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390Reviews‘Ordinary’ is interesting enough: Lynn Modell’s ‘Interesting Women’
Congregation Kehillath Israel (viewed virtually).November 9, 2023. In Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (certainly a 2023 mega blockbuster), America Ferrera’s character proposes “Regular Barbie”:...
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393Feature ArticlesAxelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater presents new version of ‘The Jungle Book’
Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater (AXCBT) will present a newly revised and revitalized version, with a new score, of Artistic Director Gabriel Chajnik’s...
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633ReviewsClarity and power: Complexions Contemporary Ballet at The Joyce Theater
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.November 14, 2023. Complexions Contemporary Ballet, the brainchild of Dwight Rhoden (former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater...
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546ReviewsRennie Harris’ ‘Rome and Jewels’: Keeping hallowed works vital
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI.November 18, 2023. Kathleen Pletcher, the Executive Artistic Director of FirstWorks RI, introduced the work about to take...
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385Feature ArticlesJuilliard presents New Dances: Edition 2023 with four world premieres
Juilliard presents New Dances: Edition 2023, the cornerstone of Juilliard Dance’s fall season, from December 6-10. The annual program features the world premieres of...
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419ReviewsPaul Taylor Dance Company: The complexity of being human
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY.November 4, 2023. The Paul Taylor Dance Company’s 2023 and 11th season at the...
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1.4KReviewsBook review: Dana Tai Soon Burgess’ ‘Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly’
Book: Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly: A MemoirAuthor: Dana Tai Soon Burgess, University of New Mexico Press, September 2022. Good...
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1.3KFeature ArticlesA new holiday dance tradition: Axelrod Contemporary Ballet’s ‘The Polar Express’
Axelrod Contemoprary Ballet (AXCBT), the Jersey Shore’s professional ballet company, presents the world premiere of Gabriel Chajnik’s The Polar Express, based on...
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530InterviewsEmbracing professional life as a global talent: Richard J. Hinds
American choreographer and director Richard J. Hinds has recently embraced working in the UK. “I applied for my Global Talent Visa during...
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503ReviewsA broad and vibrant palate of dance: Boston Ballet’s ‘Fall Experience’
CitiBank Opera House, Boston, MA.October 8, 2023. As a critic, my late summer comes with investigating and anticipating my favorite companies’ imminent...
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448ReviewsTapestries of movement, history and human connection: Rachel Linsky’s ‘Inspired by Weinberg’ at the Vilna Shul
The Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture, Boston, MA.September 10, 2023. A former mentor once said, critiquing a review of mine,...
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324Reviewsmignolo dance in an evening of imaginative worlds
Arts On Site, New York, NY.October 1, 2023. mignolo dance presented a diverse evening of dance works at Arts On Site on...
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419Feature ArticlesAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates 65 years during City Center season
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has announced a much-anticipated 65th anniversary season at its New York City Center “home” from November 29-December 31. The engagement...
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517Feature ArticlesRegina Klenjoski Dance Company returns to its L.A. roots with ‘The Golden Apple’
Regina Klenjoski Dance Company (RKDC) will present the west coast premiere of The Golden Apple and return to its Los Angeles roots,...
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585Feature ArticlesPony Box Dance Theatre: Navigating a bicoastal organization
When Artistic/Executive Director Jamie Carabetta asked her six-year-old daughter about her drawing of a horse in a circle resembling a hieroglyph, Tatiana...
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719ReviewsInnovate Dance Film Showcase: Showing off Hollywood North’s dance talent
Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, Canada.September 8, 2023. Dance Informa attended a dance industry event in Vancouver, Canada that showed exactly how the city...
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539Feature ArticlesEmpire State Building to be lit in honor of New York City Ballet’s 75th anniversary
On Wednesday, October 11, at sunset, the Empire State Building’s world-famous Tower Lights will be lit in “Balanchine Blue” to mark the...
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514ReviewsThe meaning of having a voice: Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project’s 5th Anniversary Concert
Ballet RI’s Black Box Theater, Providence RI.August 27, 2023. Twenty to 22 percent of dance works one normally sees onstage are choreographed...
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492ReviewsMovement and more making meaning: Continuum Dance Project’s ‘Not Eye, Us’
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA.June 22, 2023.(Viewed via Vimeo at a later date.) Part of me has always questioned the...
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373Feature ArticlesCUNY Dance Initiative announces 10th year of residency program
The CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), an expansive program providing New York City choreographers and dance companies with creative residencies on CUNY campuses, announces...
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364ReviewsThe music in the movement: Mark Morris Dance Group’s Joyce debut
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.August 12, 2023. Dance happens in time, in space — kinetic action happening in a space, in...
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361ReviewsBAAND Together Dance Festival brings together NYC’s finest
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY.July 29, 2023. For the past three years, the reigning giants of the ballet...
