Rie Ichikawa, Lia Cirio, Whitney Jensen, and Pavel Gurevich in Apollo. Photo by Gene Schiavone, Courtesy BB, © The Balanchine Trust. The September 2009 move to the Boston Opera House was a miracle of timing for Boston Ballet, positioning the company directly at the center of the city’s newest downtown entertainment area. With the […]
Francesca Harper Artistic director, The Francesca Harper Project, NYC When my mother, Denise Jefferson, director of The Ailey School, was 11, her ballet teacher warned her that she would have to fight to pursue ballet because there were no African American ballerinas in major dance companies. So from an early age ballet became kind of […]
Alexandre Proia dances in splashes of colorful movement. At 6′ 2″, he streaks across a studio with an angled yet fluid phrase, something closer to a snippet of choreography than a classroom combination. Moments later, shifting his focus from artistry to technique, he speaks about using energy from the toes to initiate a passé. A […]
SFB’s Yuan Yuan Tan blends glittering technique with subtle artistry to create her stage magic. PC Matthew Karas Ask Yuan Yuan Tan if she is a big deal in her own country and watch her choreographed response. In a display of modesty any Giselle might envy, the Shanghai native softens her shoulders and lowers her […]
Why cry about the economy? It won’t help, and a succession of dirges makes for wretched choreography, anyway. America’s dance companies and presenters aren’t mourning. They’re making the best of it. They’ll trim and adjust a bit this season. But they know that, for every cutback or compromise, the dance world can still put warm […]
Feng-Yi Sheu Taking Up the Mantle of Martha “Go at your audience with a whip,” Louis Horst used to tell Martha Graham. When the Martha Graham Dance Company came to City Center last April, its second New York season since winning back the rights to its own repertory, the whip was in one body: Fang-Yi […]
Summer Reunion DancemOpolitan at Joe’s Pub June 14–15, 2007 Reviewed by Emily Macel Family reunions should always include superheros and dancing. In June, seven former members of Stephen Petronio’s company performed at the intimate caberet-style setting of Joe’s Pub—a fitting scene for the peculiar, lewd, and funny dancing that occurred that evening. Petronio […]
Salzburg Ballet Salzburg Landestheater, Salzburg, Austria October 16, November 3, 9–13, 18, 19, December 14, 29, 30, 2004 January 9, 18, 28, February 6, 24, 2005 Reviewed by Kate Mattingly European opera houses—jewel-like theaters nestled into cities like Stuttgart, Brussels, and Salzburg—are studies in contrast. Their beautifully ornate interiors provide a distinct backdrop for […]
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