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Andrea Haenggi/AMDaT Dance Theatre Workshop, NYC October 24-28, 2006 Reviewed by Emily Macel Tori Sparks and Uta Takemura in Friction Photo by Julieta Cervantes, courtesy DTW “Visual motion construction” is what Swiss-born choreographer Andrea Haenggi calls her new work Friction, and at no point during the performance is there a distinction between those three words. […]

Sankai Juku BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, NY October 24-29, 2006 Reviewed by Elizabeth Zimmer Sankai Juku in Kagemi�Beyond the Metaphors of Mirrors Photo by Jack Vartoogian, courtesy BAM Combine the slo-mo activities of traditional butoh and the glamorous surfaces of contemporary fashion marketing, and you’ll have an idea of what transpired during the […]

Garth Fagan Dance Joyce Theater, NYC October 17-22, 2006 Reviewed by Eva Yaa Asantewaa Garth Fagan Dance in Senku Photo by Steven Schreiber, courtesy Garth Fagan Dance   In 1970 choreographer Garth Fagan founded a group in Rochester, New York, that (as old-timers will recall) once bore a self-deprecating name. That ironic moniker is long […]

Tania Perez-Salas Compania de Danza Lincoln Hall, University of Oregon, Portland, OR October 14, 2006 Reviewed by Heather Wisner Tania Perez-Salas Compañía de Danza Photo by Jos Jorge Carren, courtesy White Bird You could easily describe the Tania Perez-Salas Compañía de Danza without mentioning the dancing at all. That’s not to say that the dancing […]

Anne Waldman and Douglas Dunn Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Houston, TX October 11, 2006 Reviewed by Theodore Bale Ann Waldman Photo courtesy Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts Choreographer Douglas Dunn is wearing a spiked wig and gray cotton coveralls, and he’s holding a large block of Styrofoam. As he weaves […]

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 […]

Philadanco Joyce Theater, NYC October 7, 2006 Reviewed by Nancy Wozny Philadanco’s Corey Baker and Elisabeth H. Bell Photo by Lois Greenfield, courtesy Philadanco   Philadelphia is known as the city that loves you back. So it only follows that its beloved modern dance company, Philadanco, danced with a generous heart and robust athleticism during […]

Dance by Alan Danielson Danspace Project, NYC October 5-8, 2006 Reviewed by Eva Yaa Asantewaa Robert Regala and Geraldine Cardiel in Alan Danielson’s Cave Photo by Julieta Cervantes, courtesy Dance by Alan Danielson In “lucid body,” an hour-long program of two premieres and a duet from repertory, Alan Danielson proved himself a choreographer of effervescent […]