Gorgeously dark and ominous, Quasi Una Fantasia moves along like some viscous liquid. It’s both a relief and a triumph to see a piece by New York City Ballet that is not sunny or courteous or ingratiating in any way. The mood is as consistent as a dream. The partnering is complex but not […]
New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater April 28–June 21, 2009 Reviewed by Rose Anne Thom Robbins’ The Concert with Sterling Hyltin, aloft. Photo by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy NYCB. Where else but New York does a ballet company give seven performances straight for eight weeks at a time? And what an opportunity […]
As Ashley Bouder runs onto the stage and into a crisp, high pas de chat, arms held overhead in delight, there is no doubt that she is queen of that pearly underworld that is George Balanchine’s Ballo della Regina. And when, after the flirtatious little polka on pointe that opens her first solo, she suddenly […]
Dance Magazine‘s annual look at who’s new and breaking through in 2006. Powerhouse Cricket Because he jumps higher and quicker than anyone alive, hip hop and underground house dancer James P. Colter is nicknamed “Cricket.” A fearless capoeirista, Cricket bounces across the stage, launching his small, compact body into flight and flipping off […]
When I began studying dance in the 1970s I had never seen any Asian dancers and I didn’t know if I would have a future in dance. That began to change when I saw the Ailey company and their Asian dancers. When I joined the Martha Graham Company, Martha had a fascination with Asian people. […]
School of American Ballet 36th Annual Workshop Performances The Juilliard Theater New York, New York June 3, 5, 2000 Reviewed by Lynn Garafola This year?s School of American Ballet workshop performances opened with Balanchine?s Danses Concertantes, closed with a bang-up performance of his Stars and Stripes, with Bournonville?s rarely seen Konservatoriet (Danish for The Conservatory) […]
“Jazz in Motion” Jazz at Lincoln Center Rose Hall, New York, NY November 3–5, 2004 Reviewed by Valerie Gladstone With the opening of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s splashy new headquarters at Columbus Circle, New York gained a much-needed new dance venue. A strong believer in the ties between jazz and dance, founding director Wynton […]
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