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Strange Action Comes to PS 122

Posted on May 30, 2010 by

Isabel Lewis, photo by Arturo Martinez Steele I first saw Isabel Lewis perform last year with Lewis Forever at the New Museum – as part of a memorable Performance Club outing – and was intrigued by the unpolished, improvisational nature … Continue reading →

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Damian Woetzel & Michael Sandel: Engaging Audiences through Art & Teaching

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

Damian Woetzel and Tiler Peck at the Guggenheim Museum, photo by Erin Baiano Last Sunday evening, audience members of the intimate Peter B. Lewis Theater at the Guggenheim Museum learned and performed George Balanchine’s Serenade, with piano accompaniment by Cameron … Continue reading →

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AMERICAN REALNESS

Posted on December 30, 2009 by

Start the new year off right – by taking in some contemporary performance.  The AMERICAN REALNESS festival presents and highlights the work of eight contemporary choreographers to debunk stilted perceptions of American dance and give way to a new notion … Continue reading →

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Neal Medlyn at Dance Theater Workshop: Fumbling Towards Self-Destruction

Posted on October 25, 2009 by

Neal Medlyn, Carmine Covelli, and Farris Craddock in … Her’s A Queen, photo by Yi-Chun Wu The press materials for Neal Medlyn’s …Her’s a Queen, which premiered at Dance Theater Workshop on Thursday evening, came in a folder with a … Continue reading →

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The Forsythe Company in Decreation at BAM

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

William Forsythe’s Decreation, photo by Dominik Mentzos William Forsythe’s 2003 piece Decreation, which opened last night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, is a meditation on the messiness of life.  The work takes its title from an essay by Anne … Continue reading →

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