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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World-class review of ballet and dance.
This program of three works by William Forsythe set to the music of James Blake has special meaning for La Scala Ballet. Its opening dance, “Prologue,” was set on the company in 2023, when it premiered with “The Barre Project” and “Blake Work I” under the program title of “Blake Works V.” The program’s return two years later revives its joyful earlier reception. On the final evening of a seven-night run, the program added up to an evening that showed off the company as a whole.
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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.
Continue ReadingThings 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.
Continue ReadingAfter 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 Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, a Brooklyn-based community center.
Continue ReadingAs 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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