BalletNext at NYLA: Lacking a Critical Eye
Michele Wiles has returned to the stage and to the artistic direction of BalletNext, following the birth of her first child in 2017. I attended the first evening of BalletNext’s spring season at [...]
Forward To Nature: Jefta Van Dinther’s Call For a R(e)-evolution
Is it a matter of privileged ability or habitual tendency, that concert dance tends to lend itself to provisions of aspiration?
Banataba: The Interrogation of a MET Collection
On the second weekend of September in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s transplanted sixteenth century Spanish Velez Blanco Patio, Faustin Linyekula revealed his very personal journey through the [...]
Alarmél Valli Celebrates Ragamala Dance Company's 25th Anniversary
Ragamala Dance Company marked its 25th Anniversary at the Cowles Center in Minneapolis on September 14th and 16th. I attended the Saturday night concert featuring Bharatanatyam dancer and [...]
Momix's Opus Cactus: A Well-Crafted Spectacle Revisited
After its premiere in 2001, Moses Pendelton’s Opus Cactus is enjoying a welcomed revival at The Joyce Theater. For a company who has been criticized for the overzealous use of [...]