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Dance Magazine‘s annual look at who’s new and breaking through in 2006.     Powerhouse Cricket Because he jumps higher and quicker than anyone alive, hip hop and underground house dancer James P. Colter is nicknamed “Cricket.” A fearless capoeirista, Cricket bounces across the stage, launching his small, compact body into flight and flipping off […]

Merce Cunningham Dance Company Joyce Theater, NYC October 10-15, 2006 Reviewed by Susan Yung Cedric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, and Brandon Collwes in Merce Cunningham�s eyeSpace Photo by Anna Finke, courtesy Merce Cunningham Dance Company   As one of the original great masters of modern choreography, Merce Cunningham doesn’t need to concern himself with gimmickry. Yet […]

David Gordon/Pick Up Performance Company Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY January 12–15, 19–22, 2006 Reviewed by Susan Yung   It seems fitting that David Gordon has excelled in recent years in interpreting enduring ancient and classic texts, since he himself has become a New York dance world figure at once timeless […]

Lincoln Center Festival Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Mugiyono Kasido, Random Dance, Shen Wei Dance Arts Lincoln Center, New York, NY July 16–23, 2005 Reviewed by Susan Yung   Merce Cunningham anchored this year’s festival with the reprise of a tour de force, Ocean. Shen Wei Dance Arts has been the one constant in the last […]