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All posts tagged "review"
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415ReviewsLa MaMa Moves! Dance Festival showing so much life
La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, The Downstairs Theatre and The Club, New York, NY.April 6-30, 2023. La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, curated by...
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444ReviewsMusic, movement and sound: Jackie O’Riley and Rebecca McGowan’s ‘From the Floor’
Released in 2019.Streaming now. The little gems of art that we can find by chance: it can be sort of amazing. From...
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375ReviewsThe fire of dance in us: Newport Contemporary Ballet’s ‘Catch Fire!’
Waterfire Arts Center, Providence, RI.May 20, 2023. Chi, ki, prana, baraka, mana: terms from different cultures and spiritual traditions that reference the...
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389ReviewsGallim Dance’s 15th anniversary: Nothing done without intention
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.June 4, 2023. Gallim Dance celebrated 15 years this spring at the Joyce Theater in NYC. Gallim...
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333ReviewsBallet Hispánico shares stories of Latinx culture at New York City Center season
New York City Center, New York, NY.June 2, 2023. Ballet Hispánico completed a three-day run at New York City Center in early...
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415ReviewsDance as community, as expression and so much more: OnStage Dance Company’s Season 24 Performance
Boston University Dance Theater, Boston, MA.Accessed virtually. “Great artists find a way to be themselves within their art,” once affirmed the iconic...
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488ReviewsWelcoming all to create and to enjoy: Alive Dance Collective’s ‘Ink in Motion’
The Foundry, Cambridge, MA.April 30, 2023. The arts are an ecosystem; the thriving (or lack thereof) of artists in community – at...
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326ReviewsCie Focus and Cie Chaliwaté’s ‘Dimanche’ magically transforms Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY.May 3, 2023. Dimanche, a collaborative production of Cie Focus and Cie Chaliwaté, transforms Brooklyn Academy of...
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335ReviewsMartha Graham Dance Company in Program A at the Joyce: Powerful and vulnerable
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.April 18, 2023. The Martha Graham Dance Company, age 97 and America’s oldest, premiered its spring season...
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382Reviews‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ transforms Atlanta’s Fox Theatre into a world of splendor and romance
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA. April 21, 2023. Moulin Rouge! The Musical has made its way to Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. Winner of 10 Tony Awards,...
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621ReviewsYouth America Grand Prix’s 25th anniversary gala: Celebrating the stars of today and the stars of tomorrow
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY. April 11, 2023. It was a perfect spring evening in April, when dance lovers, proud...
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707ReviewsBob Fosse’s ‘DANCIN’’ on Broadway: Dancin’ for the next generation
Music Box Theatre, New York, NY.March 31, 2023. Having been out of town during the opening week of DANCIN’ on Broadway, I...
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480ReviewsSpace for joy and heart: Parsons Dance at The Joyce
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY March 23, 2023. The easeful effervesance of Esplanade, the communal vibrancy of the concluding section in Revelations,...
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430ReviewsAmerican Repertory Ballet moves and grooves in triple bill in NYC
Kaye Playhouse, New York, NY.March 25, 2023. American Repertory Ballet, under direction of Ethan Stiefel, held a one-night-only performance in Manhattan in...
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10.4KReviewsMotion State Dance Festival 2023: Branching out and taking risks
The Wilbury Theatre Group, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI.March 10, 2023. “Take a risk!” I can’t count how many times I’ve heard...
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399ReviewsThe impact of emotion: Pina Bausch’s ‘Água’ at Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY.March 10, 2023. Pina Bausch’s Áqua took to the stage at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for...
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797ReviewsRooted in the past, reaching to a bright future: Festival Ballet Providence’s ‘Up Close on Hope: 1978’
Festival Ballet Providence’s Black Box Theater, Providence, RI.February 19, 2023. Standing center stage in Festival Ballet Providence (FBP)’s intimate blackbox space, Director...
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510ReviewsTaking dance film forward: The 51st Annual Dance on Camera Festival 
Film at Lincoln Center, New York, NY.February 10-13, 2023. Dance film didn’t originate in the COVID lockdown era, yet it certainly proliferated...
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369ReviewsThe Click’s ‘Refract/Reframe’: Bright new horizons
The Foundry, Cambridge, MA.December 4, 2022. Boston-based dance artist Kristin Wagner stepped into the spotlight. She explained that this program, Refract/Reframe, was...
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441ReviewsLil Buck’s ‘Memphis Jookin’: Art bursting through
Rose Theater, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY.February 3, 2023. Memphis Jookin, a tale of growing up dancing in...
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376Reviewstanzmainz in Sharon Eyal’s ‘Soul Chain’: Is it love?
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.January 24, 2023. Dancers stride across the stage in Sharon Eyal’s signature relevé walk (legs mostly straight...
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403ReviewsCompany SBB // Stefanie Batten Bland’s ‘Look Who’s Coming to Dinner’: Motion, metamorphosis and care
The Plimpton Shattuck Theater, Boston, MA.January 15, 2023. I was waiting for Company SBB // Stefanie Batten Bland’s Look Who’s Coming to...
