Miro Dance Theatre Philadelphia Live Arts Festival Cinema at Penn, Philadelphia, PA September 7, 2006 Reviewed by Lewis Whittington (left to right): Kristin Osler, Amanda Miller, Rick Callender, and Melissa Toogood in Miro Dance Theatre’s Lie to Me and shorter stories Photo by Jacques-Jean Tiziou, courtesy Miro Dance Theatre Poor Judy Garland. The specter of […]
CorbinDances Joyce Soho, NYC June 22–25, 2006 Reviewed by Susan Yung CorbinDances emanated a palpable sense of affection and community, conveyed as much by what happened between the dances as during them. Prior to the show’s start, the 13 dancers warmed up onstage—not self-consciously doing tricks to impress the audience but comparing notes on […]
Rachel Jenson and Aidan Kane Munn in Quick Brown Fox Photo by Alex Makeyev, courtesy Leigh Warren and Dancers Leigh Warren and Dancers Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland State University, Portland, OR March 25, 2006 Reviewed by Heather Wisner Constructed from a typing exercise and manipulated by a series of spoken commands, Quick Brown […]
Valerie Madonia and Robert Sher-Machherndl in Tiger Lily Photo by David Andrews, courtesy Lemon Spongecake Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet Dairy Center for the Arts Dance Space, Boulder, CO December 2–4, 2005 Reviewed by Daniel Gesmer In Tiger Lily, Robert Sher-Machherndl stepped up his mission to integrate pointe technique with contemporary movement sensibilities […]
Bolshoi Ballet State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia May 15–16, 2005 Reviewed by Clive Barnes Just as Balanchine, born and trained in St. Petersburg, is a son of the Maryinsky Ballet, so Massine, born and trained in Moscow, is a son of the Bolshoi. Of course, Massine is hardly the touchstone of the Bolshoi […]
Complexions Dance Company Joyce Theater, New York, NY May 8, 2005 Reviewed by Joseph Carman Complexions, under the guidance of artistic directors and founders Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, has a sizable following, due in part to the company’s rich collection of dancers—short, tall, black, red-headed, straight, gay, fiery, and languid. This season alone […]
Biennale di Venezia Second International Contemporary Dance Festival Various venues Venice, Italy June 11–30, July 9–30, 2004 Reviewed by Silvia Poletti As you leave Venice’s train station and await the steamboat (the only transport you have here, apart from good feet), the city appears exactly as great writers have testified. You may experience the […]
Sylvie Guillem in Bolero. Courtesy La Scalla Ballet La Scala Ballet Teatro degli Arcimboldi Milan, Italy February 8?19, 2003 Reviewed by Silvia Poletti For some time, La Scala Opera House has endeavored to bring its ballet company up to international standards and win worldwide acclaim. In 2002, the company toured Paris, Moscow, and Spain; it […]
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