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ODC/Dance, Program I Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco March 1-18, 2007 Reviewed by Valerie Gladstone Pictured: ODC Photo: RJ Muna Courtesy: ODC If you are going to unnerve audiences with a dance in which toy airplanes appear to fly directly at them and dancers manage to stay seated in upside down chairs, […]

Boston Ballet “New Visions” The Wang Theatre, Boston, MA March 1-4, 2007 Reviewed by Iris Fanger Pictured: Larissa Ponomarenko and Sabi Varga Photo: Gene Schiavone Courtesy: Boston Ballet The Boston Ballet made its annual foray into contemporary dance with “New Visions,” a program that showcased a world premiere by Finnish-born Jorma Elo, the company’s resident […]

The Forsythe Company Brooklyn Academy of Music and Baryshnikov Arts Center February 28-March 3, 2007; March 6-7, 2007 Reviewed by Elizabeth Zimmer Pictured: Forsythe Company Photo by: Stephanie Berger Courtesy Brooklyn Academy of Music Making his second swing through the United States since forming his new troupe two years ago, William Forsythe succeeds at something […]

B.O.B.* – The Final Cut Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore February 27–28, 2007 Reviewed by Malcolm Tay   Pictured: Dick Wong Courtesy: Esplanade In the opening segment of B.O.B.* – The Final Cut, three casually dressed men stand in a row facing us. The first strikes a classical Indian pose; […]

“OK, it’s time. I’m going to get undressed and stand here naked.” So spoke the thin man, wearing street clothes, who walked onstage and stood at rest before the audience. And with that he began to describe his actions and feelings, as if he actually were taking off his clothes. But he wasn’t. Curiously, this […]

Jill Sigman/Thinkdance Danspace Project, NYC February 11, 2007 Reviewed by Emily Macel jill sigman/thinkdance Photo by Aleksandar Muharemovic, Courtesy Jill Sigman/Thinkdance The idea of walking on eggshells—both metaphorically and physically—was at the center of Jill Sigman’s latest work. In preparation, Sigman, who has traveled the world to study dance, art, and culture, sought out anonymous […]

Tapestry Dance Company The Souls of Our Feet Kaplan Theater, Houston, TX February 3, 2007 By Nancy Wozny Tapestry Dance Company in The Souls of Our Feet Photo by Amitava Sarkar, Courtesy Tapestry Dance Company The Souls of Our Feet: A Celebration of American Tap Dance proved a feast for the ears and eyes. Under […]

DD DORVILLIER The Kitchen, NYC February 2-3, 7-10, 2007 Reviewed by Eva Yaa Asantewaa According to The Kitchen’s Programs-At-A-Glance notes, the latest work by award-winning choreographer DD Dorvillier tranforms “The Kitchen’s black box theater into an intimate cinema.” But Nottthing Is Importanttt—subtitled “a suite of three conditions”—virtually turned this palace of experimental arts into the […]