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'Merce Cunningham at 100'. Photo by Jef Rabillon.

A celebration of a legend: ‘Merce Cunningham at 100’

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. October 5, 2019. As I took my seat in the Eisenhower...

BalletX's 'The Little Prince'. Photo by Bill Hebert.

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BalletX’s ‘The Little Prince’: The magic in the making

The Joyce Theater, New York, NY. October 1, 2019. I love to attend live dance art because there’s a magic that happens when...

Addie Tapp and Boston Ballet in 'Giselle'. Photo by Rosalie O'Connor, courtesy of Boston Ballet.

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Classical simplicity: Boston Ballet’s ‘Giselle’

Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. September 19, 2019. The curtains rose on the first performance of Giselle on June 28, 1841, at the...

Nozama Dance Collective's 'Uplift'. Photo by Mickey West Photography.

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Nozama Dance Collective’s ‘Uplift’: Dance that lifts up

Green Street Studios, Cambridge, Massachusetts.August 9, 2019. There’s a lot in this world that feels capable of bringing us down. The weight...

mignolo dance. Photo by Ty Lyons Graynor.

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Music, movement and the unexpected: mignolo dance’s ‘Translations’

HERE Arts Center, New York, NY.July 30, 2019. Dance art — it’s a coming together of movement and costumes, lighting, and often...

mignolo dance. Photo by Andrew J. Mauney.

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Showing meaning in dance art: Inclined Dance Project’s inQUAD

Dixon Place, New York, NY. August 23, 2019. A reach conveying longing and loss, a falling to the floor conveying despair and hopelessness;...

Roberto Villanueva. Photo by Eric Bandiero.

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One word, one dancer: BalaSole Dance Company’s ‘Evening of Solos’

Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY.August 17, 2019. Less can be more, they say. Apply that to dance, and one could discuss...

Sarah Lamb and Edward Watson in Wayne McGregor's 'Qualia Pas de Deux'. Photo by Maria Baranova.

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All that it can be: 2019 Ballet Festival at The Joyce

The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.August 6, 10, 13 and 16, 2019. Taking in four nights of The Joyce’s Ballet Festival, I...

Christina Bennington and Andrew Polec in 'Bat Out of Hell'. Photo by Little Fang Photo.

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Rock ‘n’ roll Romeo and Juliet vibe in ‘Bat Out of Hell’

New York City Center, New York, NY.August 7, 2019. Meat Loaf in a musical? I was quite confused but certainly intrigued. Bat Out of Hell...

Jacqueline B. Arnold, Robyn Hurder, Holly James and Jeigh Madjus in 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical'. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

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Truth, beauty, freedom, love, and don’t forget the Rouge

Al Hirschfeld Theatre, New York, NY.August 1, 2019. Moulin Rouge! The Musical opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on July 25. Directed...

'Freddie Falls in Love'. Photo by Curtis Brown.

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Al Blackstone’s stroke of genius in ‘Freddie Falls in Love’

The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.July 23, 2019. Freddie Falls in Love, a dance narrative presented by The Joyce Theater Foundation in...

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‘Maze’ at The Shed: Hip hop within contemporary art

The Shed, New York, NY.July 24, 2019. Maze is a world premiere Shed commission with dancers from The D.R.E.A.M. Ring and The...

Arch Contemporary Ballet's 'Chromatic Skies'. Photo by Eduardo Patino.

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Technology, dance and 2019: Arch Contemporary Ballet’s ‘Chromatic Skies’

Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY. July 11, 2019. Sheena Annalise founded Arch Contemporary Ballet “to ensure the continuous evolution of ballet, designed...

OnStage Dance Company's 'What Is Love?'. Photo by Andres Calderon/Fama Films.

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Jennifer Kuhnberg’s ‘What is Love?’: Choreographing personal experience

OnStage Dance Company, Malden, Massachusetts.July 12, 2019. Good writers write about what they know, goes an old aphorism. Does that also hold...

AAADTs Jacqueline Green and Solomon Dumas in Ronald K. Brown's 'The Call'. Photo by Paul Kolnik.

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Dancing meaning and motivation

Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY. June 15, 2019. In dancemaking, there’s the meaning of the work at hand (the...

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American Ballet Theatre’s Jane Eyre: Atmosphere and authenticity to text in the modern day

David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY. June 10, 2019. Narrative dance art holds a central challenge — how do you tell...

José Limón's 'Psalm'. Photo by Douglas Cody.

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Demonstrating why dance art matters: José Limón Dance Company at The Joyce

The Joyce Theater, New York, NY. May 29, 2019. There’s just something about the ephemeral magic of dance art — the way...

Abilities Dance Boston. Photo by Bill Parsons:Maximal Image.

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It’s not about the tricks: Abilities Dance Boston’s ‘Audacity’

March 22, 2019. Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ellice Patterson started Abilities Dance Boston with a clear mission: to offer a space...

VLA Dance's 'Sand'. Photo by Olivia Moon Photography.

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Dance in a spacial context: VLA Dance’s ‘Sand’

Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts. April 27, 2019. A key aspect of dance art is that it takes place in a space,...

Roman Mejia as Puck in George Balanchine's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Photo by Erin Baiano.

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The rich legacy of Shakespearean ballets: New York City Ballet in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

June 1, 2019. The David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY. In his time, William Shakespeare was a maverick innovator; he literally...

Tabula Rasa Dance Theater in 'Inside Our Skins'. Photo by Jared Siskin/PMC.

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Risk, courage and conscience in dance-making: Tabula Rasa Dance Theater’s ‘Inside Our Skins’

New York Live Arts, New York, NY. May 15, 2019. To make art and present it to an audience is taking a...

Batsheva Dance Company was presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre. Photo by Robert Torres.

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Batsheva Dance Company’s ‘Venezuela’: Audience experience in mind

Boch Center Shubert Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts. April 5, 2019. Dance can be quite intellectual, and quite intellectually fascinating — through elements of...