In Good Company
At this year’s Resolution Festival in London, one of the city’s major events of the dance calendar, I found myself in a conversation about the state of affairs of dance internationally.
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Mark Morris's “The Look of Love” begins with praise. Dancers stand in a circle facing inward with clasped hands and chests lifted as Burt Bacharach's “What the World Needs Now” resonates in the theatre. Morris's dance, which was first performed in 2022 and had its New York premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on March 20th, is a celebration of Bacharach's music and his idea of love, which, in spite of minor ups and downs, remains, as the opening song suggests, overwhelmingly “sweet.”
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At this year’s Resolution Festival in London, one of the city’s major events of the dance calendar, I found myself in a conversation about the state of affairs of dance internationally.
Continue ReadingWhile the television show Severance has been exploring the pitfalls of a complete division between people’s work and home lives, Sara Mearns’s recent solo show at New York City Center presented the dangers of the inverse.
Continue ReadingReggie Wilson's “The Reclamation” opens in a waiting room. The stage is bare, and one dancer wanders downstage alone, as if his number's been called.
Continue ReadingThe Royal Ballet, with their polite style and emphasis on purity of line, does not always make for the best interpreter of George Balanchine’s works.
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