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2.2KReviewsThe conviction and commitment of artists using their platform: Artists Climate Collective’s ‘Art to Action’
Available through artistsclimatecollective.org. August 31-September 28, 2021. Artists naturally have a platform; they can speak through their work. Some use that platform to...
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1.5KReviewsDance diving deep into the stories of history: Rachel Linsky’s ‘Hidden’
Virtual premiere via Zoom.September 12, 2021. Tense muscles, heavy bones, churning and rumbling stomachs, heads swimming with pain and nausea: deprivation, psychosocial...
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1.7KReviewsMaking the best of constraints and challenges: Newport Dance Festival 2021
The lawn at the Great Friends Meeting House, Newport, RI.July 20-25, 2021. As was the case with most dance events last year,...
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1.3KReviewsNozama Dance Collective’s ‘N2’: Nimble Pivots
Mass Motion Dance, Brighton, MA.July 23, 2021. “Pivot”, in the metaphorical sense of shifting course to adapt — it’s become a bit...
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1.2KReviewsRevealing the people behind the artists: ALMA NYC’s ‘PLACES: A Look Behind the Curtain’
July 27, 2021.Streaming on YouTube. Sirens blaring, the streets eerily empty, the smell of hand sanitizer and disinfectant in the air, the...
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1.5KReviewsThe third annual ‘Empower One Another’: Empowerment through having a voice and a choice
July 23-July 27, 2021.Streaming on YouTube. One might think that artists having a voice is just something that naturally happens. Art involves...
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1.1KReviews‘Embodied Activism’: The body persisting
Outside of the St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, NY (also unlisted on YouTube).Earth Day 2021 (March 22, 2021). When...
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2.6KReviewsDare to Dance in Public’s ‘Pandemania’, Program B: Finding joy and ease amidst difficulty
Streaming from daretodanceinpublic.com.June 25-July 1, 2021. The dancers I love watching most blend ease and effort, flow and structure, mobility and stability....
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2.3KReviewsDance going deep inside: The Moving Architects’ ‘Loneland’
Premiered June 3, 2021.Streaming via YouTube. Dance is an abstract art form; the meaning or creative inspiration behind a particular work might...
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2.2KReviewsFestival Ballet Providence’s ‘Emergence’: A bold return
The University Orthopedics Stage, Providence, RI.June 18, 2021. Live performances are popping up in locations all over the U.S., following adjusted CDC...
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3.6KReviewsMoving in the space between: VLA Dance’s ‘In the Space Between’
Livestreamed from the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA.June 20, 2021. Up or down, black or white, left or right, now...
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1.4KReviewsPeter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion’s ‘Postcards From the Front’: Stories of those of too often forgotten
Available at www.publicdisplaysofmotion.com/postcards-from-the-front.html.Full program premiered on March 23, 2021. COVID has surfaced questions about who and whose stories we value — or...
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1.3KReviewsContinuum Dance Project’s ‘Crossings’: Dance telling unheard stories
Livestreamed from Pao Arts Center, Boston, MA.June 5, 2021. “History is written by the victors,” goes the old saying. One could argue...
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1.7KReviewsBoston Ballet’s ‘Process and Progress’: A capstone program
Available through www.bostonballet.org.May 12-26, 2021. The 2020-21 season has been anything but easy for dance companies. Yet, in their own ways, they’ve found...
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2.1KReviewsAbilities Dance Boston’s ‘Firebird’: A fairytale recontextualized
Livestreamed from the Calderwood Pavilion, Boston, MA.April 13, 2021. Fairy tales are a key part of conventional childhood, and — as such...
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1.3KReviewsAmerican Ballet Theatre’s ‘The Ritual’ and ‘Visceral Harmonies’: Continuing to come together and create
Available to stream through abt.org and YouTube. How the dance world has moved forward through COVID is complex and layered. Yet, simply put, despite all...
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1.3KReviewsAmerican Ballet Theatre is ‘Uniting in Movement’ with contemporary works
Streamed on-demand on Segerstrom Center for the Arts’s website.May 12, 2021. American Ballet Theatre (ABT)’s Uniting in Movement is proof that the legendary company has...
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1.1KReviewsAesthetic unity: San Francisco Ballet’s ‘Program 05’
Streamed through sfballet.tv.April 26-May 6, 2021. A uniquely special thing about dance art can be the way aesthetic elements come together —...
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1.1KReviewsJoffrey Ballet’s Winning Works Festival: What diverse voices bring
Streaming on YouTube.Released on March 25, 2021. Reflecting the society in which it resides, the dance world has been having wide-ranging conversations...
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985ReviewsIsland Moving Company’s ‘Return to Live’: Deep, thoughtful art
Waterfire Arts Center, Providence, RI.May 6, 2021. Returning to live performance — these days, it’s a development that can make dancers and...
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1.3KReviewsMiriam Barbosa returns to the theater in ‘Transcending’ at New York Live Arts
Streamed from New York Live Arts, New York, NY.May 2, 2021. Miriam Barbosa, previously a principal with the Martha Graham Dance Company,...
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1.6KReviewsOnStage Dance Company’s ‘Season 20’: Not on stage but still dancing
April 16-May 10, 2021.Accessible through the company’s website. Moving together in the stage lights, feeling the energy of your castmates and the...
