Do you have a sprained ankle that won’t heal? It’s not that rare. Studies have shown that 10 to 30 percent of sprains will have symptoms later. So what is a sprained ankle anyway? It’s the most common injury in all of sports and dancing. Dancing pushes your body to its limit. If you roll […]
Alexei Ratmansky’s two-year reign as artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet has kindled an invigorating spirit in his company, as Londoners quickly discovered. After enjoying his jolly and droll Bright Stream earlier in the tour, audiences here were treated to Ratmansky’s tribute to Maya Plisetskaya, premiered last November. Go for Broke is pure dance—and pure […]
Why Is Naharin’s Work So Mesmerizing? After seeing Ohad Naharin’s Decadance performed by Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, you don’t come out of it saying This part was good and that part wasn’t. You come out of it having experienced humanity in a raw state. When Ebony Williams in bizarre feathery get-up on stilts, lip synchs […]
Snappy Dance Theater Virginia Wimberly Theater, Boston Center for the Arts May 30–June 10, 2007 Reviewed by Iris Fanger Snappy Dance Theater’s 10th anniversary celebration marked a risk-taking venture because of the troupe’s resolve to run a two-week season—a gluttonous chunk of performances for any local dance company other than the Boston Ballet. Act […]
The idea of walking on eggshells—both metaphorically and physically—was at the center of Jill Sigman’s latest work. In preparation, Sigman, who has traveled the world to study dance, art, and culture, sought out anonymous answers to the questions What have you broken? What have you lost? and How do you want to die? She placed […]
BodyVox’s “Reverie” Newmark Theatre, Portland, Oregon May 16-19, 2007 Reviewed by Heather Wisner What do you do when the world you knew crumbles before your eyes? That was the question posed to BodyVox founders Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland during the first installment of “Reverie,” a program of live and filmed contemporary dance works showcasing […]
One of my favorite Broadway production numbers is “The Small House of Uncle Thomas,” from The King and I. It’s the long, lavish ballet in which children and courtiers entertain the king of Thailand with a home-grown performance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Devised by Jerome Robbins, it uses the stylized dance-drama of Southeast Asia to […]
In the dying light of a summer’s day, an Asian woman, her hair in a pigtail, turns slowly in the weeds by a Brooklyn canal. One hand is at her chest, the other stretches out to the side. Behind her, across the canal, is a factory, its windows catching the reflection of the setting sun. […]
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