*This just in: Danspace Project has had to cancel its Yvonne Rainer “flashlight matinee.” However, Yvonne Rainer and Group’s performances have been rescheduled for January 24–26, 2013.* “CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS ARE CANCELED. AGAIN.” This kind of message has become distressingly routine over the past couple of days, as New York City theaters and dance […]
The Jazz Dance World Congress was a shot of adrenaline for students, teachers, and budding choreographers. For the first time the congress and accompanying festival were held at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. (See our education story on this new partnership.) Not only did the convention benefit from the excellent studios of PPU, but it […]
Lucien Postlewaite leaves Pacific Northwest Ballet; Sylvia Waters steps down from Ailey II; Lauren Grant and David Leventhal welcome a son New Company, New Country After a nine-year stint at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Lucien Postlewaite will depart in August for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. Postlewaite, a principal for four years, first worked with […]
Location, Location, Location ODC Theater brings adventure and irreverence to “regional touring” with the first-ever Walking Distance Dance Festival. A three-day, Fringe-esque event, the festival will utilize three performance spaces within ODC’s two buildings. Modeled on its 2010 InnerState Project in Willits, CA (in which three performance venues were within walking distance of each other), […]
PLATFORM 2012: Parallels Danspace Project, St. Mark’s Church, NYC February 2–March 31, 2012 Parallels— a two-month series commissioned by Danspace and curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones—is arguably the most significant event of the current dance season. A provocative survey of innovative black choreographers, some veteran and some emerging, who work within non-mainstream dance, Parallels revisited and […]
When Alvin Ailey started his company in 1959 to give black modern dancers a chance, he did a wonderful thing. A decade later, Arthur Mitchell did a fantastic thing when he started Dance Theatre of Harlem, a company for black ballet dancers. And in 1982, Ishmael Houston-Jones did a superb thing when he organized “Parallels,” […]
Once again my list is completely subjective, limited by what I happened to see. There were LOTS of good performances this year. Please know that the order within each category is fairly random. Best Performances • Dana Caspersen in I don’t believe in outer space by William Forsythe at BAM: gutsy, fascinating distortions of voice […]
Joffrey’s Rocky Road Hosannas and hallelujahs for the new documentary on the Joffrey Ballet, that groundbreaking American experiment in ballet that relocated from NYC to Chicago in 1995. Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, directed by Bob Hercules, features lively, sometimes emotional interviews with former dancers including Christian Holder, Gary Chryst, Trinette Singleton, […]
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