What goes into a choreographer’s decision to use nudity onstage? Photos from top left, clockwise: Ekman’s Triptych, by courtesy Ekman; Bell’s Beautiful Beast, by Jubal Battisti, courtesy Bell; Chouinard’s bODY_reMIX, by Marie Chouinard, courtesy Chouinard; Bokaer’s Filter, courtesy Bokaer. Seeing dancers perform naked can be shocking, exciting and uncomfortable. Yet onstage nudity can also […]
What makes a great choreographer? The elements can sound like a collection of superpowers: The ability to evoke the most intense human emotions with just a simple gesture. A gift for “seeing the music.” A creativity that can transform how audiences perceive their world. A talent for turning dreams into onstage realities. Left: Sara […]
Does dance belong inside a museum? Fine art institutions have recently become the venue of choice for today’s trendiest choreographers (see: Benjamin Millepied, Jonah Bokaer, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker). Writer Elaine Stuart even wrote a thoughtful piece in our January issue about how this fad is impacting the dance world. Curious to see a […]
Comings and Goings: Nikolai Tsiskaridze , whose Bolshoi contract wasn’t renewed after the acid attack on Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin, was appointed director of the Vaganova Ballet Academy, the school of the Mariinsky Ballet. § Former New York City Ballet principal Charles Askegard has joined Minnesota Dance Theatre as associate artistic director. § Jonah […]
Warning: The following claims are entirely subjective and are limited by what I’ve seen or not seen. BEST (and worst) NEW CHOREOGRAPHY (world premieres or New York premieres.) • Borderlands, choreographed by Wayne McGregor for San Francisco Ballet at War Memorial Opera House. With snaking spines, vibrating arms, and torsos diving through a […]
Double the Diva MONTE CARLO What do you get when you combine the sublime dramatics of Diana Vishneva and the stylish eloquence of Bernice Coppieters? Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Switch, which comes to the Salle Garnier in Monte Carlo Dec. 18–19. Maillot chose a cinematic score by Danny Elfman for the work, which features longtime Les […]
This year we celebrate five extraordinary artists: San Francisco Ballet principal Yuan Yuan Tan, dance-theater innovator Martha Clarke, European maverick Mats Ek, Balanchine ballerina Patricia Wilde, and the composer who makes us want to lose ourselves in dancing—Philip Glass. Yuan Yuan Tan When Yuan Yuan Tan receives the Dance Magazine Award this month, […]
Robert Lindgren with Judith Green in Octet (1958) by Willam Christensen. Courtesy NYCB Archives. Since the late 1960s, University of North Carolina School of the Arts has produced some of the finest dancers and dance makers. (Think Gillian Murphy, Jonah Bokaer, Mark Dendy, and Trey McIntyre.) This is due in large part to its […]
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