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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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Extras / 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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Dance Review: DANCING WITH GLASS: THE PIANO ETUDES (Joyce Theatre)
GLASSING WITH DANCE It was a packed house at The Joyce last Friday for a new program, Dancing with Glass: The Piano Etudes. What’s the buzz? Well, surely it was that both Justin Peck and Lucinda Childs were each offering their own dance interpretations of a Philip Glass etude. The other featured choreographers are Chanon…
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Dance Review: COMMON GROUND(S) / THE RITE OF SPRING (Pina Bausch Tour at Park Avenue Armory)
THE RITE OF BAUSCH As part of an international tour, this outstanding New York premiere which opened last night showcases a double bill: The Rite of Spring features Pina Bausch’s monumental choreography and Common Ground[s] pays tribute to her by partners at the Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables, and Sadler’s Wells. Germaine Acogny and…
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Off-Broadway Dance/Opera Review: WATCH NIGHT (World Premiere at Perelman Performing Arts Center)
AN UNNECESSARILY HEAVY NIGHT COULD HAVE YOU CHECKING YOUR WATCH Bill Rauch, who guided the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 2007 to 2019, is now the inaugural artistic director of the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC). The first commissioned production under his watch is Watch Night, a major new work composed by Tamar-kali, with a libretto…
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Highly Recommended Dance: KEEPSAKE (ISHIDA Dance Company in Houston)
THE HOBBY CENTER IN HOUSTON PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF KEEPSAKE BY ISHIDA DANCE COMPANY PROGRAM: keepsake (World Premiere by ISHIDA Dance) warm my bones (World Premiere by ISHIDA Dance) You look strange’”you look happy (by Jeremy Galdeano) If the world was ending, would you hold me tight? (by John Wannehag) ISHIDA Dance The Hobby Center…
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Dance Review: THE LOOK OF LOVE (Mark Morris Dance Group)
TAKE A LOOK AT LOVE As part of a national tour, the Mark Morris Dance Group graced the gorgeous Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University in Orange last Saturday with its latest opus, a 65-minute dance spectacle The Look of Love. This artistic endeavor served as an homage to the illustrious Burt Bacharach, who sadly…
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Highly Recommended Theater: THE BOY BAND PROJECT (Revolution Stage Company in Palm Springs)
BOY, OH BOYS Are you ready for a non-stop 90 minutes of unsurpassed vocals, synchronized choreography, and sizzling interactions as four humpy boyz give it their all offering fan-favorite covers of chart-topping hits by NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Boyz II Men, Jonas Brothers, One Direction, and more? Get to Revolution Stage Company on Thursday Nov. 2…
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Dance Review: JUNGLE BOOK REIMAGINED (BroadStage, Santa Monica; U.S. opening of Global Tour)
MOWGLI, GET YOUR GUN Brilliant dancing gets waylaid by a chaotic and illegible narrative in this multimedia eco-morality play. Two words are redefining the medium of dance: Video Projection. In lieu of expensive and unwieldy portable sets, a new generation of traveling productions requires only a theater’s built-in scrim and cyclorama – and an animator…
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Recommended Dance: THE NUTCRACKER (Inland Pacific Ballet, December 2-23, 2023)
Inland Pacific Ballet’s The Nutcracker comes to life this season with beautiful sets, dazzling costumes, Tchaikovsky’s classic score, and more than 80 dancers on stage. This annual holiday favorite tells the story of a young girl named Clara who receives a magical nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve and sets out on a wondrous journey to the…
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Theater and Dance Review: HEART OF BRICK (International Tour)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S CHIC CLUB ODYSSEY Choreographer Raja Feather Kelly elevates backing dancers to high art in serpentwithfeet’s musical tour In Heart of Brick, presented yesterday at the Ford Theater, the musical artist serpentwithfeet (Josiah Wise) begins the evening by gliding onstage in an enormous red-orange snuggie. He speaks to us about his desire to…
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Dance Review: FRANKENSTEIN (The Joffrey Ballet)
IT’S ALIVE! When you think of the Frankenstein story, what comes to mind? The mad scientist in the lab hovering over a green corpse when lightning strikes and electrifies the monster into reanimation ’” “It’s alive!” you might find yourself saying. But what if I told you Victor Frankenstein never actually uttered those words, at…
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Los Angeles Dance Review: THE MISSING MOUNTAIN (L.A. Dance Project)
MURDER MYSTERY THEATER, WITHOUT THE MURDER PART Performers romp through a mist-filled space, trying to be mountains in this continuous dance performance. At the start of L.A. Dance Project’s The Missing Mountain by L.A. Dance Project choreographic Artists-in-Residence Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, is the sound. As the audience enters the theater, we are…
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Dance Review: HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO (Ahmanson Theatre)
SHOTA MYOSHI THRILLS WITH STREET PERFORMANCE The Chicago veteran contemporary dance company, one of America’s finest, doesn’t disappoint in a dancey triple bill at the Ahmanson in Los Angeles. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Triple Bill last Friday consisted of a variety of styles. The first piece, Aszure Barton’s Busk (2009) is a genre-bending contemporary piece,…
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