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1.3KReviewsParsons Dance at The Joyce: Something new under the sun
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.December 9, 2021. When I requested to review Parsons Dance – meaning that I’d see the company live for...
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1.1KReviewsBoston Ballet’s ‘reSTART’: Pleasant dance for tough times
October 28-November 7, 2021.Available through BB at Home. For not the first time since March 2020, I logged on to watch a...
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2.1KDance Studio OwnerPina Bausch Foundation launches new online archives and website
On November 18, the Pina Bausch Foundation launched its new website. For the first time, materials from the extensive Pina Bausch Archives, which...
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2.1KReviewsSoulfulness in motion: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Fall 2021 All Access Season
Various premiere dates.Available streaming at Ailey All Access. Movement has the potential to convey soulfulness — the strength and resilience, the depths...
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1.2KReviewsWelcome to Campfire’s ‘SUBJECT’: The depths of humanity in unimaginable circumstances
Memredux Laboratories, New York, NY. November 9, 2021. In SUBJECT, produced by Welcome to Campfire, sparse, concrete space surrounds a brightly fluorescent lit glass-walled...
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1.1KReviewsCohesive meaning in the abstract: Festival Ballet Providence’s ‘Continuing Points’
Woodman Arts and Community Center, Moses Brown School, Providence, RI.October 24, 2021. Abstraction comes with compelling mystery; sometimes the answers are more...
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1.0KReviewsThe spirits of places: Nailah Randall-Bellinger’s ‘Initiation — In Love Solidarity’
Harvard Smith Center, Cambridge, MA, and via livestream.October 21, 2021. Wind rustling through leaves, the smell of saltwater at the seashore, the...
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1.3KFeature ArticlesShannon Maynor and Alessandro Paganelli release first of 5 dance films
Dancer Shannon Maynor and composer Alessandro Paganelli have released dance film Nuda Veritas, the first part of Five Movements, a series of dance...
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1.5KReviewsDance diving deep into the stories of history: Rachel Linsky’s ‘Hidden’
Virtual premiere via Zoom.September 12, 2021. Tense muscles, heavy bones, churning and rumbling stomachs, heads swimming with pain and nausea: deprivation, psychosocial...
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2.4KFeature ArticlesCredit the Creator: An Instagram account for accountability
Do you know who choreographed the handshake in The Parent Trap? No? What about the Jingle Bell Rock dance from Mean Girls? You might...
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2.1KFeature ArticlesStepping forward into the unknown, from the unknown: Has COVID crushed the arts?
When COVID effectively shut down the world in March of 2020, no one knew what would happen next or how long it...
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2.0KInterviewsEthan Stiefel brings American Repertory Ballet back home
It’s been one long intermission since American Repertory Ballet (ARB) last performed in a theater, in front of an audience. COVID paused the...
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2.2KFeature ArticlesJoffrey Ballet’s ‘Home: a Celebration’ opens inaugural season at Lyric Opera House
The Joffrey Ballet opens its inaugural season at the Lyric Opera House and marks its return to live performances with Home: a Celebration,...
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1.5KFeature ArticlesAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to New York City Center this December
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to the stage for a much-anticipated annual season in its “home” theater, New York City...
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1.5KFeature ArticlesFrancesca Harper named artistic director of Ailey II Company
Robert Battle, artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, has announced that internationally renowned performer, choreographer, director and multi-disciplinary artist Francesca...
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1.3KReviewsRevealing the people behind the artists: ALMA NYC’s ‘PLACES: A Look Behind the Curtain’
July 27, 2021.Streaming on YouTube. Sirens blaring, the streets eerily empty, the smell of hand sanitizer and disinfectant in the air, the...
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1.6KReviewsThe third annual ‘Empower One Another’: Empowerment through having a voice and a choice
July 23-July 27, 2021.Streaming on YouTube. One might think that artists having a voice is just something that naturally happens. Art involves...
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908Feature ArticlesFree upcoming dance events at Bryant Park Picnic Performances!
Bryant Park Picnic Performances kicks off this August 16, with a series of free dance events. All performances are free, first come,...
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1.9KFeature ArticlesRick Tjia creates new Technology & Choreography Online Diploma Course
Canada’s Choreography Online, in collaboration with the United Kingdom’s International Performing Arts and Theatre (I-PATH), opens an online accredited Diploma in Choreography Program to...
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2.0KFeature ArticlesAudition etiquette for directors: Being respectful, courteous and transparent
Auditions — they’re nerve-wracking and inspiring all at once. Unfortunately, for some dancers, they can also feel disrespectful; directors may, albeit likely...
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2.3KReviewsFestival Ballet Providence’s ‘Emergence’: A bold return
The University Orthopedics Stage, Providence, RI.June 18, 2021. Live performances are popping up in locations all over the U.S., following adjusted CDC...
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2.4KFeature ArticlesWhat we created, how we’ll go forward: 5 trends of COVID dance
I love reviewing dance. Since 2015, I’ve reviewed — on average — about one performance a week, for this very publication. In...
