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BWW Reviews: The Gods Prevail in NYCB's Black and White Festival II
Hear the Dance:Russia, covered forty years of Balanchine accompanied by Stravinsky's music from his Apollo, created in 1928 for Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, to 1957's Agon, to two works from 1972, Duo Concertant and Symphony in Three Movements. In Balanchine's temple on Lincoln Center's campus, his ch...
BWW Reviews: OTHER MYTHS by Jonah Bokaer
Jonah Bokaer, renowned as the youngest ever Cunningham performer, continues his exploration of sculptural vitality in 'Other Myths.' At the Lightbox event space the audience clusters itself around a taped off dance floor. One by one the dancers stoically invade the dance space, accompanied by a puls...
BWW Reviews: Variety and Virtuosity with the ARB SIGNATURE DUETS
The American Repertory Ballet presented an extraordinary performance of 'Signature Duets' on the Hamilton Stage of UC PAC....
BWW Reviews: BalletMet Honors Artistic Work of AMERICAN MASTERS
The Fourth of July might still be several months away, but the Ohio Theatre's halls were bursting with patriotic pride last weekend for the works of several American artists celebrated in BalletMet's performance of "American Masters."...
BWW Reviews: NEW YORK CITY BALLET Showcases Three Minimalist Masterpieces in 'Balanchine Black & White I'
The spring 2015 season of the New York City Ballet at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center boasts not one but two programs featuring George Balanchine's minimalist masterpieces that are affectionately referred to as the "leotard ballets" by dancers and devotees alike. On the evening of May 1s...
BWW Reviews: Christopher Wheeldon Speaks with Rita Moreno
On April 27th, Words On Dance and Symphony Space presented Ballet to Broadway: Christopher Wheeldon with Rita Moreno, at the Peter J. Sharp Theater, just two weeks after the opening of Wheeldon's An American in Paris, on Broadway. The evening consisted of film clips interspersed with conversation. O...
BWW Reviews: Mark Morris Dance Group: Return to BAM
Mark Morris Dance Group has grown so busy touring to places as far off as China or Timor that the company has not performed at BAM since 2012. Morris's work was certainly welcomed with its minimalist, serene, and exceptionally music quality, epitomizing Balanchine's quote, "see the music, hear t...
BWW Reviews: SHORE Sparkles at New York Live Arts
At spring, people return from the wintered isolation of their respective family nuclei and form one whole organism, made up of all the parts that sustain a community....
BWW Reviews: Rhennie Harris Rhaw Tackles Major Issues in LOV: AMERICAN STYLE
In Lov: American Style, Rennie Harris, the prolific hip-hop choreographer, declares that hip-hop must maintain perpetual relevance. This work at DC's Dance Space, shows Harris' commitment to this tenet. Harris founded RHAW (Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works) in 2007 as a complement to his main c...
BWW Reviews: Ballet Hispanico Opens at the Joyce Theater
On Tuesday, April 14th, 2015, Ballet Hispanico opened its season. Under the artistic direction of Eduardo Vilaro, who became the company's second artistic director in 2009 since the company was founded and directed in 1970 by Tina Ramirez, the repertoire and feel has changed. Today's Ballet Hispanic...
BWW Reviews: Youth America Grand Prix's Starry Night of a Gala
In addition to being an incredible highlight of YAGP's work, what other night can one see the best of the best and the best to be on one stage? From quivering port de bras of an eager eleven year old to the stoic grace of Paloma Herrera, YAGP proudly endorsed its place in supporting generations of...
BWW Reviews: GALLIM DANCE Gets Weird
Gallim can be translated from Hebrew to mean "heaps." It is appropriate that a performance from Gallim Dance brings heaps of physical movements and heaps of creative thought. Gallim Dance is the brainchild Artistic Director and choreographer Andrea Miller. Miller's key innovation is remarkably im...
BWW Reviews: Ballet Stars Take Broadway in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
Known for his contemporary, abstract choreography, Wheeldon's recent projects ventured towards epic storytelling, as with Cinderella, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and The Winter's Tale. Besides an exuberant audience, what came to mind on Wednesday, April 15th at the Palace Theatre, were curre...
BWW Reviews: NOCHE FLAMENCA at Joe's Pub
Noche Flamenca performs at Joe's Pub....
BWW Reviews: DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM is Magnificent at City Center
Dance Theatre of Harlem enjoyed a magnificent season at City Center....
BWW Review: Festival Ballet Steps into Spring with Innovative UP CLOSE ON HOPE
Festival Ballet Providence closes its 2014-15 season with a showcase almost entirely composed of contemporary dances. All but two of the nine pieces included on the spring Up Close program are company- or world-premiere performances, demonstrating FBP's commitment to fostering new works while encou...
BWW Reviews: DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM Comes Home to City Center
Opening night of Dance Theater of Harlem's 2015 season at City Center began with a curtain speech by Artistic Director Virginia Johnson, who was visibly more excited and confident on this third anniversary of the rebirth of the legendary company than she had been in 2014 when DTH danced at Jazz at L...
BWW Reviews: WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN: The Early Work of Rodgers & Hart by Dominic Symonds
Dominic Symonds analyzes the early collaborations between Rodgers and Hart in a book published by the Oxford University Press....
BWW Reviews: Maine State Ballet Mounts Swashbuckling LE CORSAIRE
For its spring production Maine State Ballet presents a stylishly swashbuckling account of Le Corsaire, vividly choreographed by Linda MacArthur Miele (after Petipa) and elegantly designed by Gail Csoboth. The more than thirty-five principals, soloists, and corps de ballet, drawn from area professio...
BWW Reviews: Karole Armitage's ON THE NATURE OF THINGS at AMNH
For three nights only, after hours at the American Museum of National History, the spotlight was put on climate change. However, this issue was not presented through demonstration, lecture, or film, but rather through dance. With a narration written and performed by biologist Paul Ehrlich and suppor...
BWW Reviews: FrenetiCore's DANCING WITH THE MACHINE is Powerfully Captivating
FrenetiCore Dance enthralls audiences with its energetic Spring Production of DANCING WITH THE MACHINE. As a full two act performance complete with narration, it pits technological advancement and awareness against a world known in eras past without either as distractions. Written by Adam Castaneda...
BWW Reviews: Seeking Harmony in the Art of Activism
Both Erhlich and Armitage's welcoming remarks suggested ambivalence with the scope of this work; Erhlich even said, "we'll just see", and so the evening began. Combined with movement in a setting designated for tactile education, On the Nature of Things depicted a frenetic doom....
BWW Reviews: An Eclectic Evening for PAUL TAYLOR'S AMERICAN MODERN DANCE
During its premiere season at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance presented an eclectic evening of dance that had the audience experiencing a range of emotions. From wonder and awe to shockingly disturbing, glee to solemn reverence, the complex evening ha...
BWW Reviews: THERE AND HERE Moves at Schimmel Center
She awoke, as in the womb, floating through a numinous, fluid-suffused air. As to thread the very fabric of reality, musician and composer Hideki Kato synthesized textural sonar frequencies....
BWW Reviews: JUILLIARD DANCES REPERTORY Shines at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Juilliard Dances Repertory artistic director Lawrence Rhodes fused together an evocative evening, a masterful juxtaposition of opposites, ruminating on the perennial themes of tradition and modernity through dance....
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