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BWW Reviews: Ronald K. Brown EVIDENCE, A Dance Company
On a dark stage eight dancers lift Annique Roberts to the spotlight as she stands on their shoulders above them. I wonder, is she a sacrifice or a goddess? She falls back into their hands, and the music begins. This is the opening to Torch, passionately performed by Ronald K. Brown's EVIDENCE, the ...
BWW Reviews: Bourne Amazes and Thrills with New SLEEPING BEAUTY
No matter how you feel about the vast number of liberties Matthew Bourne takes in creating his scenario for The Sleeping Beauty, you must admit the end result is vibrantly imaginative, magical and fascinating to watch. Now at the Ahmanson Theatre for two weeks only through December 1, Sleeping Beaut...
BWW Reviews: Shocking, Sensual, Surreal Graham
The Martha Graham Dance Company performed an intimate performance this week as part of the Company's “Graham Deconstructed” Series and Performa 13. The evening, entitled “Surreal Graham,” consisted of two pieces that exemplify the aura of surrealism, which sought to resolve the previously c...
BWW Reviews: Jerome Bel Challenges and Inspires with Disabled Theater
At the Sunday matinee performance of Jerome Bel's Disabled Theater at New York Live Arts, the audience was almost as interesting to observe as the performers. To my surprise, the people sitting around me were much more restless than the ten actors who began their performance by each standing in the ...
BWW Reviews: Garth Fagan Shows Precision But Lacks Vigor at the Joyce Theatre
The Joyce Theatre in Chelsea is legendary for spectacular modern dance. Garth Fagan has a reputation for spectacular choreography, winning the Tony award for the Lion King. While Fagan has an interesting intellectual concept of fusing modern dance, ballet and African traditions to create unique mo...
BWW Reviews: Hofesh Shecter Gives Master Class to Promote Sun World Premiere at BAM
Hofesh is a seriously cool guy. Normally I subscribe to the Oscar Wilde School of art criticism, but in this special case, the person behind the art is worth a mention. In a world that is often both glamorously and infamously depicted with power and fame hungry choreographers/directors lording over ...
BWW Reviews: Misty Copeland Shines at American Ballet Theatre
Whether dancing principal or soloist roles, soloist with ABT, Misty Copeland, glows. At present, a soloist with the company, her presence on the stage demands attention; and she gets it....
BWW Reviews: Ronald K Brown Evidence, A Dance Company at BRIC
The recently opened BRIC House made history on Tuesday evening as Ronald K Brown's Evidence, A Dance Company became the first company to perform in its intimate performance space....
Kicking Into High Gear: American Dance Machine's NEXT LOOK: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE
On Monday, November 11th the American Dance Machine for the 21st Century performed “Next Look,” an exclusive benefit showing in preparation for the company's full-length New York City debut at the Joyce Theater next year. The benefit performance included reconstructed works from show-stopping m...
BWW Reviews: Matthew Bourne's SLEEPING BEAUTY Ballet Enchants at the Kennedy Center
Halloween may be over, but Matthew Bourne's ballet production of Sleeping Beauty at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center will satisfy the tastes of anyone who enjoys vampires and Gothic storytelling....
BWW Reviews: American Ballet Theatre Presents New Ratmansky Ballet
First the good news. Alexei Ratmansky's Piano Concerto #1, set to the Shostakovich piece of the same name, is as bracing as ever. Now, the bad news. Ratmansky's The Tempest, set to a Sibelius score, is in a state of choreographic disorder. It sets out to tell a Shakespearean play in 45 minutes, and ...
BWW Dance Review: Ballet West Celebrates 50 Years
Salt Lake City's Ballet West is 50 years old. And to celebrate this grand occasion, Ballet West opened its 50th season with three very fitting ballets: The Firebird, Petite Mort, and Who Cares?...
BWW Reviews: Compagnie Marie Chouinard; Two Captivating U.S. Premieres at The Joyce
Marie Chouinard's Montreal based dance troupe will perform two United States premiere dance pieces at The Joyce Theater through November 10th....
BWW Reviews: EMERGE 13: WEEK 1, The Space
Reviewing a dance show when one's expertise in the area is negligible at best is a slightly daunting prospect and so, a disclaimer: this review will include no technical terms whatsoever because I don't know any. That said, the opportunity to see four new dance pieces without any prior knowledge was...
BWW Reviews: Big Dance Theater Captivates in Ich, Kürbisgeist
Last Friday marked the first time I watched a live theater performance from a swivel chair. The occasion was Big Dance Theater's presentation of Ich, Kurbisgeist at New York Live Arts. Directed by Paul Lazar and written by Sibyl Kempson, the work is a chaotic and humorous collage of sound, movement,...
BWW Reviews: Ballet Next Brings Michele Wiles' Next Chapter
Monday night, October 21st, 2013, at the Alvin Ailey Studios Michele Wiles presented her young company, Ballet Next, with three works in process....
BWW Reviews: Vienna Carroll's SINGIN WID A SWORD IN MA HAN
The West Harlem Library Series and Green Gurl Productions presented Singin Wid a Sword in Ma Han on Saturday October 26, 2013 at the George Bruce Branch library....
BWW Reviews: Argentine Tango Milongas at 92nd Street Y
The 92nd Street Y had Argentine Tango Milongas demonstrations, lessons, and open dancing hosted by Dardo Galletto. Many turned out to enjoy the evening....
BWW Reviews: BalaSole Visages
Ten dancers of all shapes and sizes take the stage in uniform black costumes. The lights come up, and we see them standing in height order, center stage, in a vertical line. The classical and bubbly Franz Joseph Haydn score begins to play, and at first, I judge harshly. My first thought is: this is ...
BWW Reviews: SAVION GLOVER'S STEPZ at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College Looks to the Past for the Future of Tap
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College started off its 2013-2014 season with the bang of Savion Glover's tap shoes. The venue hosted a performance of Savion Glover's STePz on November 2nd. In the program, Glover listed himself simply as "hoofer, father, husband." Nevertheles...
BWW Reviews: Swedish Butoh Performer Su-En in SOOT
Su-En, one of Sweden's foremost Butoh dancers, explores darkness in her work 'SOOT'...
BWW Reviews: Milwaukee Ballet's ROMEO AND JULIET Displays Pink's Dazzling Choreography
For never was there a tale of two star crossed lovers more that Michael Pink's adaption of Romeo and Juliet. The Milwaukee Ballet presented the full-length production on Thursday night with dazzling panache throughout the three acts to the audience's appreciative delight....
BWW Reviews: ARB's PREMIERES Enchants Audience
American Repertory Ballet presented 'Premieres' at the Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg to delight their audience....
BWW World Dance Reviews: Christopher Wheeldon's CINDERELLA Performed by the San Francisco Ballet
You know that song from A Chorus Line, Everything was Beautiful at the Ballet. Well, at Christopher Wheeldon's new version of Cinderella, the costumes and scenery are exquisite, as is much of the dancing. As for the ballet itself, it is a muddle, which I attribute more to the music of Sergei Prokofi...
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