Dance is thriving in Minneapolis and St. Paul. While its subzero winters take some getting used to, the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul harbor a thriving dance scene ranging from classical ballet to bharata natyam, from flamenco to hip hop. The dance ecology here unites buoyant individualism with an ardent sense […]
Joyce Theater, NYC October 26–30, 2011 Performance reviewed: Oct. 27 The Morphoses of 2011, which premiered its commission of Luca Veggetti’s Bacchae last week, little resembles the paradigm that Christopher Wheeldon had envisioned in 2007 upon its launch. Then, it felt like a promising new development in ballet to feature Wheeldon’s work alongside that of […]
X Factor Are those two dancers waltzing or wrestling? Are those other three in some sort of trance? Where’s that stamping noise coming from? You might find yourself asking those questions during Melinda Ring’s X, in which five women navigate the line between ritual and rapture. The hour-long piece premiered at Danspace Project last year […]
Danspace Project St. Mark’s Church, NYC May 9–June 18, 2011 Molly Poerstel, Elisabete Finger, and Naomi Fall (with Susan Rethorst pictured in video) in 208 East Broadway Part 4: SOLD. Photo by Melinda Ring, courtesy Danspace Project. “Susan Rethorst: Retro(intro)spective”—curated by Melinda Ring for Danspace Project’s PLATFORM 2011—sprawled throughout St. Mark’s Church and all […]
Retirements Oregon Ballet Theatre principal Anne Mueller says farewell to the stage in Nicolo Fonte’s Left Unsaid, Trey McIntyre’s Speak, and Christopher Stowell’s Eyes on You on May 1. These ballets showcase the technical versatility, musicality, and wit Mueller has exhibited in her 15 years with OBT. “I love those […]
It is a city that finally, and seemingly all at once, has sunk its hooks into the American psyche. Flip through the cable channels and you might see a cop show called Memphis Beat starring Jason Lee, or reruns of the reality series Police Women of Memphis, or the new cheerleading drama Hellcats, set at […]
Christopher Gattelli had gazpacho on his mind. Not the zesty combination of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and onions that goes into the cold Spanish soup. More like the mix of flamenco, mambo, the 1960s, and the 1980s from which he was planning to build the dance sequences in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown […]
Samantha Sturm is a creature of contradictions. Warming up before James Kinney’s theater dance class at New York’s Peridance Capezio studios, she seems the epitome of a shy, girlish ballerina. As she practices tendus, she stares critically at herself in the mirror. Her toes are stretched and articulated, her port de bras graceful and weightless. […]
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