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The dancers of Boston Ballet are rehearsing a new work with Jorma Elo, the company’s Finnish-born resident choreographer. At one point, ballet master Tony Randazzo invites them to gather around a video to see the phrase as it was recorded four months ago. As they watch, Elo skitters and chassés in an arc behind them—not […]

Seeing two Dutch companies at Jacob’s Pillow last weekend reminded me of what’s sometimes missing in American dance, especially ballet: a willingness to be dark in mood. The companies were Netherlands Dans Theater II (the youth company of NDT), and Club Guy and Roni.     NDT II showed two pieces that seemed to be about […]

Dance Magazine‘s annual look at who’s new and breaking through in 2006.     Powerhouse Cricket Because he jumps higher and quicker than anyone alive, hip hop and underground house dancer James P. Colter is nicknamed “Cricket.” A fearless capoeirista, Cricket bounces across the stage, launching his small, compact body into flight and flipping off […]

In 1961 Rudolph Nureyev defected to the West, fleeing his homeland to expand his artistic horizons. In the 1970s, fellow Russians Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov followed suit. They are among countless dancers the world over who have come to the United States in an effort to explore new forms—and in doing so, have enriched […]

Havana is a city where, when you tell a taxi driver to take you to the theater to see a ballet, he (or she) asks, “Who is dancing tonight?” Tickets for the biannual International Ballet Festival of Havana are sold out weeks in advance. The audience, a mix of all economic classes, bursts into applause […]

To the Finnish Line: Jorma Elo in America With so many commissions on his schedule in Europe and North America, where does Jorma Elo live these days?   “That’s what my girlfriend always asks,” the Finnish choreographer says, laughing. “I live in Holland, but I don’t spend much time there!”   A provocative amalgam of […]

Sylvie Guillem, Michael Nunn, and William Trevitt in Russell Maliphant’s Broken Fall Photo by Bill Cooper, courtesy Holland Dance Festival   Holland Dance Festival Lucent Danstheater, Korzo Theater, The Hague, Netherlands October 27–November 13, 2005 Reviewed by Helma Klooss   The Holland Dance Festival celebrated its 10th edition with the theme “Dance Approved.” Director Samuel […]

  Norwegian National Ballet Den Norske Opera, Oslo, Norway October 7–22, 2005 Reviewed by Allan Ulrich   In seeking to raise the profile of his company, both within Scandinavia and abroad, artistic director Espen Giljane achieved a significant success with “4X,” a quartet of dances created by the team of Paul Lightfoot and wife, Sol […]