These picks are highly subjective and totally dependent on where I have travelled. TEN BEST IN CHOREOGRAPHY Most haunting, beautiful, and beguiling: Christopher Wheeldon’s In the Golden Hour, part of San Francisco Ballet’s New Works Festival Best new vision of global interchange: Bahok by Akram Khan with members of his company as […]
During this election season, every American over 18 is trying to decide what or who is best for our country. While I hope you all go out and vote, I also want to say: Let’s keep our eyes open to the rest of the world. In the dance field we’re fortunate that what we do […]
Head north and cross the border to Montréal and you’ll find a place of unbridled creativity. Ardent travelers know that this bilingual city resonates with both the style and charm of Europe and the bright-lights allure of a North American hub. Long dance traditions in New York, Paris, London, and Berlin might eclipse Montréal in […]
Montepellier, France June 22–July 5, 2008 On the anniversary of his 25th year as director of Montpellier Danse, Jean-Paul Montanari reminded crowds that above all, he seeks to defend creativity. This year’s edition included no less than 14 world premieres. Often referred to as the Tower of Babel of Dance, the Montpellier Festival is a […]
I felt all these things watching Akram Khan’s Bahok at City Center tonight. The last feeling, honored, is because I got to moderate a Talkback with him afterwards onstage. Bahok is a collaboration between the Akram Khan Company, already an international group, and dancers from the National Ballet of China. It works a certain charm, […]
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas and the Akram Khan Company 2006 Next Wave Festival BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, NY October 3, 5-7, 2006 Reviewed by Lisa Rinehart Russian dance-theater troupe Derevo in Ketzal Photo by Elena Iarovaia, courtesy Derevo In celebration of Steve Reich’s 70th birthday, the Next Wave Festival offered something old […]
San Francisco International Arts Festival September 4-21, 2003 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco, California Reviewed by Rita Felciano The first San Francisco International Arts Festival presented San Francisco Bay Area premieres by companies who draw on traditional expressions to create contemporary work. Although sometimes choreography had to take a back seat to […]
Random Dance Company premiered Wayne McGregor?s Nemesis at the British Dance Edition Festival 2002. Ravi Deepres, Courtesy British Dance Edition British Dance Edition Various venues Birmingham, England January 30?February 2, 2002 Reviewed by Donald Hutera As the U.K. was being buffeted by wet, windy weather in late January, a small army of people in Birmingham […]
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