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…
Performed May 6, 2015 Choreography by Marjani Forté Gibney Dance’s Agnes Varis Performance Center New York, NY Where to begin recounting Marjani Forté’s being Here…/this time, the last chapter in a three year series of dance works exploring the nexus of racism and public drug policy? It is undeniably heavy stuff – it’s doubtable that…
Speaking Up for the Community: Marjani Forté performs at GibneyThe final part of a three-year-long project, “being Here…this time” is Marjani Forté’s investigation into the intersection of mental illness, addiction, and systemic poverty. Forté is known for her projects that bridge performance and community activism, and this time around she has partnered with composer and…
Point of Contact 