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Dance Review: LIMÓN DANCE COMPANY (Joyce)
WHAT TO DO WITH MIDCENTURY MODERNISM? The first piece on the evening bill of the José Limon Dance Company’s residency at the Joyce was Limón’s Chaconne. As the director’s note in the program points out, the chaconne was a Mexican musical style interpreted by European composers. This piece, from 1942, was given a contemporary makeover,…
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Dance Review: DEATH AND THE MAIDEN WITH BURLESQUE: VARIATION IX (American Contemporary Ballet)
CORPS MEETS CORPSE: ACB DANCES LIFE TO DEATH (AND BACK AGAIN) Loss and longing pervade the revival of American Contemporary Ballet‘s surprisingly optimistic Death and the Maiden, now running at Bank of America Plaza through November 1, paired with a brand-new installment in the company’s Burlesque series, all accompanied by live music. Death and the…
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Highly Recommended Dance: IGNITE THE SOUL (Giordano Dance Chicago)
Jazz Dance at its Finest Landing Soon on Chicago’s North Shore From the look of Giordano Dance Chicago’s (GDC) upcoming program, Ignite the Soul, at Skokie’s North Shore Center for the Performing Arts on the October 18 & 19, they’ll be entering their fall season hot. The country’s original jazz dance company, who’ve proven themselves…
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5 TIPS FOR SUCCEEDING AS A PROFESSIONAL DANCER
While a career in dancing can be challenging and physically demanding, it offers many fulfilling avenues beyond just performing. In this article, we’ll explore five effective strategies for succeeding as a dancer to help you achieve your career goals. Cultivate Your Artistry While versatility is valuable, developing your unique identity as an artist is essential….
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Dance Review: GRAHAM100 (Martha Graham Dance Company at The Soraya)
GRAHAM100 DANCES THE CENTURY AWAKE Every analysis of 20th century American arts puts Martha Graham in a small class of visionaries who changed the world, with several calling her the “Picasso of Dance.” And since Martha Graham began her dance life in Los Angeles in 1911, it’s not a surprise that the Martha Graham Dance Company…
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Dance Review: FRANKENSTEIN (San Francisco Ballet at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa)
When creation becomes choreography in Frankenstein, the laboratory turns into a stage of desire Mary Shelley’s creation continues to haunt not only literature but the stage, where movement and music conspire to make visible the tremors of his unnatural birth. The late choreographer Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein, brought vividly to life by San Francisco Ballet, joins…
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Highly Recommended Dance: DANCE FOR LIFE 2025 (Auditorium Theatre, August 16 at 6pm)
NOW SERVING LEGS, LEAPS, AND LIFE: AN EVENING THAT OFFERS PIROUETTES WITH A PURPOSE Dance for Life, the exuberant gala of dance created in 1992 to help address the impact of AIDS on a beleaguered community, returns to the Auditorium Theater on August 16, 2025, stronger than ever. Much has changed since its first fundraising…
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Dance Review: LADY WHITE SNAKE (Lincoln Center)
A Woman’s Journey of Self-Discovery Presented in the Year of the Snake, Lady White Snake offers a contemporary interpretation of one of China’s great folktales—long retold in theatre, film, and television, and now reimagined as a two-act dance drama. The story follows a wife’s awakening consciousness and her struggle for freedom against the forces that…
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Dance Review: MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP (45th Anniversary Season Kick-Off at The Joyce; Program “B”)
THE MORRIS, THE MERRIER The Mark Morris Dance Group celebrates its 45th anniversary with a dynamic return to The Joyce Theater. Program B showcases a wide-ranging display of the company’s hallmarks: musicality, wit, and structural clarity. Each act features two contrasting works, performed by a company of seasoned dancers and accompanied—often live—by musicians of equal…
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Dance Review: MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP (The Joyce)
PLEASE, SIR, I WANT SOME MORRIS Mark Morris Dance Group kicks off its 45th anniversary season with a two-week sprint at the Joyce Theater. I caught Program A in which the eclectic choreographer revisits three of his works, The Muir (2010), Silhouettes (1999), and Mosaic and United (1993), and then presents a world premiere: You’ve…
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Dance Review: PILOBOLUS: OTHER WORLDS COLLECTION (Tour at The Joyce Theater, NYC)
DEFYING GRAVITY… AND CONVENTION Since its founding in 1971, Pilobolus has made a name for itself by celebrating the expressive potential of the human body—its weight, balance, connectivity, and vulnerability. Now, 54 years later, their mission continues to resonate with vitality, humor, and heart. Currently in residence at The Joyce Theater (June 24–July 13), the…
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Dance Review: RED ANGELS (Chamber Dance Project)
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF CLASSICAL BALLET Founded in New York in 2000 as a means to put professional ballet dancers to work during their summer hiatuses, Chamber Dance Project, now based in Washington D.C., combines art forms to offer live, spontaneous performances, says Project Founder Diane Coburn Bruning. Dwellings, choreographed by Christian Denice (photo Rachel…
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Dance Review: GISELLE (ABT at Metropolitan Opera House)
ABT’S GISELLE IS A TRU RENAISSANCE OF ROMANTICISM Very few ballets have made their mark like Giselle, the jewel of Romantic dance. It emerged in 1841, at the height of an era when people were fascinated by the supernatural and women who seemed more spirit than flesh. Giselle actually redefined the ballerina: no longer merely…
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Dance Review: SWAN LAKE (Miami City Ballet)
NO MIST, NO MERCY, JUST SWAN LAKE Forget what you think Swan Lake is. Forget the gauzy tragedy, the white tutus, the endless fluttering. At Segerstrom Hall tonight, Miami City Ballet, under Alexei Ratmansky‘s choreography, has cracked open the windows. Something sharper moves through the air now. The story’s cruelty remains intact. It is a…
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Dance Review: CINDERELLA (Los Angeles Ballet)
I HAD A BALL Composed during tumultuous World War II, Cinderella is regarded as one of Sergei Prokofiev’s most popular compositions which made its debut in Moscow in 1945. The piece is well-loved for its jubilant and melodic score, which lends itself to all the fantastic lifts and leaps inherent in the story of love,…
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Dance Review: THE EUTERPIDES & SERENADE (American Contemporary Ballet at Television City)
BEAUTY IN STEP: GRACE, MELODIES, AND ACB’S ELEGANT NEW WORKS Few phrases in the world of classical music fill me with as much excitement and dread as “world premiere.” This applies even with companies I like. However, I am happy to say that American Contemporary Ballet’s new work, The Euterpides, with music by Alma Deutscher,…
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Dance Review: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (Joffrey Ballet)
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE INTO THE SUBLIME: THIS IS BALLET GONE DELICIOUSLY MAD Venerated displays of creativity can have the most innocent of beginnings. But in the case of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, accomplishing the astronomically exceptional may have been the end goal all along in 2011. That’s when London’s Royal Ballet first performed its…
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Dance Review: THIS REMINDS ME OF YOU (BODYTRAFFIC at The Joyce Theater in NYC)
LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE: BODYTRAFFIC DAZZLES AGAIN, THIS TIME AT THE JOYCE Some performances linger in the body long after the curtain falls. I caught L.A. Dance Company BODYTRAFFIC at The Wallis in Beverly Hills last December and left the theater nearly giddy, unsure if I’d just witnessed lightning in a bottle. As luck would have…
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Dance Review: BROKEN LOVE (“Broken Wings” & “Marguerite and Armand” | San Francisco Ballet)
A VISCERAL DOUBLE BILL OF PASSION, PAIN AND POETIC MOVEMENT The San Francisco Ballet’s Broken Love program dives headfirst into the tempestuous territory of heartbreak and transformation through two emotionally charged ballets: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Broken Wings, and Sir Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand. It’s a double bill that traverses both the intimate and the…
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Dance Review: AMOUR, ACIDE ET NOIX (Daniel Léveillé Dance at NYU Skirball)
THE NAKED TRUTH In Amour, Acide et Noix, Canadian choreographer Daniel Léveillé presents a stark and unflinching meditation on the human form—one that reduces dance to its most essential components. Staged on a bare black floor under austere white lighting, the 60-minute modern dance work is minimalist in both visual and choreographic design. Gone are…
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