Sure, Critique Ballet and Balanchine, but Erika Lantz Does it Wrong
Pain has been felt in the halls of Balanchine’s house, but joy and beauty exist too. Neither outweighs the other.
Category Archives: Dance
Sha Creative Outlet: XS at The Center at West Park
Like a giant notebook portfolio or a crumpled map in the glove box of a borrowed car, the paper endures, holds the changes, shows the history of Sha and Sarah’s togetherness— and our witnessing of that togetherness.
PAGEANT Presents: Duet Night
For us, the dancers translate a shared archive into movement.
the land remembers, do you remember the land?
maura re/members with george emilio sanchez’s “In the Court of the Conquerer” & zavé martohardjono’s “TERRITORY: the Island Remembers” – audio version link available at top of post
Francesca Dominguez’s “Galvanizing Steel” is Capable
“…one dancer’s hands on the foreheads of the other two, leading the paths of their movement; a dancer leaning on another who was kneeling on the floor, using them as an anchor, stability; the soloist connecting with the floor as the other dancers stared into her…”
“P I N E” by m i c c a @ Beach 81st, Far Rockaway
I put my arms around the dry branches, sunk my face between the needles. I remembered holding you like this before you left. I remembered when we did this without thinking.
Creative Outlet: A Conversation with Shannon Yu
Paper. A tongue? A face? Hands, elbows, emerging body parts. Two bodies. Questions. Who are they to each other? Will they ever come out from behind the semi-translucent wall? Conceal and reveal. Discovery. Peekaboo, peep show, peeling back wrapping paper; pulling the curtain open in a stranger’s house to see a familiar smile.
Harmonic Convergences at La MaMa Moves! 2021
A dominating thread of grief and healing wound its way through La MaMa Moves! 2021 and most of the artists brought song and storytelling into a festival that, as curator Nicky Paraiso acknowledged was full of resilient artists “making work that is essential and true to this pivotal moment in time.”
“Lucky Star: superstar” at the (online) Exponential Festival
Fact and fiction, inseparable, blur and tease. Cut to disco ball, still swinging. Slow down and watch the air sparkle.
Out of An Abundance of Caution Volume 27, The Brick Theater (Live on Twitch)
And then, time reversed itself.
Noa Weiss on Netta Yerushalmy’s “Distance Dance Demonstration”
We sit like middle schoolers at lunch, cliques separated by social barriers. People chat. “Did you get the job?” “The one at TikTok? No, it was a no. They said they’re on a hiring freeze.”
Black Dance Stories with Cynthia Oliver and Marjani Forté-Saunders
Black Dance Stories is exactly what it sounds like and precisely what we need right now. It’s a distillation of insightful moments in post-performance talkbacks spliced with casual conversations you once shared over drinks, plus powerful sentiments you’re overhearing now at BLM protests.