Patricia Barker reinvents Michigan’s ballet troupe. GRBC in Olivier Wevers’ The Sofa. Photo by Ron McKinney, Courtesy GRBC. Grand Rapids Ballet Company is experiencing a renaissance. An ambitious new repertoire, record-breaking sold-out performances, and a renewed local buzz have revitalized the 41-year-old company. Its resurgence came about with the arrival of former […]
Lucien Postlewaite leaves Pacific Northwest Ballet; Sylvia Waters steps down from Ailey II; Lauren Grant and David Leventhal welcome a son New Company, New Country After a nine-year stint at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Lucien Postlewaite will depart in August for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. Postlewaite, a principal for four years, first worked with […]
A Genius Encounter The new revival of Einstein on the Beach, the trippy five-hour opus by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass, with choreography by Lucinda Childs, makes its official North American premiere this month at Toronto’s Luminato Festival. Twenty years since its last revival, the premise remains the same—the audience is invited to enter and […]
Three couples on being married and dancing Dancing with the one you love—isn’t that everyone’s dream? Our Valentine special brings you three couples who have made a lifelong commitment to each other, as well as to a life in dance. What are the pleasures—and the challenges—of sharing your stage life with your partner […]
Retirements For 17 years at Pacific Northwest Ballet, principal Jeffrey Stanton was the go-to dancer for anything jazzy, like Susan Stroman’s showy TAKE FIVE…More or Less or Kent Stowell’s Silver Lining. At PNB, and for five years prior to that at San Francisco Ballet, Stanton’s range was impressive—from the debonair hero of […]
Whim W’Him January 14–16, 2011 Intiman Theatre Seattle, WA Reviewed by Gigi Berardi Photo: Andrew Bartee & Vincent Lopez in Olivier Wever’s Monster. Photo by Kim & Adam Bamberg, courtesy Wevers. For Whim W’Him’s second season, artistic director Olivier Wevers delivered an appealing mix of serious message and nimble, fluid movement. The company consists […]
In January 2001, Dance Magazine published our first “25 to Watch.” From the recommendations of our esteemed writers, we chose 25 “dancers, choreographers, troupes, and trends we’ll be watching in 2001 and years to come.” Now, 10 years later, we’ve turned the tables on a select group of those we’ve singled out over the years. […]
A city where artists and dancers spur each other on Throughout Seattle thrives a vibrant, innovative, and inclusive dance community in which visual and performance art boundaries are blurred. The city teems with artists of all sorts: music, fashion, theatrical, visual. Perhaps the same factors of setting and culture that have made its […]
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