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Tsunami Dance’s John Allen, J Hammons, Erin Healan, and Rebecca Delery Photo courtesy Tsunami Dance Tsunami Dance Company Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA June 9–10, 2006 Reviewed by Nancy Wozny   Tsunami Dance Company’s “Orpheus” is a collection of dances and film sequences that its three New Orleans choreographers call “a kinetic dreamworld, inspired […]

Hell’s Kitchen Dance Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY June 8-11, 2006 Reviewed by Steve Sucato   When Mikhail Baryshnikov’s latest project, Hell’s Kitchen Dance, premiered in Buffalo, it was clear from the outset that it had attracted some of the finest young talent around. Named after the site of Baryshnikov’s new […]

Pennsylvania Ballet Merriam Theater, Philadelphia, PA June 7–11, 2006 Reviewed by Lewis Whittington   F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote psychological workups of his characters before he scripted their dialogue, and Pennsylvania Ballet dancer-choreographer Matthew Neenan seems to do the same thing with dancers. In his new ballet, As It’s Going, he has essayed a multidimensional work […]

Ballet West in Antony Tudor’s Echoing of Trumpets Photo by Ryan Galbraith, courtesy Ballet West Ballet West Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT May 26–June 3, 2006 Reviewed by Clive Barnes   There are some ballets that even on a first seeing seem to burn their way into your soul. For me, one such ballet […]

Boston Ballet Wang Theatre, Boston, MA May 11–21, 2006 Reviewed by Wendy Perron   Although resident choreographer Jorma Elo’s new Carmen showcased Boston Ballet’s terrific dancers, it did not, in any sense, project the passion and danger associated with the story. In Elo’s version, the place is not the streets of Spain, and Carmen is […]

Rumba Tap in Max Pollack’s Viis. Photo by Julie Lemberger, courtesy Max Pollack Max Pollak/Rumba Tap Joyce Soho, NYC May 11–13, 2006 Reviewed by Jane Goldberg  Max Pollak, a virtuoso tap dancer from Austria, has been rummaging in rumba rhythms since 1996. His recent piece Viis, performed with eight dancers and musicians, was inspired by […]

MOMIX Joyce Theater, NYC May 9–28, 2006 Reviewed by Emily Macel and Sarah Keough   Mesmerizing, n.: attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; see also MOMIX. The moving art and architecture that Moses Pendleton’s 20-year-old dance troupe creates with the dancers’ bodies cannot be solely defined as mesmerizing, but it’s a good […]

E-Moves Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre and Cynthia Oliver’s COCo Dance Theater Aaron Davis Hall, NYC April 21–30, 2006 Reviewed by Emily Macel   Uneasy, unsettling, and out of control, Cynthia Oliver’s work nevertheless has a narrative cohesion that makes for effective dance theater. The E-Stablished Choreographers program was a perfect forum for Oliver’s work. (The […]