The Mahabharata: A Timeless Retelling
Why Not Theatre’s bold, multidisciplinary adaptation of the Mahabharata drew a rapt audience at Lincoln Center’s vibrant summer arts festival “Summer for the City.”
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Transformation is inevitable—and necessary in order to persist. That’s a theme that runs through two new works staged by Rotterdam’s Scapino Ballet in “Origin,” a program focused entirely on emerging choreographic talent. Olivia Court Mesa’s “The breakable us,” and Sarah Baltzinger and Isaiah Wilson’s “Goats” are tonally distinct works that showcase the dancers’ athleticism and connection through inventive partnering sequences and measured pacing.
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Why Not Theatre’s bold, multidisciplinary adaptation of the Mahabharata drew a rapt audience at Lincoln Center’s vibrant summer arts festival “Summer for the City.”
Continue ReadingStephen Petronio has an odd way of celebrating his 40th anniversary. He and his board have decided this season will be the company’s last.
Continue ReadingWashington, D.C.’s 100° June weather wasn’t the only thing generating heat in the city. Chamber Dance Project’s 11th annual D.C. summer season production, “Red Angels,” produced its own scorching intensity as one of this summer’s early triumphs.
Continue ReadingA ballet body is essentially a deformed body. The older and more experienced the dancer, the more evident–and beautiful–this deformation is.
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