Dd Response: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at the Joyce Theater
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company took the Joyce Theater stage on March 27, 2013 to present Program B of Play and Play: An Evening of Movement and Music. The evening’s performance consisted of...
View Article360 Degrees of Jaw-Dropping Dance at Cedar Lake
“They are 32. They are young, driven and talented. During the past weeks they have had to confront their fears and weaknesses while immersing themselves in the professional dance world of Cedar Lake....
View ArticleDd Response: Vendetta Mathea & Co at the Downtown Dance Festival
Vendetta Mathea, an American transplant in Aurillac, France, shared an excerpt of her new work, Water Soul, at the Downtown Dance Festival last Sunday. Since I was born and raised in France, it was...
View ArticleDd Response: Letter From Becket
The day before taking a road trip up to Jacob’s Pillow to see Restless Creature, I took down my costume design website. Over the last two years my artistic focus has shifted from designing and sewing...
View ArticleCritical Conversation: A Young Person’s Perspective on Hubbard Street 2 and...
Lola is a precocious young lady who lives with her family in New York City, She is a third-grade student at the Talented & Gifted School for Young Scholars (M012), and studies dance at The Ailey...
View ArticleDd Response: Sydney Dance Company
Sydney Dance Company’s hour-long program at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 2 One Another, was packed with movement, light, and abstract forms. The piece opened with the full company of 16 onstage, 13...
View ArticleDd Response: Nederlands Dans Theater 1
On Friday night at the Music Center in Los Angeles, Nederlands Dance Theater 1 thrilled; if it were possible, they’d have exceeded their reputation as the best that dance has to offer. A well-known...
View ArticleSavion Glover brings ‘Serious Awareness’ to Tap Dance
For award-winning dancer/choreographer, Savion Glover, tap dance is no laughing matter. In anticipation of his upcoming performance which opens the season at the Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts, I...
View ArticleDd Response: Get on the Good Foot, A Celebration in Dance
Get on the Good Foot: A Celebration in Dance honored the life of James Brown (1933-2006), musician, songwriter, dancer, and the self-declared “Hardest Working Man in Show Business.” The production was...
View Article{Dd} Response: On ‘Rose’ and ‘Rescue’
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet's program was impressive as a whole at first glance...
View Article{ Dd } Response: Pacific Northwest Ballet Thrills at New York City Center
For anyone inclined to question the fact that dancers are athletes as well as artists, an evening with the Pacific Northwest Ballet should be required viewing. The Seattle-based company paid a visit...
View ArticleRosanna Gamson Conveys Architectural Dreamworld at REDCAT
REDCAT’s 270-seat theater was an apt setting for independent choreographer and CalArts professor Rosanna Gamson/World Wide’s intimate STILL/RESTLESS, which she teased out into two separate sections,...
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“Rather This, Then” by Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge — A Transcript...
“This isn’t the thing. Please, don’t worry,” Spenser Theberge assured entrants to Navel LA, a lofted arts incubator and event space. He talked as he unwound and pressed down masking tape in a perimeter...
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