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Emmanuèle Phuon Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC June 24–26, 2010 Reviewed by Siobhan Burke   Chumvan Sodhachivy in Khmeropédies I. Photo by Julieta Cervantes, courtesy BAC.   It’s a tricky thing, trying to transform an ancient art into a contemporary one. Attempts have ended in many an awkward fusion, where old and new seem more hastily […]

Like a bat out of hell, each woman bounded across the space with leap/runs, hands in fists, face set in determination. The all-female ensemble of Sketches from ‘Chronicle’ (1936), led powerfully by Jennifer DePalo, worked up to a fever pitch, infusing the spare geometry of Graham’s choreography with energy and resolve. I couldn’t really see […]

Divine deLavallade The legendary star celebrates her 60-year career.   The cover of the November 1959 Dance Magazine bears a black-and-white photo of Carmen deLavallade and Glen Tetley in John Butler’s Carmina Burana. She’s in profile, her body curved to form an arch over her partner. He’s standing on one deeply bent leg, his hand […]

My debut with the New York City Ballet in 1953 was my first appearance ever onstage. A few hours before that performance at City Center, I tackled my face with newly bought makeup. Just as I had suspected, the most troublesome part proved to be my eyes. Still, I never thought to practice this skill beforehand. […]

    Generations of Inspiration A homestead for Philly’s young dancer, Philadelphia School of Dance Arts celebrates 50 years. By Brenda Dixon Gottschild   In a spacious second-floor studio at the West Philadelphia branch of the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts (PSDA), 27 ballerina hopefuls, aged 9 to 11 and clad in black leotards and […]

Vincent Dance Theatre Peak Performances at Montclair State University Alexander Kasser Theater Montclair, NJ April 15–18, 2010 Reviewed by Wendy Perron   Lee Clayden and Luisa Lazzaro in Broken Chords. Photo by Hugo Glendinning, Courtesy Peak Performances.   Never has nihilism looked so good. In two full-evening works, British choreographer Charlotte Vincent matched desperation and […]

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Barbican Theatre London, United Kingdom April 1–2, 2010 Reviewed by Barbara Newman   Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof (teenage cast). Photo by Laszlo Szito, courtesy Barbican Theatre. Imagine awkward adolescents and elderly men and women performing the identical dance on consecutive nights. It sounds unlikely and maybe even embarrassing, but Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof […]

Now 25, Onuki grew up in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo. She started ballet at age 4, performing in small local schools. By 12, she knew she wanted a professional ballet career. Luckily, her parents already were accustomed to their children’s ballet passion: one of Onuki’s older brothers, Masayoshi, dances with Victor Ullate […]