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Emanuel Gat Dance: Doppelgangers, Shadows, and Silent Sound
This past week, Emanuel Gat Dance performed a New York premiere and a North American premiere at the Rose Theater as part of the Lincoln Center Festival. Gat, the forty-year-old Israeli whose company is based in the south of France, … Continue reading
Be In the Gray With Me
There is nothing black or white about Pam Tanowitz’s newest work, Be In the Gray With Me, presented this past weekend at Dance Theater Workshop. Navigating the gray area between ballet and modern is tricky, but Tanowitz, who avoids labeling … Continue reading
Posted in ballet, criticism, Dance, Dance Theater Workshop, Dance writing, music, New York City, Reviews
Tagged Alexandr Raskatov, ballet, Be in the Gray with Me, Christina Amendolia, Dan Siegler, Dance, Dance Theater Workshop, Ellie Kusner, modern, New York City, Pam Tanowitz, Pavel Karmonov, Renee Kurz, Vladimir Martynov
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Lateral Inhibition
I wish I could write a full review of the DNA performance, but my vantage point was from the wings, where I jogged in place to keep warm and anxiously waited to go on as one of six dancers in the contemporary ballet piece. Continue reading
Stephen Petronio Company at The Joyce
In a post-performance discussion at The Joyce Theater on Wednesday evening, Stephen Petronio said he hopes that the audience and his dancers feel like they’re getting swept into the tornado that he creates in I Drink the Air Before Me, … Continue reading
Merce Cunningham’s Nearly Ninety at BAM
Merce Cunningham Dance Company in Nearly Ninety, photo by Stephanie Berger On his ninetieth birthday last Thursday, Merce Cunningham offered the dance world Nearly Ninety, his newest evening-length work presented at Brooklyn Academy of Music. Cunningham redefines – or perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in BAM, criticism, Dance, modern dance, music, New York City, Reviews
Tagged BAM, Benedetta Tagliabue, Brooklyn Academy of Music, chance operations, Dance, Franc Aleu, John Paul Jones, Merce Cunningham, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, modern, Nearly Ninety, New York City, Romeo Gigli, Sonic Youth, Takehisa Kosugi
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