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409ReviewsClaiming and reclaiming space, time and more: Nozama Dance Collective’s 10th Anniversary Program ‘RECLAIM’
Boston University, Boston, MA.December 1, 2023 (viewed via livestream and recorded video). Nozama Dance Collective has always been bold and taken risks....
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393ReviewsDancing through milestones: Alexandria Nunweiler’s ‘Edge Of Aquarius’
The Foundry, Cambridge, MA.January 21, 2024. Childhood birthday parties, red Solo cup parties of an older age, preteen girls learning to use...
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485Feature Articles‘IPHIGENIA POINT BLANK’ addresses the global refugee crisis and makes its NYC premiere
In Parentheses and Lailou Productions present IPHIGENIA POINT BLANK, a thought-provoking and timely production that weaves together the age-old myth of Iphigenia with...
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313Feature ArticlesCelebrate Black History Month with dance
February is Black History Month, a time to honor the contributions of and pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who...
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420InterviewsGrowing and blooming with ‘Spring Dances’ and beyond: A talk with Alicia Graf Mack
There’s something spring to how a dance work comes to life. Buds pop as something gels and a choreographer exclaims “yes, that’s...
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401Feature ArticlesNW Dance Project: A chance to experiment
Founded in 2004, by Sarah Slipper, NW Dance Project is a contemporary dance company in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to the creation and...
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891Feature ArticlesNew role, same values: A talk with Tiffany Rea-Fisher
It’s fairly common for dance artists to serve in multiple roles: performer, choreographer, teaching artist, administrator, et cetera. Tiffany Rea-Fisher epitomizes such...
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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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631ReviewsClarity 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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545ReviewsRennie 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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529InterviewsEmbracing 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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1.0KFeature ArticlesLife with Ann Reinking: Stories by Deb McWaters, Part 8
Dance Informa continues its series on stories about Ann Reinking, written by colleague and friend Debra McWaters. Chapter 11: Stories of the...
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964Feature ArticlesDancing in the streets and beyond: 10 years of Brooklyn’s STooPS Art Crawl
“My grandma says that I was always enthralled by dance. When I was rambunctious, she’d put on ballet videos and I’d be...
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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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447ReviewsTapestries 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...
