A quadruple threat soars in Broadway’s Spider-Man. As Ulla in The Producers at Kansas City’s Starlight Theatre. Photo by Starlight Theatre/Bob Compton Photography. In the opening number of Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, flaxen-haired girls fly out on shimmering yellow aerial silks. One particular set of endless legs, cashew feet, […]
Four dancers’ surprising audition stories On a Thursday night last spring, I sat in my weekly meditation class, listening as my teacher spoke about “infinite potential for change.” I’d heard the phrase before, but this time, my heart tingled with new understanding. I thought about how each person has the opportunity—at every moment—to redefine […]
A native of Anchorage, Alaska, John Heginbotham graduated from the Juilliard School in 1993 and joined the Mark Morris Dance Group in 1998. He has also danced with Susan Marshall, Pilobolus (as a guest artist), John Jasperse, and Ben Munisteri. Having taught many master classes on tour with MMDG, he now teaches for the Brooklyn […]
Who’s caught our eye for 2012 Photo of Rachel Van Buskirk by Matthew Karas. Ana Lopez The beauty of Ana Lopez’s dancing is that there is nothing extraneous or decorative about it, yet she invariably becomes a mesmerizing presence onstage. She draws you into her orbit with her scrubbed-clean technique and […]
Marriages Lauren Fadeley , Pennsylvania Ballet soloist, and Francis Veyette, PAB principal, were married in October in Florida. The couple first met at a photo shoot for The Rock School in 1997; Fadeley was just 12 and Veyette (the brother of New York City Ballet’s Andrew Veyette) was 17. They were paired together in a […]
Dance is thriving in Minneapolis and St. Paul. While its subzero winters take some getting used to, the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul harbor a thriving dance scene ranging from classical ballet to bharata natyam, from flamenco to hip hop. The dance ecology here unites buoyant individualism with an ardent sense […]
Joyce Theater, NYC October 26–30, 2011 Performance reviewed: Oct. 27 The Morphoses of 2011, which premiered its commission of Luca Veggetti’s Bacchae last week, little resembles the paradigm that Christopher Wheeldon had envisioned in 2007 upon its launch. Then, it felt like a promising new development in ballet to feature Wheeldon’s work alongside that of […]
X Factor Are those two dancers waltzing or wrestling? Are those other three in some sort of trance? Where’s that stamping noise coming from? You might find yourself asking those questions during Melinda Ring’s X, in which five women navigate the line between ritual and rapture. The hour-long piece premiered at Danspace Project last year […]