Performed Saturday, March 30, 2019 As part of the 2019 EstroGenius Festival at The Kraine Theatre New York, NY For many of us, amassing stuff is a side effect of living. The process begins in childhood and continues as we grow up, the items changing from stuffed animals and half-used school notebooks to old…
Performed Friday, February 24, 2017 Marguerite Hemmings and Collaborators Gibney Dance New York, NY It feels a little strange to write a recap of Marguerite Hemmings’ we free at Gibney Dance. It’s like reviewing a party––you just had to be there. Artists and critics have argued over the viewer-performer relationship ad nauseam, but Hemmings and…
On a Sunday afternoon, 15 dancers and choreographers gather in a Brooklyn dance studio to share their works in progress under the careful eye of Candace Thompson, the founding Executive Director of Dance Caribbean Collective. Together, they are preparing for DCC’s second annual New Traditions Festival, a performance series that celebrates Caribbean diasporic dance traditions…
I originally wrote this piece for the Dance/NYC Junior Committee member blog, but I thought I’d share it here as well. Feel free to post your own resolutions in the comments – I’m looking forward to hearing other strategies and goals for improving the dance field in 2016. ********** Happy New Year, readers! As we…
Performed Friday, November 20, 2015 Barnard/Columbia Dances New York Live Arts New York, NY There are few places on campus as unifying as Barnard College’s Department of Dance. Attracting students from a long and varied list of programs at Barnard and Columbia University, the department has distinguished itself as a creative haven, inviting aspiring choreographers…
ABT brings old favorites and new thrills to Lincoln Center Following up on their whopping eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House this summer, American Ballet Theatre is back at Lincoln Center, this time at the David H. Koch Theater, with two weeks of mixed repertory programs. Kurt Jooss’s anti-war masterpiece The Green Table (with Marcelo Gomes…
Performed Sunday, September 27, 2015 Camille A. Brown & Dancers The Joyce Theater New York, NY There’s no question about it – Camille A. Brown is one of the most formidable dancers you can find in New York today. A fiery intensity resides underneath her compact muscularity, making her movements fast, clear, and direct. But within this…
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