(Bottom to top) Carlton Ward, Elise Knudson, and Rebekah Morin in LineAge. Photo by Jillian Patterson, courtesy Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects. Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects Dixon Place at the Clark Theater, New York, NY December 7–11, 2005 Reviewed by Carrie Stern Three figures stand on their heads in dim light. Slowly, straight legs […]
Creach/Company Joyce SoHo, New York, NY November 17–20, 2005 Reviewed by Jim Dowling What separates a professional dancer from an amateur? Can the latter be as captivating as the former? Does virtuosity stand in the way of creativity? Terry Creach and his company pose questions through subverted brilliance and inspired noodling. A Likeness , […]
Rachel Osborne and Caroline Boussard in Ohad Naharin’s Mamootot Photo by Julieta Cervantes, courtesy BAM Batsheva Dance Company Next Wave Festival, BAM Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, NY November 15–19, 22, 23, 25–27, 2005 Reviewed by Nancy Alfaro From the moment the first white-powdered dancer entered in silence, her strange, knicker-like costume painted […]
Sylvie Guillem, Michael Nunn, and William Trevitt in Russell Maliphant’s Broken Fall Photo by Bill Cooper, courtesy Holland Dance Festival Holland Dance Festival Lucent Danstheater, Korzo Theater, The Hague, Netherlands October 27–November 13, 2005 Reviewed by Helma Klooss The Holland Dance Festival celebrated its 10th edition with the theme “Dance Approved.” Director Samuel […]
Royal Danish Ballet in Le Conservatoire. Photo by Martin Mydtskov Rønne. Royal Danish Ballet, Bournonville Festival Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark June 6–11, 2005 Reviewed by Clive Barnes After a period of vicissitudes, during which time the Royal Danish Ballet had more artistic directors than the average banana republic had presidents or even bananas, the […]
“Jazz in Motion” Jazz at Lincoln Center Rose Hall, New York, NY November 3–5, 2004 Reviewed by Valerie Gladstone With the opening of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s splashy new headquarters at Columbus Circle, New York gained a much-needed new dance venue. A strong believer in the ties between jazz and dance, founding director Wynton […]
Bliss Kohlmyer and Amy Foley performed with Robert Moses’ KIN in the new work A Biography of Baldwin: Part I.(Marty Sohl) Robert Moses’ KIN Cowell Theater San Francisco, California February 12?23, 2003 Reviewed by Rita Felciano Every year since 1995, when he founded his Robert Moses’ KIN company, the former Twyla Tharp and ODC/San Francisco […]
Adrian Limonota and Jóse Carrión in Cutumba’s Estampa del Carnaval Santiaguero. (Julia Sewell) Ballet Folklórico Cutumba International House, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 2?3, 2002 Reviewed by Julia Sewell Ballet Folklórico Cutumba, from Santiago de Cuba, performed for two nights as guests of Philadelphia’s second Festival Cubano. Cutumba was one of the few Cuban […]
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