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Dance Recommendation: NAVY BLUE (Oona Doherty, The Joyce)
BELFAST-BASED RISING STAR MAKES JOYCE DEBUT WITH NAVY BLUE JUNE 4 – 9, 2024 Oona Doherty (photo Luca Truffarelli) The Joyce is hosting one of the most promising and vital voices in contemporary choreography, Oona Doherty, who makes her Joyce debut with the New York premiere of the evening-length work Navy Blue. This urgent appeal…
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Dance Review: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (North American Tour at New York City Center)
A SHOW THAT SENDS OUT AN S.O.S. Director-choreographer  Kate Prince, founder of London-based hip hop dance troupe  ZooNation, created a story about survival, hope, and love. Inspired by  Sting’s hits,  Message in a Bottle premiered on London’s West End in February 2020 and revived a year later before being interrupted by COVID. Produced by Sadler’s Wells  and  Universal Music UK, it…
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Dance Review: WOOLF WORKS (American Ballet Theatre – North American Premiere)
WOOF! WOOLF WORKS WORKS! Virginia Woolf’s novels have had a profound impact on literature, inspiring adaptations in ballet and opera. These adaptations face the unique challenge of capturing the innovative narrative structures and exploration of inner lives that are central to Woolf’s work. Wayne McGregor‘s Woolf Works, originally choreographed for the Royal Ballet but now…
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Dance Review: NEXT@90 CURTAIN CALL (SF Ballet)
San Francisco Ballet kicked off their 2024 season, the first curated by Artistic Director Tamara Rojo, with Next@90 Curtain Call, a look back at performances from last year’s Next@90 Festival. Jennifer Stahl and Luke Ingham in Gateway to the Sun We open on a slice of windswept desert. A lone poet (Isaac Hernández) is standing…
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Dance Review: DONGPO: LIFE IN POEMS (International Tour)
A LIFE IN DANCE Dongpo (Su Shi’s art name) is a beloved and revered Chinese poet, writer, politician, calligrapher, and painter who was born during the Song dynasty, in the year 1,037. His life and art have inspired great minds; among them is an artist of broad talents, Shen Wei, the award-winning Chinese-American director, choreographer,…
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Dance Review: COPPÉL-I.A. (Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo)
AN UPDATE COPPÉLIA ABOUT A.I. IS ALL INTELLIGENCE AND NO ARTIFICE Coppélia — a comic ballet from 1870 with music by Léo Delibes and libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter — is produced quite often, either in a classical vein a la Giselle, or with updates to make the story relevant to a particular era. Opening tonight…
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Highly Recommended Dance: COMPAÑÍA NACIONAL DE DANZA, SPAIN (Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA)
COMPAÑÍA DE SUEÑOS The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA is hosting Compañía Nacional de Danza in their Luckman debut, the last stop in the U.S. as part of an International Tour. The Madrid-based “Spanish National Dance Company” will perform a mixed repertory program featuring varied and representative styles, recognizable inside and outside…
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Recommended Dance: ACB JAZZ (American Contemporary Ballet at Bank of America Plaza)
Speak easy. Dance hard. Music from deep down. The best jazz musicians in L.A. live, a comedian or two, sixteen dancers, and the kind of dangerous, incendiary entertainment you didn’t think was around anymore. At the hottest underground club in the city, audiences may be mesmerized, but they won’t sit still. When you’re tired of…
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Music Recommendation: ENSEMBLE CONNECT (Carnegie Hall)
Ensemble Connect is made up of extraordinary young professional classical musicians residing in the US who take part in a two-year fellowship program created in 2007 by Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute. The program prepares fellows for careers that combine musical excellence with teaching, community engagement, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and leadership by…
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Dance Review: COMMON GROUND(S) / THE RITE OF SPRING (Pina Bausch International Tour at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)
RITE ON! As part of an international tour, the weekend-long dance program that opened at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Thursday — an extra-added night due to ticket demand — gave us a taste of the neo-expressionist work of trailblazer Pina Bausch, whose company The Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch made its American debut here in…
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Dance-Theater Review: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (North American Tour)
A SHOW THAT SENDS OUT AN S.O.S. Set to 28 songs of pop icon Sting, newly arranged and recorded with Beverley Knight and Lynval Golding (of The Specials), Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince (So You Think You Can Dance, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) and her Zoo Nation company have a story to tell about the refugee…
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Dance Review: MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO AND JULIET (North American Premiere, Ahmanson Theatre in L.A.)
DANCE OF DESPAIR AND DESIRE Sir Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet, which made its North American premiere at the Ahmanson last night, is a bonafide hit, redefining this classic ballet (based on Shakespeare’s 1597 masterpiece) for the 21st century. Bourne, a visionary in the world of dance, has crafted a production that pulsates with modern…
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Dance Review: SOL INVICTUS (Compagnie Hervé KOUBI at The Joyce Theater)
HEART AND SOL A man perambulates around the stage, sunlight dancing on his bare chest or back, depending which way he faces. Then, the sun disappears, and in the plain, unnuanced light, the rest of the dancers of Compagnie Hervé KOUBI – eighteen in total – begin: Flip. Handspring. Cartwheel. Flip. Handspring. Cartwheel. Repeat. The dancers…
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Dance Review: MONSTER MOURNING (Weena Pauly and Katie Workum at Kestrel’s in Brooklyn)
MONSTER MOURNING, HOME OF FRIENDSHIP Weena Pauly and Katie Workum aim to highlight the essence of their friendship in a minimalistic form of postmodern dance-theatre. Like children following their natural inclination to play and explore movement, they start with skipping across the bare studio, followed by loud stomping, to introduce their story. Throughout the piece, we see…
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Highly Recommended Dance: GISELLE (Dutch National Ballet; Only in Cinemas on January 21, 2024)
For years, moviegoers were able to experience some of the world’s most exquisite ballet productions in movie theaters. Then came the pandemic, with its impact on cinemas. At the same time, the Ukraine war changed the face of ballet worldwide. Now, Iconic Events and Pathé Live returns to offer one of the most beautiful and…
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Highly Recommended Dance: MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO AND JULIET (North American Premiere, Ahmanson Theatre)
Directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne in collaboration with the New Adventures artistic team, this masterful re-telling of Romeo and Juliet, an ageless tale of teenage discovery and the madness of first love, premiered in 2019, and now makes its North American premiere with Terry Davies’ thrillingly fresh orchestrations of Prokofiev’s dynamic score at the Ahmanson…
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Highly Recommended Dance: SUGAR HILL: THE ELLINGTON/ STRAYHORN NUTCRACKER (Auditorium Theatre)
An exhilarating story told in dance and live performance by a seventeen-piece jazz orchestra, SUGAR HILL is set to the music of the genre-defying collaboration between jazz icons bandleader/composer Duke Ellington and composer, Billy Strayhorn, in a captivating way that has never been done before. Nikolas Gaifullin, Alicia Mae Holloway, Josue Gomez In its world…
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Dance: TEACHING DISCIPLINE AND PASSION: THE ROLE OF A DANCE COACH
A dance coach helps their students to become more disciplined. They teach their students how to maintain posture, follow a routine, and be focused on their practice. This discipline carries over into other areas of life, such as school or work. By learning discipline through dance, students can develop important skills that they can apply…
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Recommended Dance: EIGHTH AMERICAN DANCE PLATFORM (The Joyce Theater)
The Joyce Theater continues to bring the best in dance to its New York City stage in the eighth iteration of American Dance Platform. Hand-picked by educator, dramaturg, choreographer, scholar and Jacob’s Pillow Associate Curator Melanie George, three companies will each perform twice at The Joyce Theater from January 9-14. Melanie George Home to some…
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Theater | Dance: How Legal THC Helps Some Performers Overcome Stage Fright and Anxiety
Experiencing nervousness or anxiety before stepping onto the stage is a common challenge for many theater artists. Traditional techniques like breathing exercises, meditation, or positive affirmations are often employed to ease these jitters. However, an emerging method involves utilizing THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol), the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis, to potentially boost creativity, emotional depth, and focus…
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