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 […]
Rachel Osborne and Caroline Boussard in Ohad Naharin’s Mamootot Photo by Julieta Cervantes, courtesy BAM Batsheva Dance Company Next Wave Festival, BAM Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, NY November 15–19, 22, 23, 25–27, 2005 Reviewed by Nancy Alfaro From the moment the first white-powdered dancer entered in silence, her strange, knicker-like costume painted […]
Photo by Greg Weiner, courtesy Richmond Ballet Richmond Ballet Joyce Theater, New York, NY April 5–10, 2005 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Joyce Theater, New York, NY March 29–April 3, 2005 Ballet Internationale Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn, NY April 3, 2005 Reviewed by Doris Hering Three middle-sized American ballet companies from three middle-sized cities […]
Festival Montpellier Danse Various venues Montpellier, France June 26–July 6, 2004 Reviewed by Karyn Bauer-Prévost Plight and suffering were recurrent themes in this year’s edition of the Festival Montpellier Danse, whose often aggressive shows dealt with such issues as war, violence, survival, and identity. The program, which featured new works by French choreographers Angelin […]
Mary Oslund & Company/Dance PCC Sylvania Performing Arts Center Portland, Oregon March 23?25, 2000 Reviewed by Martha Ullman West Put a videotape of Mary Oslund’s Behavior in a time capsule marked 2000, and a century from now viewers will know about the impact on the human psyche of the high-tech, high-speed American zeitgeist at the […]
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