
Folded forward at the waist, knees pressed together, but with her feet apart, Rachel Coulson assumes bird-like form. With her legs held as if bound at the knees, she travels...
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Limón's New Look
Limón Dance Company launches its 80th anniversary season with three works that represent the company’s past, present, and future. They not only celebrate José Limón, but demonstrate how his themes guide the company in fresh new ways.
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The Take Away
Who would think that the unglamorous prep work in a Thai restaurant kitchen would serve as an idea for a choreographic work?
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Dream Ballets
It’s hard to imagine a ballet quite as exquisite as Michel Fokine’s 1909 “Les Sylphides.” The white tutu piece, set to a score by Fredéric Chopin, introduced the world to the concept of a plotless ballet—and, in that, opened the door for every choreographer who was to come.
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Turn Up, Turn Out
Tiler Peck has easily proven she can pull off multiple roles: dancer, in addition to artistic director, choreographer, and curator. The success of “Turn It Out With Tiler Peck and Friends”—which debuted at City Center in 2022 as its inaugural Artists at the Center program and has since been performed across the U.S. and in London—is evidence of that.
Continue ReadingArt of Seduction
It’s a foregone conclusion that no matter how young, how beautiful, how alive one may be, death can come at any time.
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