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Beyond the Waltz: Austrodance Festival 2006 October 31-November 8, 2006 Greenberg Theatre, American University, and other venues, Washington, DC Reviewed by Lisa Traiger Dana Tai Soon Burgess and Tati Valle-Riestra in Burgess� Images From the Embers Photo by Mary Noble Ours, courtesy Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company There’s more to Austrian dance than a […]

Gina Bashour and LoMa Familar in Leite’s Autopsy Photo by Denis Gillingwater, courtesy Ashleigh Leite   Ashleigh Leite Joyce Soho, NYC March 9–11, 2006 Reviewed by Karen Hildebrand   A quartet of women moves in strict formation to a blaring punk beat. Wearing leg-revealing tunics, they hinge around on their heels in lock-kneed second position. […]

Interviewed by Joseph Carman, Steven Sucato, and Wendy Perron. Growing up in Korea, being a male dancer was looked down upon. For six years, my mother kept the fact that I was taking dance classes a secret from my father, because of traditional views Koreans have on gender roles and that men don’t dance. In my […]

Co-Artistic Directors Peter Kope and Michele de la Reza sparred in This Ain’t The Nutcracker. Sarah Higgins, courtesy Attack Theatre Attack Theatre Hazlett Theater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania December 28, 2001?January 6, 2002 Reviewed by Steve Sucato True to its defiant title, Attack Theatre’s This Ain’t The Nutcracker trampled on staid holiday dance fare with bare feet, […]

Repertory Dance Theater’s Chara Huckins in Martha Graham’s Diversion of Angels. Scott Peterson, courtesy Repertory Dance Theatre By Jessica Romine Peterson Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts Park City, Utah February 12-13, 2002 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brought its trademark combination of athleticism, style, […]

Blondell Cummings gets comfortable in Just a Coupla Boomers Sitting Around Chillin. Photo by Tom Brazil Talking Dance The Kitchen New York, New York January 3?February 1, 2001 Reviewed by Wendy Perron Wacky hostessing is all the rage downtown, and The Kitchen’s Talking Dance series lucked out with Lucy Sexton and Anne Iobst, known as […]