Search results for: Larry Keigwin

Keigwin + Company’s summer intensive includes composition. Whitney Browne, Courtesy Keigwin + Company Small companies jump on the summer intensive bandwagon. Large ballet and modern dance companies have long used summer programs to help fund their seasons and find fresh talent. Now, it seems choreographers and directors of small contemporary troupes—such as Danielle Agami and […]

Gus Solomons jr, was such a striking dancer that both Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham invited him to dance with them. As a choreographer he’s made something like 170 pieces in all kinds of environments. As a teacher, he was demanding but nurturing for his hundreds of Tisch Dance students at NYU for more than […]

Caribou in Carolina Helen Simoneau Danse. Photo by Charles Zovko, courtesy In The Lights PR. NC tour A Canadian who lives in North Carolina, choreographer-on-the-rise Helen Simoneau is using her newest evening-length work, Caribou, to take a closer look at heritage, assimilation and identity. She studies these ideas through the iconic caribou—an enormously antlered animal […]

Dance studios and world-renowned theaters are sometimes characterized as “ivory towers,” where serious artists do serious work, far away from the hoi polloi. Even within the field, certain dance figures and pieces can suddenly fall out of fashion. Nevertheless, we found 11 professionals willing to defend their guilty pleasures and pop-cultural obsessions—on the record.   […]

Jovani Furlan Soloist, Miami City Ballet As a bold Tony for Maria, a tender Romeo for Juliet or a troubled Don José for Carmen, Jovani Furlan brings frank passion to his partnering. Even in works without plot, this recently promoted Miami City Ballet soloist can amplify character to marvelous effect—with a probing humanity, for instance, […]

There’s nothing better than a man in a good suit—except for an exquisite male dancer in a good suit. This weekend, The New York Times did a piece on the evolving menswear standard and how its shapes, fabrics and colors have changed. But let’s get right to the part about why we care: There’s a […]

Leriche in Kyle Abraham’s Counterpoint. Photo by Todd Rosenberg, Courtesy HSDC. Emilie Leriche Both delicate and strong, Emilie Leriche can move with the softness of a cool puff of air or strike a pose worthy of the mythic huntress Diana. She crystallizes moments in time with the magic of a born performer. And she’s whip-smart—as […]

New York City dance has just been blessed with a brilliantly sensible project. The idea is so obvious, why didn’t anyone think of it before? The NYC public colleges have the space, and dance artists need the space. So, the CUNY Dance Initiative was born. Companies as established as Larry Keigwin, Elisa Monte and Les […]