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In Portland, OR, the fall dance season begins outdoors with members of Streb leaping on a trampoline in Pioneer Square. In Berkeley, CA, activities start indoors at Zellerbach Hall with the National Ballet of China offering the West Coast premiere of Raise the Red Lantern. At New York’s Joyce Theater, Philadanco swings in for a […]

Hawaiian festivals, Aix gets axed, Rainer does Stravinsky, Dance Place’s 25th     The Hawaiian Scene: Grass Skirts and Dancing Geckos Hawaii may be a vacation paradise, but the state is rapidly gaining a reputation for its cultural offerings, too. Among a wide range of dance attractions, hula is still the predominant style, with hundreds […]

Choreographers are hard to pin down. They work in the dark, not knowing what they are creating until it’s done—or until it’s been done for a few years. So it’s not always easy to interview them about their work.   William Forsythe has developed his own “systems” for generating movement. To read his straightforward interview, […]

Once, the novelty of receiving a resume package that included a video was enough to help any dancer stand out above the rest. These days, dance companies routinely use audition videos to pre-screen talent, so it pays to create a video that has impact. “I tend to make up my mind pretty fast,” says Anthony […]

Paris Opera Ballet Palais Garnier, Paris, France November 10–18, 2006 Review by Karyn Bauer-Prévost Clairemarie Osta and Mathieu Ganio of Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris in Benjamin Millepied’s Amoveo Photo by Anne Deniau, courtesy Paris Opéra Ballet “Ambitious” and “poetic” were words used to describe New York City Ballet’s Benjamin Millepied when he made […]

I have been living and working in New York’s downtown dance world for more than 25 years, but it’s only recently that I’ve been confronted with the sight of so many of my peers naked. I’m not crashing dressing rooms after concerts or lurking in the showers at dance or yoga studios. No, I’m talking […]

Rachel Jenson and Aidan Kane Munn in Quick Brown Fox Photo by Alex Makeyev, courtesy Leigh Warren and Dancers   Leigh Warren and Dancers Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland State University, Portland, OR March 25, 2006 Reviewed by Heather Wisner   Constructed from a typing exercise and manipulated by a series of spoken commands, Quick Brown […]

Samuel Pott and Jennifer Cavanaugh in Graham Lustig’s VISTA Photo by Eduardo Patino, courtesy American Repertory Ballet   American Repertory Ballet Symphony Space, NYC March 24–25, 2006 Reviewed by Wendy Perron   Kudos to ARB for bringing back Tharp’s Baker’s Dozen (and to Elaine Kudo for staging it)! This dreamy love-fest from 1979 is a […]