Dance Informa Magazine
Reviews
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6.9KAtlanta Ballet’s ‘Black Swan’ shows a company on the cusp of a new generation
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, Georgia. March 16, 2018. Atlanta Ballet, under director Gennadi Nedvigin, continues to reinforce its commitment to...
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5.3KOptical illusions and reality in Boston Ballet’s ‘Parts in Suite’
Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. March 10, 2018. A striking thing about dance can be how some things are optical illusion, and...
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4.6KCreative diversity and daring: ‘Under Exposed’ at Dixon Place
Dixon Place, New York, New York. March 6, 2018. In art, culture, politics and more, we’re seeing young people assert their voices...
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3.4KThird Life Choreographer Series: Sound and movement
Third Life Studio, Somerville, Massachusetts. February 23, 2018. There doesn’t have to be music, a “score”, for there to be dancing. A journalist...
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6.8KConnection and disconnection: Lacey Sasso and Company in ‘Deeply Rooted’
The Dance Complex, Cambridge, Massachusetts. February 24, 2018. Some of dance training, and dance itself, is about integration – separate parts working...
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4.0KNACHMO Boston 2018: So much that dance can be!
The Dance Complex, Cambridge, Massachusetts. February 10, 2018. If you were to ask any random person on the street what they picture...
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3.3KThe salience of structure: Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal repertory
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts. February 2, 2018. The moving body can be a strikingly beautiful thing. Add on professional dancers’ years...
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3.6KFlorida gets a taste of ‘The Marvelous Wonderettes’ at the Alhambra
Alhambra Theatre & Dining, Jacksonville, Florida. January 19, 2018. Northeast Florida got a taste of a bygone era in Alhambra Theatre &...
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7.3K‘The Lion King’ comes to Atlanta and appeals to the generations
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia. January 11, 2018. It’s easy to understand why Disney’s The Lion King is billed as the “world’s #1...
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6.1K’12 Dancers Dancing’: The reason for the season
The Dance Complex, Cambridge, Massachusetts. December 10, 2017. “The holidays”. It’s become somewhat of a vague term, hasn’t it? The month of...
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14.0K1José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s ‘The Nutcracker’: Less can be more
The Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts. December 1, 2017. By and large, we live in a culture with an overarching message of...
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5.7K‘Public demonstration of divine soul’ – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center
There is just something about dancing. Within it, we can find a unique harmony, connection and flow within ourselves and with others....
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3.2KWendy Whelan and Brian Brooks bring their differences together in ‘Some of a Thousand Words’
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, Maryland. December 9, 2017. As I headed to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center last...
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3.9KArch Contemporary Ballet’s ‘Between the Lines’: Draw outside your own!
The Sheen Center, New York, NY. November 17, 2017. It can be so easy to stay in one’s comfort zone. It can...
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4.8KIsland Moving Company’s ‘Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff’ reminds us of the magic
Rosecliff Mansion, Newport, Rhode Island November 26, 2017. As children, we crave magic. We are easily enchanted as we discover more and...
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4.8KBoston Ballet’s ‘Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker’: The grandeur of warmth
Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. November 24, 2017. When it comes to art, there are so many ways we can define “grand”,...
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8.7KComplexions Contemporary Ballet delights in Dwight Rhoden’s David Bowie ballet
The Joyce Theater, New York, New York. November 21, 2017. This is a beautiful company. It’s not necessarily diverse in the usual...
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4.4KVincent E. Thomas’ ‘What’s Going On’: What actions will we take?
Dance Place, Washington, D.C. November 18, 2017 Dance Place, a much-beloved part of the D.C. area dance scene, was buzzing with excitement...
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3.3KCallie Chapman’s dance-theater work ‘SCALE’ is innovative and visually astounding
Studio at 550, Cambridge, Massachusetts. October 27, 2017. “Ballet is woman,” said George Balanchine. Yet as he proclaimed this, at the helm...
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3.0KComing together through dance: Joanie Block and Dancers’ ‘Emerge’
Green Street Studio Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts. October 14, 2017. Long-standing conflicts between prominent groups of people are more than what we can...
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5.1KBoston Ballet’s ‘Obsidian Tear’: Dancing away from the pack
Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. November 3, 2017. The tension between the will of the individual and that of the group is...
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5.2K‘The Red Shoes’ from Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures brings atmosphere and drama
New York City Center, New York, New York. October 26, 2017. The Red Shoes came into existence nearly 70 years ago, when...
