Will Rawls Mt. Tremper Arts Festival Mt. Tremper, NY July 24, 2010 Reviewed by Christopher Atamian Will Rawls. Photo by John Paul Hennessy, Courtesy Mt. Tremper Arts Festival. “An exaltation of larks. A gaggle of geese. A pod of whales. A bed of oysters. A charm of finches. A knot of snakes…” […]
@lulawashington “I’ll Facebook message you my Twitter name.” Ten years ago, this sentence would have been meaningless. Today, however, we use social networking sites on a daily basis. Lula Washington explores this theme in her newest piece, WWW.CONNECTING.2010, which the Lula Washington Dance Theatre will debut at Peak Performances in Montclair, NJ, from […]
Broadway director/choreographer Warren Carlyle was meant to have a career in ballet. “Billy Elliot is my life story,” he says. He grew up in a working- class family in eastern England, won a ballet scholarship at 14, and two years later began dancing with Northern Ballet Theatre, a touring company based in Yorkshire. But he […]
Fabrice Herrault says French training is “not about style, but about details, and making every transition clear. It’s about the look of a classical ballet dancer: straight, elegant but strong; that focus in the eyes that really is everything; the line, sensitivity, and feeling in the movement, and the musicality, which is number one.” […]
Choreographers’ Evening McGuire Theater Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN November 29, 2008 Reviewed by Linda Shapiro Photo: Cameron Wittig. The evening’s performers. Click here for video clips from the event. This annual artist-curated event showcases dance in the Twin Cities. Sally Rousse, co-founder of James Sewell Ballet, assembled this year’s program of […]
B.B. King Blues Club, NYC July 31, 2008 There’s a Capezio ad from the 1980s with Savion Glover leaping into the air, a huge grin on his face. It reads “Savion Sizzles.” Well, that eager little boy has grown up, but he still sizzles. And swings. And slams syncopated rhythms into the floor. And scats […]
SARAWANEE TANATANIT Even in the corps of American Ballet Theatre, Sarawanee Tanatanit stands out for her striking look and daring quality. In past City Center seasons, Tanatanit, 24, has reveled in such repertoire as Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison, where she sparkled in Ann Reinking’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” and […]
It’s called “swingitis,” or “a swing moment.” And every swing has had one. It happens when a swing, or fill-in dancer in a Broadway musical, has a mental glitch and gets lost on stage. The audience may not even notice that something has gone wrong—swings think fast, and so do the other dancers. Everyone adjusts, […]