Sydney Dance Company Memorial Auditorium Stanford, California October 13?14, 2000 Reviewed by Janice Ross The story of Salome has never been as popular a topic for choreographers in the United States as it has been in Europe. One of the few exceptions is California modern dancer Lester Horton’s 1938 staging of this biblical tale. The […]
Héla Fattoumi in Wasla, a mosaic of the choreographers? North African and European heritages. Photo by Laurent Philippe Compagnie Fattoumi Lamoureux Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center Washington, D.C. May 2?4, 2000 Reviewed by George Jackson Light, mood and movement?in that order?are how one remembers this Tunisian French troupe?s intriguing program-filling contemporary dance work, Wasla. In retrospect, […]
Dancing Through Temporal Cavern Collage Dance Theatre Subway Terminal Building Los Angeles, California March 18?April 9, 2000 Reviewed by Donna Perlmutter Heidi Duckler arguably has the savvy to succeed in anything, but Collage, her performance-art/site-specific company, happens to be the engine she powers. Its latest project, subVersions, showed her as someone who knows how to […]
Merce At Martha @ Mother New York, New York February 29, 2000 Reviewed by Wendy Perron A tiny nightclub in the meat district, Martha@Mother is packing them in for its hilarious send-ups of early modern dance. This is the fourth season that the Bessie Award-winning co-producers Richard Move and Janet Stapleton have presented a show […]
Así se baila un Son by Merián Soto with Gina Benitez and Ivan Rivera. Photo by Jack Vartoogian Pepatain Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Florida Gainesville, Florida February 24, 2000 Reviewed by Jan Hanvik During Staging Identity: Latin American Music and Dance, A Conference and Festival at the University of Florida, […]
Antonio Nóbrega Terrace Theater The Kennedy Center Washington, D.C. April 27-29, 1999 Reviewed by Judith Lynne Hanna Figural, Antônio Nóbrega’s sixty-minute solo, showcases with beauty and charm the culture of Brazil’s Northeast. Rich, diversely kaleidoscopic expressions reflect Indian, African, and European influences. Nóbrega at forty-six is an exceptional powerhouse of talent who takes his cues […]
American Repertory Dance Company Harold M. Williams Auditorium, The Getty Center Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA March 1213, 1999 Reviewed by Pamela Hurley Diamond Delving deeply into the heart and soul of modern dance classics, American Repertory Dance Company’s program of reconstructed solos at the Getty Center proved once more the timeless power of simplicity coupled with […]
Amos Ben-Tal & Sintaro O-uel of the Netherlands Dance Theater in Sad Case, choreographed by Paul Lightfoot. Photo by Joris Jan Bos. Holland Dance Festival Lucent Danstheater, Theater aan het Spui, Korzo Theater, The Hague February 4-21, 1998 Reviewed by Helma Klooss The sixth Holland Dance Festival was dedicated to the artists who actually bring […]
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