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The surprise and the expected: José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s ‘Taking Flight’

The Sanctuary Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts. March 31, 2017. Artists are constantly navigating many balances. Among them are how much they surprise (and...

Christian Clark and Alessa Rogers in Liam Scarlett's 'Vespertine'. Photo by Kim Kenney, courtesy of Atlanta Ballet.

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Atlanta Ballet soars in power-packed triple bill ‘Gennadi’s Choice’

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, Georgia. March 17, 2017. Atlanta Ballet’s stacked triple bill, Gennadi’s Choice, featured excerpts from Paquita, the...

IMC in Michael Thomas' 'Psalms', restaged by Miki Ohlsen. Photo by Thomas Palmer.

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Island Moving Company’s ‘Mother Goose’ and ‘A Collection of Attitudes’: A cohesive celebration

Rosecliff Mansion, Newport, Rhode Island. March 4, 2017. Successfully creating and presenting art involves striking several important balances. One of them is...

Boston Ballet in William Forsythe's 'Artifact'. Photo by Rosalie O'Connor, courtesy of Boston Ballet.

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Boston Ballet presents William Forsythe’s ‘Artifact’: Beyond binary

Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. February 23, 2017. Post-modern art grew from socio-political shifts of post-World War II western society. Some claim...

'Locker Room Talk' (Tiny dance), featuring I.J. Chan, Sarah Thorne, Kristin Wagner (also choreographer). Photo by Christopher Huang.

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‘Tiny and Short’ at The Dance Complex: Dances in your kitchen

The Dance Complex, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Saturday, February 11, 2017. Something that’s truly beautiful about the art of dance is that it doesn’t...

Urbanity Dance in 'Neruda's Book of Questions: An Exploration Through Music and Dance'. Photo by Leilani Thomas.

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It all comes around: Urbanity Dance’s ‘Neruda’s Book of Questions’

Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. February 4, 2017. “What goes around, comes around,” the old saying goes. We often...

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Ailey stuns and moves Atlanta

Saturday, February 18, 2017. The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA. It’s February, or Black History Month in the U.S., and it’s time for...

Michelle Dorrance. Photo by Erin Baiano.

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Dorrance Dance kicks off ‘The Rotunda Project’ at the Guggenheim’s ‘Works and Process’ series

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York. February 16, 2017. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, has brought...

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Malpaso Dance Company returns to Atlanta with new works

Saturday, February 11, 2017. Rialto Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA. Cuban contemporary dance ensemble Malpaso Dance Company is touring the U.S....

The Swans from ABT's 'Swan Lake'. Photo by Rosalie O'Connor.

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ABT brings tragic classic ‘Swan Lake’ to the Kennedy Center

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. January 25, 2017. American Ballet Theatre (ABT) brought its acclaimed production...

José Mateo Ballet Theatre in 'The Nutcracker'. Photo by Gary Sloan.

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José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s ‘The Nutcracker’: Beauty in elegance

The Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts. December 2, 2016. There is a certain visual pleasure in something incredibly bright and eye-catching —...

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‘iLuminate’ lights up imaginations

Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta. November 17, 2016. Have you heard of the dance show sensation iLuminate? This touring production presents...

Boston Ballet in Mikko Nissinen's 'The Nutcracker'. Photo by Liza Voll, courtesy of Boston Ballet.

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Boston Ballet’s Mikko Nissinen’s ‘The Nutcracker’: Presenting the old anew

Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. Friday, November 25. Have you ever considered attending a certain dance performance, but then thought “Meh, I’ve...

Glen Lewis in Island Moving Company's 'The Nutcracker at Rosecliff'. Photo courtesy of IMC.

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Nutcracker in Newport: Island Moving Company at Rosecliff Mansion

Rosecliff Mansion, Newport, Rhode Island. Wednesday, November 23. Dance began as an art form representing the culture from which it came. Even...

Pilobolus in 'All Is Not Lost'. Photo by Nadirah Zakariya.

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Pilobolus at NYU Skirball Center: Not to be missed

NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, New York. November 17 (Program A), and November 22 (Program B), 2016. I...

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NDT brings dance and theater to NY City Center

NY City Center, New York, NY. November 18, 2016. A performance by Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is always highly anticipated in NYC....

Mikhail Baryshnikov in 'Letter to a Man'. Photo by Julieta Cervantes.

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‘Letter to a Man’: Nijinsky in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York. October 20, 2016. In the theater-dance piece Letter to a Man, presented at Brooklyn Academy...

'An American in Paris' National Touring Company. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

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‘An American in Paris’ National Tour: Back to the classics

Wang Theatre/Citi Performing Arts Center, Boston, MA. October 27, 2016. It’s felt a little crazy in America over the past year or...

Jose Mateo's 'Impelling Forces'. Photo by Gary Sloan.

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Understated forces: Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre’s ‘Impelling Forces’

The Sanctuary Theatre, Cambridge, MA. October 29, 2016. With maturity and sophistication comes knowing that less can be more. Understatement can say...

Pilobolus' 'Shadowland'. Photo by Ian Douglas.

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‘Shadowland’ by Pilobolus tours to Atlanta

Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta. October 27, 2016. Pilobolus returned to Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center for the Arts recently after last...

Boston Ballet in Ivan Liska's 'Le Corsaire'. Photo by Liza Voll.

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Boston Ballet’s ‘Le Corsaire’: Balancing history and spectacle

Boston Opera House, Boston, MA. November 2, 2016. Ballet period pieces occasionally face accusations of historical inaccuracy, cultural reductionism and being more...