Watershed Dance Theatre Lands in ATL
On the day I came to observe a Watershed Dance Theatre’s rehearsal, just a couple weeks ahead of their first Atlanta performance on September 8th, the choreography was not yet finished. [...]
Ballet with Breath: Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre at the High Museum
This past weekend, about 200 audience members gathered in the main lobby of the High Museum to get a glimpse at something a little different than the visual art exhibits. For the first time in [...]
Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY Brings the ‘Red Death’ to The Joyce Theater’s Ballet Festival
“The ‘Red Death’ had long devastated the country.
Urbanity Dance in F=ma: For the love of it
Urbanity Dance presented a diverse bill of daring works in F=ma on Friday, June 1st at the Boston University Tsai Performance Center. In a pre-show talk, artistic director Betsi Graves explained [...]
Preserving True Precision Dancing: Mary “Six” Rupert’s ‘Forever Linked’
The Radio City Rockettes are a household name, well known for their flawless formations and precise, unison dancing. Former Rockette Mary “Six” Rupert works to preserve the intricate, classic [...]
Passion, Grief, and Goddesses in ‘sanctuaries and fortresses’
As rain poured down on the metallic roof of The Bakery, a warehouse-turned-art space in southwest Atlanta, Anicka Austin’s dancers mirrored the sound and moved with a strong sense of purpose. In [...]
Privilege vs Purpose: Performance Art and The Isolated Affinity
“A human being is part of the whole called by us,universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of [...]
Mining Themes From A Father’s Past: The Inspiration and Collaboration Behind ‘The Room with Closets’
Longtime { Dd } contributor Alejandra Iannone is not only a dancer, prolific writer, and philosopher, she is also one half of the artistic force, along with performer Rick Ausland, behind [...]
Searing Images and Explosive Relationships in Okwae A. Miller’s ‘The g [ R ] ay Boi’
Okwae A. Miller & Artists presented the world premiere of The g [ R ] ay Boi on May 4th and 5th at The B-Complex, a roughly converted warehouse space in southwest Atlanta. I am still [...]
