Whim W’Him January 14–16, 2011 Intiman Theatre Seattle, WA Reviewed by Gigi Berardi Photo: Andrew Bartee & Vincent Lopez in Olivier Wever’s Monster. Photo by Kim & Adam Bamberg, courtesy Wevers. For Whim W’Him’s second season, artistic director Olivier Wevers delivered an appealing mix of serious message and nimble, fluid movement. The company consists […]
Ballet Hispanico // Joyce Theater, NYC // November 30–December 12, 2010 // Reviewed by Susan Yung Min Tzu Li, Jeff Hover, Nicholas Villenuve, and Rodney Hamilton in Mad’Moiselle. Photo by Eduardo Patino. Courtesy Ballet Hispanico. In its second year under Eduardo Vilaro, Ballet Hispanico displays an increasing globalization that seems less referential to Hispanic […]
Latino Fest Ballet Hispanico plans a smashing 40th anniversary season that stretches the geographical concept of “hispanico.” Spread out over three programs are world premieres by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (from Spain) and Maray Gutierrez (from Cuba); revivals of works by choreographers no longer with us—Talley Beatty (African American) and Christopher Gillis (from Canada); […]
Last May Sarah Kaufman wrote a tirade in The Washington Post entitled, “Make Room Onstage for More Than One Genius.” In it she claimed that “we are cursed with an overload” of Balanchine’s works. She pined for more “human” ballets, like those of Lew Christensen, Eugene Loring, and Catherine Littlefield in the 1930s, and called […]
Ballet Hispanico The Joyce Theater, NYC December 1-13, 2009 Reviewed by Robert Johnson One look at Batucada Fantástica is all it takes to see how Ballet Hispanico has changed since 1982, when Vicente Nebrada’s jazzy piece first entered the repertory. On Program A of their fall season, the dancers pranced and kicked their way […]
It was one of those special moments, a happy coincidence that lifts our spirits and makes us laugh out loud. The opening night of Pennsylvania Ballet’s 45th anniversary season last October was the same night the Phillies won the World Series. It was the city’s first major sports championship in a quarter […]
Luna Negra Dance Theater The Harris Theater Chicago, IL March 28, 2009 Reviewed by Lynn Colburn Shapiro Drowning in ruffles: Jessica Alejandra Wyatt in Nube Blanco, a world premiere by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Photo by Kristie Kahns, Courtesy Silverman Group. A celebration of Latina choreographers marked Luna Negra Dance Theater’s 10th-anniversary season. The company […]
Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team.