At 8:00 on a Saturday morning in November, most of Columbia University’s students are still in their beds, sleeping off the week’s midterms, papers, and problem sets. Dance Studio 1 in Barnard Hall, however, is already full of activity, as eight members of Columbia Ballet Collaborative warm up for their morning rehearsal with choreographer Andrew…
Mark Morris Dance Group, with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale Performed Saturday, August 9, 2014 David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center New York, NY As one of the truest stalwarts American concert dance, there’s not much Mark Morris can’t do, or perhaps at this point, hasn’t done. From directing operas around the world to…
DD Dorvillier’s A catalogue of steps: Day 2, Diamonds Déjà-vu Performed Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Danspace Project, St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery New York, NY On a Wednesday afternoon in St. Mark’s Church, the scene is surprisingly casual considering there’s a performance in progress. An audience of about 12 lounges around on the dance floor’s perimeter…
Just last week, I mentioned in my review of Martha Graham Dance Company the risk of bringing in new choreographers to create dances under the auspices of companies that are still heavily associated with the memories of their founders. Since I’ve been thinking about this over the weekend, it’s quite timely that yesterday The New York Times released an article by…
Last Saturday (3/15), I attended a performance of “Thank You For Coming,” the latest work from Bessie Award-winning dance and theatre artist Faye Driscoll. I had a great experience working with Faye last year when she made a piece for the Barnard College Department of Dance, and since then, I’ve been eagerly awaiting her next…
Martha Graham Dance Company Performed Thursday, March 20, 2014 New York City Center New York, NY Few companies have reached the level of iconicity that surrounds the Martha Graham Dance Company. Of course, much of this is due to the sheer iconicity of Martha herself – her talent for embracing the overtly dramatic without lapsing…
I’m not a fan of click-through journalism, but in this case, the title I’ve given this post is EXACTLY what it means. Here are two links that dancers and choreographers should take a few minutes to look at today – both projects are trying to capture a snapshot of the dance community (and that’s not…
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