CHOP SHOP 2018: 11th Annual Curated Dance Festival
CHOP SHOP 2018 Meydenbauer Theatre Bellevue, WA February 17, 2018 11th Annual Program: Trapped (Film), Geekspeak, A Series of Lies That Tell The Truth, Dance-off, Parade, eventually, Voices Revisited,...
View ArticleNYCB’s Romeo + Juliet: New Performances; Indelible Memories
[pending receipt of performance photographs] New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York February 16 and 21, 2018 Romeo + Juliet Jerry Hochman Witnessing successful...
View ArticleSan Francisco/Bay Area Round-up February 2018
Heather Desaulniers San Francisco Ballet – The Sleeping Beauty War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Nancy Karp + Dancers – On Beauty David Brower Center, Berkeley February 3rd – It was all because...
View ArticleDIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion
Passengers, Part 2 of L.O.S.T. (Losing One’s Self Temporarily); The Veteran’s Project: “A Long Journey Home”; Trajectoire The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Eisenhower Theater...
View ArticleKyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion
Dearest Home The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kogod Theatre College Park, Maryland February 24, 2018 Carmel Morgan I was given a choice as I entered the theater to see Kyle...
View ArticleCompany Wayne McGregor: “Autobiography” and The Wizard of Id
Company Wayne McGregor The Joyce Theater New York, New York February 27, 2018 Autobiography Jerry Hochman One doesn’t achieve the reputation and success that Wayne McGregor has achieved by crafting...
View ArticleDorrance Dance, ETM: Double Down
The Music Center at Strathmore North Bethesda, Maryland March 2, 2018 Carmel Morgan I was lucky enough to catch a recent screening at the National Gallery of Art of two restored tap dance...
View ArticleNYCB: Namouna and Stravinsky/Balanchine Revisited
[pending receipt of performance photographs] New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York March 3, 2018 (afternoon and evening) Nevermore, Mother Ship, The Decalogue,...
View ArticleBalletNext: Focus on Non-Disabling Disabilities
BalletNext New York Live Arts New York, New York March 6, 2018 The Pianist, Experience, Follin, Vibrer Jerry Hochman There are good things to say about Tuesday night’s opening performance of...
View ArticlePennsylvania Ballet: Angel Corella’s Swan Lake
Pennsylvania Ballet Academy of Music Philadelphia, PA March 10, 2018 at 2pm Swan Lake Lori Ibay Pennsylvania Ballet opened its spring season with the premiere of Angel Corella’s re-staging of Swan...
View ArticleCloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan: Formosa
George Mason University Center for the Arts Fairfax, Virginia March 9, 2018 Carmel Morgan I feel lucky to have seen Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s Formosa. First, I’m thankful that I didn’t have...
View ArticleDEMO: Now, Director and Curator Damian Woetzel
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Terrace Theater Washington, DC March 7, 2018 Carmel Morgan In his third year of directing and curating a series at the Kennedy Center called DEMO,...
View ArticleTulsa Ballet: A Tornado Hits New York
[pending receipt of performance photographs] Tulsa Ballet The Joyce Theater New York, New York March 9, 2018 Shibuya Blues, Meoal, Glass Figures Jerry Hochman Oklahoma is known for many famous people...
View ArticleOregon Ballet Theatre: Wunderkind
Oregon Ballet Theatre Keller Auditorium Portland, Oregon March 3, 2018 Alice (in wonderland) Dean Speer Lewis Carroll’s famous Alice has been an inspirational source for movies, music, literature, and...
View ArticlePaul Taylor: Five Classics; One Varone Premiere
[pending receipt of performance photographs] Paul Taylor American Modern Dance David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York March 10, 2019, afternoon and evening Arden Court, Gossamer...
View ArticleFrom Brazil with Love: An Interview with Paulo Arrais
Boston Ballet’s Paulo Arrais Debuts as Romeo Carla DeFord There may be snow on the ground in Boston, but come to the Opera House to see the Boston Ballet production of Romeo and Juliet, and you’ll be...
View ArticleBrian Brooks Dance: Simple as Black and White
[pending receipt of performance photographs] Brian Brooks Dance The Joyce Theater New York, New York March 14, 2018 Division, Prelude Jerry Hochman It took me a long time to appreciate George...
View ArticleRussell Maliphant Company: maliphantworks2
Print Room at the Coronet London 9th March 2018 Stuart Sweeney Following last year’s successful season, Russell Maliphant returned to the Print Room at the Coronet for malipantworks2. In this programme...
View ArticleThe Washington Ballet: Three World Premieres
Menagerie; Myriad; The Outset Harman Center for the Arts Sidney Harman Hall Washington, DC March 17, 2018 Carmel Morgan The Washington Ballet presented three world premieres by three...
View ArticlePennsylvania Ballet: Swan Lake
Pennsylvania Ballet Academy of Music Philadelphia, PA March 18, 2018 at 2pm Swan Lake Sigrid Payne DaVeiga There was a sense of urgency as throngs of attendees crowded the ticket line and awaited an...
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