SARAWANEE TANATANIT Even in the corps of American Ballet Theatre, Sarawanee Tanatanit stands out for her striking look and daring quality. In past City Center seasons, Tanatanit, 24, has reveled in such repertoire as Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison, where she sparkled in Ann Reinking’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” and […]
When describing the way Alejandro Cerrudo moves onstage, “loose” is the operative word. He’s like a silky paintbrush that has been dipped in black ink and then swept, free-form, across a white page. This has something to do with the dancer’s physique, of course—his lanky, boyish body with its long, lean torso and slender […]
On November 5, Dance Magazine will (for the 50th time!) present its annual awards to dance artists who have made a major contribution to our field. This year’s recipients are Desmond Richardson, Wendy Whelan, Bettie de Jong, and Bebe Neuwirth. Here we single out some of their extraordinary accomplishments. To get more information about this […]
Holland Dance Festival Various Venues, Den Hague, Holland October 30–November 18, 2007 Reviewed by Victoria Looseleaf With 60 performances of 25 different productions over three weeks, including a number of world and European premieres, the 11th edition of the biannual Holland Dance Festival, directed by Samuel Wuersten, soared—literally—with its opening night offering, Alas (Wings). Performed […]
For Cheryl Mann, it was a typical night of performing with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Things got off to a rousing start with Daniel Ezralow’s SF/LB, a burst of perpetual motion and tricky counterpoint set to a jazzy Leonard Bernstein score. Then came the world premiere of Lar Lubovitch’s Love Stories, in which Mann had […]
As Trisha Brown’s Present Tense begins, Neal Beasley is alone onstage before a backdrop of interlocking colored shapes. To the sounds of John Cage’s prepared piano he leans on the air and twists his upper body against his lower so that it unfurls as fast as a spun-around swing. How does he move so swiftly […]
Company class. Torsos plunge to the floor and arch back into the horizontal. With intense concentration and unwavering attention, about 30 dancers from 15 countries work at a level of expertise one would expect to see in a major coastal city or in Europe. Perfect placement, open port de bras, expansive sweeps of the legs, […]
Dance Magazine‘s annual look at who’s new and breaking through in 2006. Powerhouse Cricket Because he jumps higher and quicker than anyone alive, hip hop and underground house dancer James P. Colter is nicknamed “Cricket.” A fearless capoeirista, Cricket bounces across the stage, launching his small, compact body into flight and flipping off […]
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