Considering the many limitations of ice dancing as a discipline in terms of venue, structure, and movement, an evening-length concert of ice dancing routines runs the risk of becoming repetitive. Stylistically speaking, ice dancing almost always looks fluid and graceful, but this is necessarily the case when you consider the execution of this movement depends…
If you’ve been out of the loop for a while, use this week’s performance offerings as a quick refresher of who’s who in the dance scene. In addition to many NYC-based dancers giving shows, multiple touring companies – both national and international – converge upon New York this weekend (Houston Ballet at the Joyce, Matthew…
Welcome to Point of Contact, my first foray into online dance criticism and commentary. The title of this site comes from a term used in Contact Improvisation, a dance form developed in the early 1970s by Steve Paxton that utilizes shared weight between bodies as the impetus for exploring movement. A “point of contact” is…
Point of Contact 