Yuka Iino and Ruben Martin in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s production of Christopher Stowell’s Swan Lake. Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert, courtesy OBT Oregon Ballet Theatre Keller Auditorium, Portland, OR June 9–11, 2006 Reviewed by Heather Wisner There were plenty of thrills and a few chills when Oregon Ballet Theatre staged its first-ever full-length production […]
Meg Stuart and Benoit Lachambre in Forgeries, Love, and Other Matters. Photographed by Julieta Cervantes, courtesy DTW Forgeries, Love and Other Matters Meg Stuart, Benoît Lachambre, Hahn Rowe Dance Theater Workshop, NYC April 27–29, 2006 The following compilation is taken from reviews submitted in Wendy Perron’s “Writing on Dance” class. The weekly class was […]
Sourcing Stravinsky Dance Theater Workshop, NYC April 19–22, 2006 Reviewed by Cynthia Hedstrom The reference to “sourcing” in the title of this program, curated by Annie-B Parson, is apt. The dances are not so much choreographed to Igor Stravinsky’s music as inspired by this icon of 20th-century classicism. Yvonne Rainer’s AG Indexical, with […]
(left to right) Aaron Swartzman, Bianca Cabrera, Scott Davis, and Dustin Haug in Relatively Real. Photo by Laurent Ziegler, courtesy Lingo dancetheater Lingo dancetheater Joyce SoHo, New York, NY January 20, 2006 Reviewed by Cynthia Hedstrom The opening of Relatively Real: Who do you think you are? takes viewers inside the slippery process […]
Dan Agbetou. Photo by Houssam Mchaiemch, courtesy BIPOD Festival. BIPOD International Platform of Dance Théâtre Monnot, Beirut, Lebanon January 6–22, 2006 Reviewed by Christopher Atamian Omar Rajeh and Maqamat Theatre Dance started the BIPOD (Beirut International Platform of Dance) International Festival in 2004 in order to introduce contemporary dance to Lebanon. Less ambitious organizers […]
Claire Danes in Tamar Rogoff’s Christina Olsen: American Model Photo by Harvey Wang Christina Olsen: American Model Choreography by Tamar Rogoff, danced by Claire Danes P.S. 122, New York, NY September 21–October 2, 2005 Reviewed by Carrie Stern Sitting on one hip, legs bent to the side, back straight, actress Claire Danes pulls […]
American Dance Festival International Choreographers Commissioning Program American Dance Festival Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke University, Durham, NC July 18, 2005 Reviewed by Karen Hildebrand The International Choreographers Commissioning Project brings emerging choreographers (this year the Dutch Anouk van Dijk, Durham native and Juilliard grad Charlotte Griffin, and Martinus Miroto of Jakarta, Indonesia) from around […]
Adrienne Truscott’s they will use the highways Photo by Dona Ann McAdams, courtesy Adrienne Truscott Adrienne Truscott P.S. 122, New York, NY March 31–April 3, 2005 Reviewed by Vanessa Manko In they will use the highways, Adrienne Truscott takes audiences on a madcap journey. Truscott, one-half of the neo-vaudevillian act The Wau Wau Sisters […]