Room to Move
In 1963, Jeff Duncan started working from home. Duncan—born Thomas Jefferson Duncan Jr. in Longview, Texas—was a celebrated dancer and assistant for Anna Sokolow and Doris Humphrey in the 1950s.
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For twenty-five years, Roberto Bolle has brought together a constellation of celebrated stars and rising talent to share the stage with him. This year, fresh from a stop in Osaka, “Roberto Bolle and Friends” returned to enchant the Terme di Caracalla in Rome, the Teatro Antico in Taormina, and, for their grand finale, the Arena di Verona. In November, the tour continues with a one-night performance at London’s Sadler’s Wells and three shows at Milan’s Teatro degli Arcimboldi. Verona—the city of fabled love and enduring ruins—offered a fitting backdrop for Bolle’s philia, his affectionate bond with the artists he has tirelessly championed, and for a dancer who, at fifty, still seems to defy the passage of time.
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In 1963, Jeff Duncan started working from home. Duncan—born Thomas Jefferson Duncan Jr. in Longview, Texas—was a celebrated dancer and assistant for Anna Sokolow and Doris Humphrey in the 1950s.
Continue Reading“I have nowhere to go, and I’m going there,” has been attributed to such disparate writers as Charles Bukowski, Carl Sandburg and Charles Simic, though this reviewer thinks the existential phrase sounds more like Cunningham or Cage.
Continue ReadingFor twenty-five years, Roberto Bolle has brought together a constellation of celebrated stars and rising talent to share the stage with him.
Continue ReadingJon Boogz is no ordinary street dancer. Born in Philadelphia in 1988, he grew up with dance and music a part of his life, but he’s decidedly had his share of hard knocks.
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