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BWW Reviews: NCB Celebrates its Achievements, Reveals its Flaws
Anniversaries aren't only cause for celebration. They're pivotal moments of self-evaluation. They inspire reflection on the milestones of the past, introspective consideration of the present, and a longing gaze towards the journey ahead. This year, as it celebrates its tenth anniversary, New Chamber...
BWW Reviews: Theater for the New City's 40th Annual Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' Dance Concert and Pow-Wow
Keeping the traditional dances, stories, and music of more than ten Native American tribes--from the Iroquois and Native Peoples of the Northeast, Southwest, and Great Plains regions alive--the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers brought the spirit of these first Americans to the Theater for the New...
BWW Reviews: ALL BALANCHINE: Hear the Dance Italy. The Warmth of Tuscany in February
The NYCBallet performs 'Square Dance,' and 'Harlequinade.'...
BWW Reviews: HAVANA RAKATAN Scores at City Center
Without missing a beat, Havana Rakatan exploded onto the Midtown soundscape with a supercharged magnificence....
BWW Reviews: LA Ballet Premieres a Spectacular THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY ballet with glorious music by Tchaikovsky premiered in Moscow in 1890. With original choreography by Marius Petipa, it is considered one of the greatest story ballets of all time and the epitome of classical ballet. The story represents much more than just the fairy tale, showi...
BWW Reviews: BLOOD ON THE VEIL Celebrates the Often-Maligned Art of Belly Dance
'Blood on the Veil' is a mesmerizing theater piece with the commendable mission of dispelling the misconception that the ancient oriental art of belly dancing is nothing but a dance of seduction. Written, choreographed, and performed by the multi-talented Carol Henning, the performance involves not ...
BWW Reviews: BLACK SWAN Empowers at The Ailey Citigroup Theater
American Dance Theater is one of the most ingenious innovations of New York and African-American arts. Through a glass facade, downstairs from the larger-than-life iconic photograph of Alvin Ailey, choreographer Iquail Shaheed opened his arms to a warm audience at Ailey Citigroup Theater on the even...
BWW Reviews: NEW YORK CITY BALLET's R+J Mixes Slapstick With Tragedy
I've never been a fan of Peter Martins' choreography so I was surprised to find myself moved by the "balcony pas de deux" in Romeo + Juliet, his adaptation for the New York City Ballet of Shakespeare's tragic tale about star-crossed lovers. Sterling Hyltin as Juliet and Robert Fairchild as Romeo, re...
BWW Reviews: New York Theater Ballet's CINDERELLA at Florence Gould Hall
New York Theater Ballet (NTYB) presented Cinderella on February 8, 2015 as one of their innovative one-hour ballets for children. Although NYTB's production moved swiftly along to keep the children's attention, the timeless story of Cinderella still effortlessly shined through....
BWW Reviews: AILEY Still Thrills 57 Years Later
In a word - an Ailey experience is nothing shy of transformational. If ever given the opportunity to take in an Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance, a few things are definitely bound to happen. You will be forever changed. Your views and ideologies will be questioned. Your biases and prej...
BWW Reviews: NYCB Dancers Prove Their Worth in ALL BACH
What determines an artistic institution's longevity? How does such an institution thrive after the social, political, and economic forces that engendered it have disappeared? Museums, orchestras, theater and dance companies face these questions as they struggle to succeed in the cultural Darwinism t...
BWW Reviews: Extraordinary SHAPE & DESIGN by Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce
See the Martha Graham Company at the Joyce through February 22nd. Three distinctive programs are being presented so you can enjoy the talents of this extraordinary troupe again and again....
BWW Reviews: Bravissimo! Ballet Arizona's NAPOLI Is Solid Gold Ballet
Triumphant! Exhilarating! Dazzling! Ib Andersen's masterful and extraordinary staging of August Bournonville's Napoli is a cornucopia of bravura performances, bristling with energy, velocity, and vivacity....
BWW Reviews: 'CAMBUYÓN' at The New Victory Theater
Wooden crates. Wine bottles. A box of matches.
To the untrained eye these items are just that — unassuming everyday objects. However, to the artistic masterminds of 'Cambuyón', these items are world-class instruments....
BWW Reviews: NEW YORK CITY BALLET Stuns in All Bach Evening
As a part of its Hear the Dance program for the Winter 2015 season, the New York City Ballet presented two pieces featuring compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. They were choreographed by the Company's most renowned choreographers, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. With minimal set and costume...
BWW Reviews: MKE Ballet Stages Thrilling GENESIS: INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
An elegant genesis for dance happened throughout the past February weekend, and particularly on one Friday night. Here in the heart of Milwaukee's theatre district, finely dressed small girls or teenagers accompanied by their parents together with grown girls attached to their equally interested par...
BWW Reviews: BalletMet's THE GREAT GATSBY Reinvigorates Literary Classic
With shimmering costumes, beautiful sets and music straight from a 1920s dance hall, the dazzling world of F. Scott Fitzgerald's West Egg comes to life in BalletMet's production of 'The Great Gatsby.'...
BWW Reviews: Nederlands Dans Theatre II
As an emerging dancer entrance into Nederlands Dans Theatre II, the training company for one of the world's leading innovative contemporary is tantamount to an Ivy League acceptance. Having the chance to see the talented young artists perform works by resident choreographers Paul Lightfoot and Sol ...
BWW Review: DanceBrazil Wows Audiences With Afro-Brazilian, Contemporary Dance, and Capoeira
For over 30 years, New York City-based DanceBrazil has thrilled audiences across the United States and throughout the world with its dazzling artistry, which is inspired by the cultural tapestry of Brazil. Whether in the streets or on stage in the most prestigious theaters, the dancers of DanceBrazi...
BWW Reviews: PILOBOLUS - Dance Cleveland's Gift to Area's Aficionados
PILOBOLUS is noted for adding both physical and theatrical elements to dance presentations. They have been credited, in their 44 years of performances, to have added a new way for audiences to look at dance....
BWW Reviews: New York City Ballet Brings its Unique Flavor to Lincoln Center
In the first week of New York City Ballet's return to the Koch Theater after Nutcracker season, I was excited to attend the January 21st performance featuring Russian composers....
BWW Reviews: Cirque's KURIOS Brings Magic and Wonder to Marymoor
Get ready to let your inner kid loose in the circus while the adult in you marvels at the death defying feats as you take in the wonder that is "Cirque du Soleil: Kurios". And while the cohesive story of it all wasn't the most solid, the acts involved more than make up for it as they fly, contort a...
BWW Reviews: (Un)Making Men in MOFFIE a Vision for Dance That Matters
Billed as Bailey Snyman's dance interpretation of Andre Carl van der Merwe's novel, MOFFIE sets itself a demanding task in adapting and translating the themes of Van der Merwe's harrowing novel. That's enough to hope that MOFFIE is a piece that earns support so that Snyman and his Matchbox Theatre C...
BWW Reviews: PARSONS DANCE Electrifies Audiences at The Joyce
Parsons Dance will be at the Joyce through February 1st and they are presenting two distinctive programs. Metropolitan area audiences should not miss the chance to see this extraordinary modern dance company....
BWW Reviews: CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE Brings Magic to Columbus Stage
The Ohio Theatre's gilded halls were transformed into a dazzling display of majesty and mystery in Columbus Symphony's performance of 'Cirque de la Symphonie' on Saturday, Jan. 24....
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