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In Alonzo King’s Dust and Light, Ashley Jackson falls backwards grace­fully into David Harvey’s arms. He gently raises her into a turn that finishes in a serenely stretched arabesque. For a moment, Jackson is the iconic ballerina. Then she lands on her back behind Harvey, lending an arm and angled leg to support him in […]

Lincoln Center Festival ’09 Shen Wei Dance Arts Alice Tully Hall: July 9–11 Emanuel Gat Dance Rose Theater: July 14, 16–17 Reviewed by Susan Yung Photo: Gat’s Silent Ballet. ©Stephanie Berger, Courtesy Lincoln Center   The Lincoln Center Festival’s slim dance offerings this season were festival regular Shen Wei Dance Arts and a return by […]

FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, NYC May 30–31, 2009 Reviewed by Eva Yaa Asantewaa Dianne McIntyre in If You Don’t Know Me. Photo by Victor Jouvert, courtesy 651 ARTS.   “FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance” featured short solos performed by daughters of Africa and her diaspora—Bebe Miller,  […]

“The great thing about the performing arts industry,” says Angel Reed, a 28-year-old dancer who trained in Reno, Nevada, set up shop in Los Angeles, and moved to New York just a few months ago, “is you never know where it will take you. Who would have thought that one day I would be pole-dancing […]

During my first year out of college, I danced in a piece by Jeff Duncan, the Anna Sokolow dancer who started Dance Theater Workshop—so named because he believed in the “theater” part of dance. The piece was called Resonances, and I was replacing Ze’eva Cohen, who was one of the great dramatic modern dancers of […]

Actually, not even a week. It’s called “Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts” and it’s up till May 9. It gives a great overview of this major company that is sadly now on haitus. However, after the exciting news that Virginia Johnson will be artistic director, there is hope for a resurrection. Talking […]

Ragamala Dance The Southern Theater Minneapolis, MN April 30–May 3, 2009 Reviewed by Linda Shapiro   Ragamala’s Sthree. Photo by Pat O’Loughlin, courtesy Ashwini Ramaswamy.   Ragamala Dance Theater’s Sthree expands the boundaries of Bharata Natyam, the classical form from South India, by amplifying its supple gestures and sculpted shapes into a richly evocative dance […]

We tend to think of choreographers as particularly creative people. That may be true, but it does not mean that the ideas and movement flow every minute of the day. Just as writers have writer’s block, dancemakers sometimes get choreographer’s block. Here five choreographers talk openly about those scary moments in the studio when you […]