Dear Readers, I launched Point of Contact on October 16, 2013 as a way to supplement and practice my dance writing for a course I was taking in Barnard College’s Dance Department. My original goal was to create a virtual record of my experience as an audience member, but after seeing hundreds of performances, work-in-progress showings,…
75 Years of American Ballet Theatre The first days of American Ballet Theatre’s 8-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House is all about celebrating the company’s 75-year history. They’ll perform some of the most beloved works in their repertory, including George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations and Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo, for this week of mixed-bill…
If you missed my weekly recommendations, you’re in luck – they’re back with a renewed sense of purpose. I want Point of Contact to support the great dance community we have here in NYC, so if you know of a dance event (lectures or panels count, too) that you’d like to see listed in a…
Yesterday morning, the news broke that after May 1, 2015, Time Out New York will no longer publish a standalone Dance section in its weekly magazine. Instead, dance coverage will be greatly reduced and integrated into a new Theater and Dance section. This change coincides with the resignation of TONY’s Dance Editor Gia Kourlas; a replacement…
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