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Skimpy rehearsal periods, wretched studios, lousy music tapes, dancer injuries. You think choreographers have problems now? Ha! Those traditional vexations pale in comparison to the challenge of confronting the ego of a genuine opera diva. Yet dancemakers are taking the plunge and besieging the world’s opera stages. In some of the most prestigious opera houses, […]

Dawn Fay Ballet Memphis doesn’t rank its dancers in the typical hierarchical sense. However, if there were a scale, Dawn Fay would undoubtedly land on top as the company’s prima. Watching Fay dance is a bit like listening to Melissa Etheridge sing rock or Diana Krall jazz: She is soulful, insightful, a powerhouse of strength. […]

Compagnie TchéTché White Bird Dance, Portland State University, Portland, OR December 9, 2006 Reviewed by Heather Wisner Compagnie TchéTché in Dimi Photos by Wolfgang Weimer, courtesy White Bird Although it’s been dubbed a universal language, art doesn’t automatically translate from one place to the next. Even dance, which requires no subtitles or interpreters, can point […]

Lil Buck’s jookin’ Dying Swan was the sensation of Fall for Dance at New York City Center. Unfurling from a rounded position with luxurious musicality, gliding feet, and liquid arms, he seemed to embody the romantic spirit—in sneakers and jeans. Lil Buck is one of our “25 to Watch,” but he’s also the tip of […]

Suchu Dance Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex, Houston, TX December 2, 3, 8–10, 2006 Reviewed by Nancy Wozny (left to right) Jessi Harper, Tina Shariffskul, Lindsey Thompson in Jennifer Wood’s I Love Mumoo Ba Photo by Louie Saletan, courtesy Suchu Dance Jennifer Wood of Suchu Dance has been quietly crafting solid work for more than a decade. […]

Ballet Preljocaj Joyce Theater, NYC November 27–December 3, 2006 Reviewed by Wendy Perron Hervz Chaussard, Harald Krytinar, Toshiko Oiwa, and Natacha Grimaud in Antonin Preljocaj’s Empty Moves Photo by Laurent Philippe, courtesy Ballet Preljocaj The pairing of Empty Moves (Part I), a dance of cool Cunningham-esque rigor, with Noces, a hard-hitting battle between the sexes, […]

Hamburg Ballet Grosses Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany November 24, 2006 Reviewed by Horst Koegler Edvin Revazov and Kiran West in John Neumeier’s Parzival—Episodes and Echo Photo by Holger Badekow, courtesy Hamburg Ballet At almost 65, John Neumeier, director of the Hamburg Ballet, returned to Camelot, where 25 years ago he set his ballet Artus-Sage. But with […]

Imprints in Motion Meeting House Theatre, Community Education Center, Philadelphia, PA November 18–19, 2006 Reviewed by Elizabeth Zimmer A group of dancers in their 60s and beyond, all of whose lives have been touched by German choreographer-teacher Mary Wigman, came together to rehearse and perform “The Passion for Dance.” This program of original works, composed […]