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Tristian Griffin Dance Company. Photo by Robert Bruce.

The poignant through the unconventional: Tristian Griffin Dance Company’s ‘The Unexpected: Within the Red Lines’

The Gem Theater, Kansas City, MO.August 10, 2024 (viewed virtually). Spinning top turns, leaps in full flight, impossibly fast and complex gestures…that...

Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paul Taylor's 'Promethean Fire.' Photo by Whitney Browne.

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Paul Taylor Dance Company Gala: Dance portraying human emotion

David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY.November 6, 2024. “Love, resilience, guts, generosity and expansion” were the themes of the night at...

Dual Rivet in 'Subscript.' Photo by Richard Termine/92NY.

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Dual Rivet in ‘Subscript’: Intellectual movement intention

The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY.October 18, 2024. Dual Rivet, the contemporary company directed by Chelsea Ainsworth and Jessica Smith, performed...

Joshua Beamish's 'Ará'. Photo by Martin Broen.

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The arts as part of the conversation in vildwerk.’s inaugural season

El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY.October 15, 2024. vildwerk. premiered its inaugural season on October 15th and 16th at the El...

BalletX's Francesca Forcella and Jerard Palazo in Takehiro Ueyama's 'Heroes.' Photo by Christopher Duggan.

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BalletX at The Joyce: Variety and intellectualism

The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.September 28, 2024. BalletX, the contemporary ballet company based in Philadelphia, performed a five-day run at the...

Boston Ballet's Jeffrey Cirio and Yue Shi in Sabrina Matthews' 'Ein von Viel.' Photo by Christopher Duggan.

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A night at Fall for Dance Festival is an evening of world-class dance

New York City Center, New York, NY.September 21, 2024. In the NYC dance world, nothing signifies the change from summer to autumn...

The Juilliard School in 'The New: Celebrating Charles Ives and American Experimentalism in Music, Dance, And Drama.' Photo by Claudio Papapietro.

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The Juilliard School in ‘The New’: A cornucopia of art

Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York, NY.September 14, 2024. The Juilliard School presented its first ever Fall Festival in September with live...

'R.O.S.E.' at Park Avenue Armory. Photo by Stephanie Berger, courtesy of Park Avenue Armory.

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Sharon Eyal’s ‘R.O.S.E.’: Honoring the curiosity that is human movement

Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY.September 10, 2024. What happens when you take club dancing, turn it into choreography, and then put...

Nozama Dance Collective. Photo by Elise Miwa Photography.

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Delivering both movement and meaning: Nozama Dance Collective’s N2 2024

Mass Motion Dance, Brighton, MA.July 13, 2024 (viewed digitally). Sometimes dance succeeds on an aesthetic/kinesthetic level – offering something that’s pleasing to...

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A tale of two films: ‘O Superman, Come Home’ and ‘LAKE BODIES’ through Artists Climate Collective

Advocacy and activism through art is nothing new – but Artists Climate Collective demonstrates a dynamic and forward-thinking model for such work....

Ballet Hispánico dancers Antonio Cangiano, Dylan Dias McIntyre, Amir J. Baldwin (back), Omar Rivéra (front), Paulo Hernandez-Farella (back), Fatima Andere (front) in 'Sombrerísimo'. Photo by Rosalie O'Connor.

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Summertime world-class dance: BAAND Together Dance Festival

David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY.July 30, 2024. For the fourth summer in a row, five of NYC’s most iconic dance...

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Woman in Motion: Transcending souls in season three

Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY.July 28, 2024. Woman in Motion (WIM), the all-female company led by Rachel Thalman and Laura Kaufman,...

Revolve Dance Project's Joe Lynch and Katie Bickford. Photo by Audrey Lukacz.

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Leveling up, getting on the map: Revolve Dance Project’s Season 3

RISD Auditorium, Providence, RI.July 21, 2024. If you’re from Rhode Island, you’ve heard all the small state jokes (and, in all fairness,...

OnStage Dance Company. Photo by Timothy Avery Photography.

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The mission continues, grounded in legacy: OnStage Dance Company Season 26

Boston University Dance Theater, Boston, MA (viewed virtually).June 22, 2024. Often when I review dance, I perceive a theme that connects the...

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Jakob Karr’s ‘Ain’t Done Bad’: Showing its heart the entire time

The Pershing Square Signature Center, New York, NY.July 12, 2024. Ain’t Done Bad, the new dance theater production conceived, directed, choreographed and...