Semperoper Ballett: All Forsythe
Sadler’s Wells Theatre London 21 June 2018 Maggie Foyer Dresden, situated on the banks of the Elbe, is a city of around half a million, but in the fine arts and music it punches well above its weight....
View ArticleABT’s Swan Lake: Stunning Shevchenko Debut; Seo Shines
[pending receipt of performance photographs] American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Lincoln Center New York, New York June 20 afternoon, June 23, 2018 Swan Lake — by Jerry Hochman Cutting to...
View ArticleDimensions Dance Theatre: Ballet con Salsa
Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami The Joyce Theater New York, New York June 26, 2019 Light Rain, Stepping Into Blue (world premiere), Esferas, Juanita y Alicia Jerry Hochman Shortly after retiring from...
View ArticleJoshua Beamish’s “The Masque of the Red Death”: Red, White, Blue, and Orange
Joshua Beamish – move: thecompany The Joyce Theater New York, New York June 28, 2019 The Masque of the Red Death (world premiere) Jerry Hochman When I first learned of the title for Joshua Beamish’s...
View ArticleAshley Bouder Project: Mission Accomplished
[pending receipt of performance photographs] Ashley Bouder Project The Joyce Theater New York, New York July 2, 2018 Red Spotted Purple (world premiere), Duet, Alas- (world premiere), Symbiotic Twin...
View ArticleDeviated Theatre: Beyond
Dance Place Washington, DC July 7, 2018 Carmel Morgan The world premiere of Beyond, a 50-minute “original dance opera” by husband and wife team Kimmie Dobbs Chan and Enoch Chan, takes the audience...
View ArticleBarak Ballet at the Joyce: LA Ballet with a NYC Connection
[pending receipt of performance photographs] Barak Ballet The Joyce Theater New York, New York July 6, 2018 Cypher, Desert Transport, E/Space Jerry Hochman Melissa Barak is a former dancer with New...
View ArticleMummenschanz: Silence is Golden
Mummenschanz David Lynch Theater New York, New York July 11, 2018 you and me Jerry Hochman From 1977 to 1980, Mummenschanz, the Swiss theatrical company co-founded in 1972 by Bernie Schurch, Andres...
View ArticleJoe Goode Performance Group –“Still Standing”
Heather Desaulniers Joe Goode Performance Group Still Standing Haas-Lilienthal House, San Francisco July 14th, 2018 (5:30pm showing) I love site-specific dance performance. There is something so...
View ArticleDon Quixote, Whipped Cream, and ABT Met 2018: US Ballet Soars
[no performance photographs for the Don Quixote role debuts referenced in the review below are available] American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Lincoln Center New York, New York June 29, 30...
View ArticleStuttgarter Ballett: Lulu – A Tragedy of Monsters
Opera House Stuttgart 14 July 2018 Maggie Foyer Reid Anderson, whose name is almost synonymous with Stuttgart Ballet, is retiring. After 17 years a dancer and 22 years a director, he casts a long...
View ArticleARC Dance Company: Summer Dance
ARC Dance Company Leo K. Theater Seattle, WA September 20, 2018 Summer Dance at the Center Program: Alchemy of Memory, Palatial Vestiges, Skin of the Sea, Quartet, Milk and Honey Dean Speer As I was...
View ArticleMOMIX: Do You Believe in Magic?
MOMIX The Joyce Theater New York, New York July 25, 2018 Pleiades, Tuu, Marigolds, Pole Dance, Baths of Caracalla, Daddy Long Legs, Light Reigns, Echoes of Narcissus, Snow Geese, Dream Catcher,...
View ArticleChristin Call: What is Home
What is Home an Obscure Kingdom an Opera Buffa It’s You Always You Created by Christin Call and produced by Coriolis Dance July 28, 2018 Northwest Film Forum Theatre Seattle, WA Dean Speer This was a...
View ArticleTabula Rasa Dance Theater: From Shadow into Light
[pending receipt of performance photographs] Tabula Rasa Dance Theater Gibney Theater at 280 Broadway New York, New York August 9, 2018 Animula, vagula, blandula; Ex Umbra in Solem (world premiere)...
View ArticleS. J. Ewing & Dancers: Analog 2
Dance Place Washington, DC August 11, 2018 Carmel Morgan I took a break from my summer dance viewing vacation to see Analog 2 by S. J. Ewing & Dancers led by Australian born Director/Choreographer...
View ArticleSeoul International Dance Competition
Mapo Art Centre Seoul July 2018 Maggie Foyer Seoul International Dance Competition, (SIDC) is so much more than the usual thrills and frills of ballet competitions. Of course, there were still the...
View ArticleBallet Academy East: Boys Wanted
Free Tuition Available for Boys at Ballet Academy East Jerry Hochman It’s not exactly a state secret that there are far fewer boys than girls interested in taking ballet classes and/or considering...
View ArticleSarasota Ballet: Ashton, and Gomes, Return to NYC
Sarasota Ballet The Joyce Theater New York, New York August 14 and 18 evening, 2018 Program A: Monotones I and II, Symphony of Sorrows, There Where She Loved Program B: There Where She Loved, Monotones...
View ArticleinQUAD 2018: From Serene to Zany
inQUAD Dixon Place New York, New York August 17, 2018 Neville Dance Theatre: Eclipse; Geodes (excerpt) LL Moves: The Distance Between Two Points; Attachments kamrDANCE: Defining Characteristics...
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