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BWW Review: Back to Afro-Futurism
Afrofuturism is a literary, cultural and otherwise artistic aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, history, fantasy and magic realism to address issues concerning people of color. So where does queerness fit into this aesthetic? Some answers could be found in afroFUTUREqu##r, a four-da...
BWW Review: VelocityDC Dance Festival Showcases the Variety of DC Dance Scene
VelocityDC Dance Festival is true to its name. It showcases over 20 DC-based dance companies and individual artists over four days. Blink and you will miss it. This festival, started in 2009, is presented in partnership with Dance Metro DC, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Shakesp...
BWW Review: HT CHEN AND DANCERS 'South of Gold Mountain'
After touring several states, "South of Gold Mountain" held its New York premiere at New York Live Arts. Renowned choreographer HT Chen and Dancers brought to life the untold stories of Chinese immigrants who settled in the South, using elements of Chinese Opera Movement, modern dance, traditional C...
BWW Review: New York City Ballet Spans Hundreds of Years in 1 Performance
On Thursday evening, October 15, 2015, the curtain rose at the David Koch Theater to reveal a colorful stage in the style of commedia dell'arte, vibrant scenery and costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, and lighting by Mark Stanley. The occasion was George Balanchine's Harlequinade, created for the New ...
BWW Review: SATELLITE COLLECTIVE Whirls at BAM
She is the young woman counting rhythms silently, whispering mysteriously and distantly on the metro ride home after work. He is the young man moving to a different rhythm behind the cashier, his head bobbing like a life raft on the high seas, far from land. They are the emerging artists, the millen...
BWW Review: Eryc Taylor
That Eryc Taylor is talented is a no-brainer; that he still needs focus is the question that needs addressing, and I think that this is a very pressing problem for his career....
BWW Review: Einstein's 'Athletes of the Gods'
Albert Einstein once said 'Dancers are the athletes of the gods.' As I sat in the audience of October 9th's Fall for Dance line up at the City Center, admiring the exquisite dance technique displayed by each company, I felt those words becoming a reality. Yet, what literal or nonliteral gods were th...
BWW Reviews: ME Dance's SERENITY Finds Itself in Moments of Clarity
ME Dance was founded in 2011, so if you've never heard of this dance group it is definitely time to check them out. ME Dance is a professional dance company with dancers whose day jobs are at many of our local theme parks....
BWW Review: An Enthusiastic Evening with THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST
The Dance Enthusiast, commemorating 8 years of The Dance Enthusiast's dedication to Dance Communication, kicked off its 2015 fall season with "Dance-Art-Fusion-Family-8th Birthday Party" at Gibney Dance to celebrate the power of the arts. As part of the Enthusiastic Event Series, this is a place whe...
BWW Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET Five Cutting-Edge Ballets
The NYCB's performance of October 9th was an array of movements and interpretations: some of the works were incredible and others missed the mark....
BWW Reviews: LEGENDS & VISIONARIES Amuses at Schimmel Center
The short two-day run of Legends & Visionaries by New York Theater Ballet drew a warm showing from the public, apparently enticed by what was a soft opener to the upcoming season of live arts at the Schimmel, a fine venue at Pace University....
BWW Review: NEW CHAMBER BALLET Soothes at City Center Studio 5
Picturesquely unadorned, City Center Studio 5 is a blank canvas. Therein, minds move bodies, and bodies stir minds. Choreographer Miro Magloire is a soft-spoken German visionary, and now an artful resident of New York. New Chamber Ballet, the love child of Magloire is a wellspring of opportunity for...
BWW Review: LANOTTE+VERSO Vitalizes at LA MAMA
The East Fourth Street cultural district is a wildly fascinating and most humbly inspired reintegration of the old and new that makes New York, New York. For the patient flaneurs and public amateurs, it's a vibrant dreamscape for the 21st century....
BWW Review: TABLE OF SILENCE Salutes at Lincoln Center
In my arts criticism, I have sought to maintain an objective voice. As the preeminent American historian Howard Zinn said, "Objectivity is neither possible nor desirable." The fifth annual 9/11 memorial performance of Table of Silence demands a personal perspective....
BWW Review: FALL FOR DANCE – Companhia Urbana de Dança, Fang-Yi Sheu and Herman Cornejo, Houston Ballet, Paul Taylor
Fall for Dance continued to marvel audiences with its third program. A cultural treasure for New York, Fall for Dance allows audiences access to some of the field's greatest visionaries from around the globe. The third program included a variety of pieces from passionate street dance to pristine bal...
BWW Review: BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET'S THEME & VARIATIONS Celebrates 25th Anniversary In Style
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their move to Birmingham, the Birmingham Royal Ballet presents a triple bill of contrasting works at the Birmingham Hippodrome. As a relatively small company, the dancers have to be flexible and adapt to a whole range of dance styles. This triple bill, Theme and ...
BWW Review: Australian Ballet's SLEEPING BEAUTY
Just when you think you are Sleeping Beautied out, along comes another production. This one however, is being produced on the other side of the world by the Australian Ballet. That's a long way to travel to see something you've already encountered in 500 other productions. On the other hand, why not...
BWW Review: RUDE MECHS delivers a striking portrayal of the human condition
Rude Mechs served up stirring, evocative theater this past Thursday in the New York Live Arts installation of their esteemed show, Match-Play. Adapted from Deborah Hay's Bessie award-winning dance, “The Match,” the piece infuses Hay's original choreography and score with original text from Rude ...
BWW Review: THE ODYSSEY: AN EPIC DANCE JOURNEY at Carol Autorino Center, University Of St. Joseph
Hartford, Connecticut's Sonia Plumb Dance Company is celebrating its 25th anniversary season with an ambitious original production: THE ODYSSEY: AN EPIC DANCE JOURNEY....
BWW Review: APARNA RAMASWAMY at The Joyce Theater
This week The Joyce Theater is presenting two unique premieres. The first is Aparna Ramaswamy's They Rose at Dawn. Accompanied by a live musical ensemble, this gifted Bharatanatyam dancer graced the stage with such vibrancy, energy, and light, leading the audience to become part of a beautiful exper...
BWW Review: FALL FOR DANCE – La Compagnie Hervé Koubi, Steven McRae, Pam Tanowitz, Alvin Ailey
Always a great treasure to the city, New York City Center's Fall for Dance opened its second program with great anticipation. For an affordable price, audiences get a glimpse of the wonderful world of dance, with access to some of the field's greatest visionaries from around the globe. With a roster...
BWW Review: CTFD Gala at City Center
Career Transitions for Dancers Presents Star Studded Retrospective at City Center....
BWW Review: An Excting Evening with FALL FOR DANCE 2015 PROGRAM ONE
This past Wednesday kicked off the 12th edition of the annual Fall for Dance Festival, which will feature 20 acclaimed dance companies and artists from around the world at the New York City Center. Fall for Dance is a two-week festival that has become a cultural staple here in New York-a commitment ...
BWW Review: American Repertory Ballet's Season Premiere Brings Life to Rider University
The American Repertory Ballet in Princeton held its annual season premiere the weekend of September 25th and 26th at Rider University's Bart Luedeke Center Theater in Lawrenceville....
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