Dance Informa Magazine
Reviews
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2.6KKinetic Light’s ‘DESCENT’: Aesthetic harmony, tension and ‘reckless abandon’
December 3-5, 2020.Via University of Minnesota’s Northrop, co-presented by Walker Art Center. Humans began to dance to connect with the natural world...
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2.8KSan Francisco Ballet’s virtual ‘The Nutcracker’: Returning to joy and connection
November 27-December 31, 2020.Accessible through sfballet.org. Music swells. Rhinestones shine. Glittery snow falls across stagelights. The scent of flowers for the dancers...
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2.7KBallet moving forward and RISE-ing: American Ballet Theatre’s ‘The Future Starts Today’
November 23, 2020.Streaming on YouTube. At times, dance has been at the forefront of social change and innovation. At other times, we’ve...
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2.6KNozama Dance Collective’s ‘An Allyship Project’: In a tradition of mobilizing body, heart and mind
November 14, 2020.Streaming on YouTube. Dance art has a tradition of outspokenness and direct action when it comes to social and political...
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2.3K‘Forsythe Elements’ in Boston Ballet’s BB@yourhome: Questioning what ballet and performance can be
November 19-29, 2020.Streamed on bostonballet.org through subscription. I remember the first time I saw a William Forsythe work. It was obviously ballet,...
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2.3K‘Extreme Combat: The Dancer and The Fighter’: An Akram Khan film
November 13, 2020.Available to watch on All4. Extreme Combat: The Dancer and The Fighter documents Akram Khan’s foray into a field that dancers...
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3.0KAn encounter with Batsheva: Ohad Naharin’s ‘YAG: The Movie’
November 21, 2020.Filmed October 2020, at Batsheva’s Varda Studio, Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv. Presented online. YAG: The Movie, Ohad Naharin’s first...
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1.9KNew York City Ballet’s New Works Festival: The energy of space
October 27-31, 2020. Streaming online, filmed in the Lincoln Center Plaza and other sites in New York City. Lincoln Center: there’s a...
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3.7KThe courage of committing to concept: ‘Dancing Through…’ from Theatre Dance Vietnam
October 30, 2020.Streamed on YouTube. Most of the dance works that truly resonate with me do so because of a strong concept,...
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2.2KIsland Moving Company’s ‘Out of Ruin’ and ‘Emerge’: Art bringing people together again
Cardines Field, Newport, RI; Blithewold Mansion, Bristol, RI.October 2, and October 9, 2020. A special thing about live art is how it...
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2.1KThe worlds of ballet, hip hop and tap unite on stage in CLI Studios’ ‘A New Stage’
October 16, 2020.Online on CLI Studios. CLI studios (founded by tWitch and Allison Holker) released its first-ever virtual performance this weekend, starring...
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1.9K‘Floodstream’ in the Shawna Shea Film Festival Shorts Fest: Dancing to commemorate
October 10, 2020.On Vimeo via the Shawna Shea Film Festival “Shorts Fest”. Humans have danced to honor those who’ve left us, from...
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1.7KThe Indo-American Arts Council’s Erasing Borders Dance Festival: Finding unexpected treasures
September 21-27, 2020.Streaming on YouTube. As a dance writer and someone deeply steeped in many different dance sub-communities, I hear about a...
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1.8KGiving artists a voice, virtually: The 2nd annual ‘Empower One Another’
September 26-28, 2020.Online at onstagedanceco.com. A meaningful thing about the arts is how it can give people a voice, a space to...
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1.8KLess is more, especially now: Pizarts’ quarantine dance film ‘Red Between the Lines’
September 17, 2020. Online via The Social Distancing Festival. “Less is more” is an old maxim in art (and in life); humans...
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2.1K‘Leaning into the Unknown’: Mignolo Dance and The Moving Architects
September 26, 2020.Streamed on YouTube. Ramapo College’s Berrie Center presented the second act of its livestream broadcasts spotlighting New Jersey-based artists this...
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2.0KDANCE NOW’s 25th Anniversary virtual performances: All that art is worth
September 10, 2020.DANCE NOW’s web platform. A lot can happen in 25 years — particularly in the arts; it’s a bit mind...
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1.5K‘Leaning into the Unknown’: Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company presents a collection of quarantine art
September 19, 2020.Streamed on YouTube. Ramapo College’s Berrie Center presented the first act of its livestream broadcasts spotlighting New Jersey-based artists this...
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2.1K‘Dance of Dreams’ from San Francisco Ballet and Benjamin Millepied: Art as escape
Streaming on YouTube. What are two main things that people want right now? Freedom of movement and human contact, I’ll say. San...
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1.6KJacob’s Pillow 2020 Virtual Summer Festival, Part II: ‘And still you must swing’
August 27, 2020.Streamed on YouTube. The final performance of Jacob’s Pillow’s two-month virtual Summer Festival, a festival that met the moment and...
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1.6KJacob’s Pillow 2020 Virtual Summer Festival, Part I: Meeting the moment
July and August 2020, Thursday evenings.Streamed on YouTube. As a dance reviewer, seeing dance live is one of the most treasured parts...
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2.5KFinding community and possibility, from the stage to the screen: 2020 Virtual Boston Contemporary Dance Festival
August 15, 2020.Virtually over Zoom. Each year, the Boston Contemporary Dance Festival (BCDF) offers a space for dance artists and dance enthusiasts...
