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All posts tagged "Reviews"
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710Reviews‘Ailey Classics’ with Celebrity Series of Boston: The comfort of the classics
The Boch Center – Wang Theater, Boston, MA.May 5, 2024. I’ll admit it – I didn’t get a chance to browse the...
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261ReviewsImmersed in the magic: Ballet RI’s ‘Cinderella’
The Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI.May 10, 2024. Sometimes we just need a break, an escape…modern life can be a lot. Sometimes...
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222ReviewsThe beauty in enigma: Boston Ballet’s ‘Spring Experience’
May 12, 2024.Citizens Bank Boston Opera House, Boston, MA. “I’m here, I did it,” I thought as I settled into my seat...
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306ReviewsGibney Company: Bringing to life the works before them
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.May 7, 2024. The Gibney Company performed a six-day season at the Joyce Theater in early May....
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251ReviewsPast and present in dynamic conversation: Boston Ballet’s ‘Carmen’
Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA.March 28, 2024. I’ve noticed something intriguing in ballet programs presented in recent years: two hours or...
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272ReviewsGathered to tell our stories: ‘Under the Canopy’ from Selmadanse
Boston University Dance Theater, Boston, MA.April 14, 2024. “Thank you for sitting under the canopy with us, where there is room for...
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279ReviewsThe marathon, not the sprint, of art and advocacy: Abilities Dance Boston’s Intersections V3
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA (viewed virtually, via YouTube, synchronously).April 21, 2024. “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it...
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227ReviewsMartha Graham Dance Company shines in spring season ‘American Legacies’
New York City Center, New York, NY.April 20, 2024. The Martha Graham Dance Company was founded in 1926, making it the oldest...
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332ReviewsTom Gold Dance 2024 Spring Season: Different shades
The Kaye Playhouse, New York, NY.April 18, 2024. Tom Gold Dance, founded in 2008 by Tom Gold, held its spring season at...
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271ReviewsNederlands Dans Theater at New York City Center: The cool kids in town
New York City Center, New York, NY.April 4, 2024. Over the course of four days in April, the cool kids came to...
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200ReviewsMoving multiplicity: Ballet RI’s ‘Off the Charts’
The Woodman Family and Community Arts Center, Providence, RI.March 17, 2024. One could explore the possibilities within dance art for a lifetime...
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286ReviewsMark Morris’ ‘The Look of Love’: Echoing the lyrics of the songs
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY.March 21, 2024. In Mark Morris’ world, The Look of Love is packaged in brightly colored, nostalgic,...
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231ReviewsA nostalgic classic in 2024: Boston Ballet’s ‘Cinderella’
Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA.March 16, 2024. The classic Disney canon is nostalgic for many of this reviewer’s generation. Maybe we...
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276ReviewsJoining forces to evolve, redefine and more: ‘Moving Through March’ from Développé Evolving and The Click Boston
The Foundry, Cambridge, MA.March 10, 2024. One might wonder why a dance academy and a dance collaborative would team up to present...
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301ReviewsBuilding a world within a dance: Boston Ballet’s ‘Winter Experience’
Boston Opera House, Boston, MA.February 25, 2024. World-building is commonly discussed in the art forms of literature, film and television – yet...
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378ReviewsClaiming 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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364ReviewsDancing 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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363Reviews‘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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366ReviewsThe stories in us: Abilities Dance Boston’s ‘The Banned Ballet’
The Strand Theatre (viewed via YouTube).November 3, 2023. “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King One could argue that, at...
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409ReviewsNew perspectives on the tried-and-true: Boston Ballet’s ‘Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker’ 2023
The Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA.December 3, 2023. I settled into my seat in the balcony and scanned the packed house....
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563ReviewsClarity 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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406ReviewsWho makes the magic?: Newport Contemporary Ballet’s 22nd annual ‘A Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff’
Rosecliff Mansion, Newport, RI.November 22, 2023. “Magic”. Maybe we think of fairies, elves, Santa Claus and any other number of mythical beings....
