Category: Dance
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Disco At The House of Fabulation
Maia Sauer on Symara Sarai’s “The LOVE Piece” at Danspace Project.
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Becoming an American Choreographer
Contributor Sophie Frizzell on the The Gerald Arpino Festival at The Joyce.
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Doing It Wrong Together: Alexa West’s “Jawbreaker” and the Choreography of Strain
Actual transformation will generate friction and call for care; work will require rest, and resentments made will require dialogue.
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Noa Weiss on AMERICAN IDLE by Maia Chao choreographed by Lena Engelstein
People perform for their phones, people perform for each other. We continue to watch.
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Loving Doubles: A Search for Connection in Mamie Green’s LONELINESS TRIPTYCH
The performance starts before it begins. A rug unfurled; A stretch to prepare; A folding chair opened to reveal the flat steel plane of its seat. There are bells ringing […]
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some rooms are meant for waiting: Caitlin Adams’s ASSEMBLY is a phenomenology of emergent meaning
“Go!” is an affirmation of consent. Meaning emerges from this limited vocabulary as well. “Ready? Four!” becomes “ready for” a dangling question asking, “ready for what?”
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In CURRICULUM III: PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS Bill T. Jones Journeys Into the Heart of American Darkness
At the conclusion of the electrifying performance of Curriculum III: People, Places, and Things, members of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company took their bows to a standing ovation […]
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Memory in Movement: Bill T. Jones’ in MEMORY PIECE at NYLA
At the opening of Memory Piece: Mr. Ailey, Alvin…the un-Ailey?, we catch glimpses of Bill T. Jones dancing in and out of darkness. His flowing white pants and matching shirt […]
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The Vivid Luminosity That Words Can’t Carry: Jean-Christophe Maillot’s ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
How does one take a classic literary work shaped by poetry and weave it into movement? How can you craft a physical manifestation of a character’s declarative words and […]
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La MaMA MOVES MFA Evening and The Gift of Time
For the 20th incarnation of La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival programming director Nicky Paraiso reminded us of the importance of experimental theater in times of political turmoil. Something tells me […]
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Plz Just Ask: TIDES by John Jasperse for La Mama Moves! Festival
“I wanted to see the John Jasperse piece at La Mama but didnt have money for a ticket, so I offered to write about it,” I texted Jodi Melnick, performer-collaborator […]
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At La MaMa Moves, a Joint Program Produces States of Grief and Sounds of Pleasure
Shared programs can be tricky. As a dance festival curator, part of the battle is attempting to describe a work of art effectively to the public while predicting their reaction. […]