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Review: THE NUTCRACKER SUITE (American Contemporary Ballet in Hollywood)
DON’T SEE THE NUTCRACKER SUITE — LIVE IT There are certain new concepts in theatre of which one has learned to become wary: “color-blind casting”, “gender-blind casting” and most frightening of all, “age-blind casting” are now accepted and inescapable, if often confusing for an audience attempting to discern family lineage. But as the list grows,…
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Dance: ESPRESSO NUTCRACKER (Dallas Black Dance Theatre)
Dallas Black Dance Academy (DBD Academy) presents its fourth annual Espresso Nutcracker, with a new twist on a holiday tradition. The performance is jazz-influenced by the music of Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite. The single performance is scheduled for Saturday, December 11, 2021, at 7 pm CT in the Majestic Theatre, located at 1925 Elm Street, Dallas, TX. The performance is…
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Dance: THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER (National Tour)
IT WILL HAVE YOU HIPHOPPING IN THE AISLES Everything old is new again. Tchaikovsky’s 129-year-old ballet is reimagined as a holiday dance spectacle in The Hip Hop Nutcracker. It is one of the most original takes on this oft-produced dance piece. Tchaikovsky and hip-hop turn out to be great partners. The 34-city tour kicks off…
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Dance Review: BODYTRAFFIC (Ethan Cohen “Recurrence”; Micaela Taylor “SNAP”; Hoffesh Shecter “Dust”; and Alejandro Cerrudo “PACOPEPEPLUTO” at The Wallis in Beverly Hills)
THAT’S AMORE! L.A.’s amazing dance company BODYTRAFFIC returned to The Wallis’s gorgeous Bram Goldsmith Theater in Beverly Hills last weekend with a three-night engagement of four outstanding works that proved why this L.A.-based contemporary company has continually taken the dance world by storm, easily surpassing LA Dance Project as our greatest homegrown modern dance company….
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Dance: HOME: A CELEBRATION (The Joffrey Ballet in Chicago)
DANCING HOME The Joffrey Ballet opens its inaugural season at the Lyric Opera House and marks its return to live performances with Home: A Celebration, a triumphant mixed repertory program that spotlights original works by today’s rising stars including Brooklyn-based Chanel DaSilva, Joffrey Rehearsal Director Nicolas Blanc, and Joffrey Artist Yoshihisa Arai, plus a remount…
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Festival Preview: MÉXICO DE NOCHE (The Ford in L.A.)
OH, WHAT A NIGHT! México de Noche, which plays October 9, 2021, at The Ford (2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East) in L.A., explores the energetic and eclectic music of Mexican nightlife. Whether it’s listening over a romantic dinner to a special serenade by the iconic duo Pepe Martinez Jr. and Susie Garcia, or walking through a…
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NYC Dance: ALEJANDRO CERRUDO’S “IT STARTS NOW” (World Premiere at The Joyce in Chelsea)
ALEJANDRO CERRUDO’S IT STARTS NOW OPENS SEPTEMBER 28 AT THE JOYCE “Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am…
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Dance: RESOUND (Leela Dance Collective in Los Angeles)
A 5-Day Celebration of Kathak Dance Reverberating through the Streets of Los Angeles Get ready. ReSound is bringing kathak dance from the courts of Medieval India to the streets of L.A., featuring a 5-day celebration of free performances and $10 workshops to educate and inspire audiences of all ages. The public is invited to experience…
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Dance Opening: ALONZO KING LINES BALLET | BALLETX | PARSONS DANCE COMPANY (Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa)
SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS 2021 DANCE PERFORMANCES ALONZO KING LINES BALLET BALLETX PARSONS DANCE COMPANY Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ 2021 Dance performances begin next month at Segerstrom Hall with three of the most innovative North American dance companies. From modern dance to contemporary ballet, the Center will host an extraordinary range of performances…
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Dance: THE JOFFREY BALLET (2021-22 Season Announcement)
The Joffrey Ballet’s inaugural season at the historic Lyric Opera House in downtown Chicago has been announced! The live performances feature several new-to-the-stage works, highly-anticipated remounts, company debuts, and the world-premiere adaptation of a classic American story. The 2021–2022 Season Home: a Celebration October 13–24, 2021 (10 performances) The Joffrey’s mixed rep fall program marks a celebratory…
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Upcoming Dance: THE CHANDELIER (The Wallis in Beverly Hills)
DUCKLER DANCE LIGHTS UP AT THE WALLIS Live dance returns to The Wallis with the world premiere of August 12-15, 2021, 8:00 pm’s The Chandelier, a site-specific work choreographed and directed by Ms. Duckler, running August 12–15, 2021 on The Wallis’s outdoor stage. Taking the audience on an epic journey, The Chandelier, created for The Wallis, is…
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TAP DANCE FOREVER STAMPS (U.S.P.S.)
U.S. Postal Service Delivers Dancing Back to Broadway Tap Dance Forever Stamps To Be Unveiled in Times Square On Saturday, July 10, 2021, at noon EDT, New York City’s Times Square will come alive with dancing in the street when the U.S. Postal Service officially unveils its Tap Dance Forever Stamps. The famous Father Duffy Square…
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Virtual Dance: GREENER GRASS (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago)
THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER Beginning tomorrow, June 24, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s (HSDC) Season 43: A Virtual Homecoming will conclude with the world premiere of Greener Grass, a full-company work choreographed and directed by former HSDC company dancer Jie-Hung Connie Shiau and featuring original music and composition by Jerome Begin and videography and editing by Kevin Michael Briggs. Hubbard Street Dancers Elliot Hammans…
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Dance: THE PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY (The Music Center in L.A. | Abraham’s“ “Only the Lonely” & Taylor’s”Promethean Fire”)
THE MUSIC CENTER WELCOMES BACK PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY Los Angeles’s Music Center has a hit on its hands with its DANCE AT DUSK outdoor performance series. First, we had amazing tap dance with a live jazz combo, then American Ballet Theater, and this week is the great Paul Taylor Dance Company. Five in-person performances (June…
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Music | Dance | Theater: CAL PERFORMANCES (2021-22 Season)
SUPERCALILINEUP Talk about coming back with a bang! Berkeley’s Cal Performances has announced its 2021–22 season, and the Bay Area is getting the best line-up I have seen since well before the pandemic shut everything down. The world’s greatest artists in jazz, classical, opera, pop, dance, theater, and more are heading to Berkeley, leaving you…
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Broadway Podcast: WE GOT ANNIE: ANN REINKING (1949–2020) (The Fabulous Invalid)
Broadway’s podcast, The Fabulous Invalid, has released a fabulous episode, a thoroughly entertaining tribute celebrating Broadway and dance legend Ann Reinking in We Got Annie: Ann Reinking (1949 – 2020). Listen for free HERE. Co-hosts Jamie DuMont and Robert Russo continue their season-long theme of their “favorite things” by paying tribute to the singular life and work of Broadway…
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Virtual Dance: GISELLE OF LONELINESS (Ballez at The Joyce)
The Joyce celebrates Pride 2021 with the Joyce debut of the queer, transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists of Ballez in Giselle of Loneliness, created by the company’s founder, Katy Pyle. This deconstruction of one of the world’s most famous and oft-performed ballets — and of the construct and constraints of classical ballet as a…
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Virtual Dance: HELGI TOMASSON’S SWAN LAKE (SF Ballet)
San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) is presenting Helgi Tomasson’s Swan Lake from May 20 to June 9, 2021, closing SF Ballet’s 2021 Digital Season. The archival capture from 2016 stars Principal Dancers Yuan Yuan Tan as Odette-Odile and Tiit Helimets as Prince Siegfried. Swan Lake offers standout roles for the corps of 30 swans and Odette-Odile,…
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Dance: CHASING MAGIC (Ayodele Casel world premiere, streaming from The Joyce in NYC)
SHE’S TAPPING OUR TROUBLES AWAY Tap superstar Ayodele Casel returns to The Joyce in NYC for a world premiere digital engagement that explores the joys of everyday life and the art of tap dance. The Joyce will host the one-time-only digital dance event of the spring, Chasing Magic, an evening stacked with collaborators both brand…
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Dance / Music: SOCIAL DISTANCE HALL (Park Avenue Armory)
AT A DISTANCE CLOSE UP Park Avenue Armory launches its Social Distance Hall with a season of new commissions of dance, music, and theater created by artists during and in response to the pandemic. A new event conceived by Bill T. Jones will join other new commissions developed over the past eight months by Steven Hoggett, Christine…
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