Sunday, August 14, 2011
It’s official: Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas M. Menino proclaimed this past Saturday and Sunday Massachusetts Dance Festival Weekend.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:09PMSaturday, June 4, 2011
Watching “Safe Space’’ by lorraine chapman the company inc. is a little like observing the residents of an institution for the mentally disturbed who are off their meds and…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:00AMMonday, May 30, 2011
A chandelier descending from the rafters transforms into a merry-go-round upon which exotic creatures cavort. Three aerial aliens dance and tumble in midair. A haggard crone wearing a cloak …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:49PMFriday, May 27, 2011
While Danza Contemporánea de Cuba has gained recognition around the world, it’s taken more than half a century for Cuba’s premier modern dance troupe to share its distinctiv…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:00PMTuesday, May 17, 2011
CAMBRIDGE — One of choreographer José Mateo’s most impressive traits over the course of his company’s 25-year history is his embrace of a wide palette of music, from B…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:53PMSunday, May 15, 2011
CAMBRIDGE — Prometheus Dance’s new “Desiderare’’ gives us a brief glimpse into the lives of seven women in a 19th-century brothel. Poet Karen Klein’s Mada…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:14PMSaturday, April 30, 2011
Floyd Crellin celebrated his 100th birthday by taking an impressive spin around the dance floor, gently leading his partner through the steps and spins of a lyrical waltz. He’s been da…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:28PMMonday, April 11, 2011
CAMBRIDGE — At heart, choreographer José Mateo is a storyteller. His most memorable ballets course with a narrative undercurrent that provides context and distinction. Two of the …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:51PMSaturday, April 2, 2011
The initials in mainland China’s first independent professional modern dance troupe, BeijingDance / LDTX, stand for “Lei Dong Tian Xia,’’ or “Thunder Rumbles Un…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:08AMSunday, March 27, 2011
One of the dance world’s true pioneers, Anna Sokolow (1910-2000) was imaginative, iconoclastic, and uncompromising for nearly seven decades, with choreography ranging from works reflec…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:39PMFriday, March 25, 2011
Jorma Elo’s choreography puts one in mind of someone who feels compelled to undercut his poetic eloquence with sly one-liners and sarcastic barbs. His work has a crystalline classical …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:10PMTuesday, March 8, 2011
CAMBRIDGE — In the dance world, part of the pleasure of the landmark anniversary season is often the opportunity to revisit works from early in the repertory. For José Mateo Balle…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:33AMSaturday, March 5, 2011
Forget the fake tans, shellacked hair, and strict limitations on how dancers can and can’t move. “Burn the Floor,’’ which comes to the Colonial Theatre March 8-13, is…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:30AMIn its Boston debut last night, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet drilled home the point that the future development of the art form of ballet need not involve tutus and pointe shoes. A leotard will do …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:28AMSaturday, February 5, 2011
HAMAPAH Adam McKinney’s multimedia “HaMapah’’ (Hebrew for “the map’’) weaves contemporary dance with archival material, personal interviews, Yiddish…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:30AMSunday, January 23, 2011
With sensuous moves, percolating rhythms and a blaze of colorful costumes, Balé Folclórico da Bahia stormed into the Boston Opera House Saturday night, bringing a welcome blast of …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:12PMSunday, January 16, 2011
Rhythm junkies rejoice. In the propulsive, high-energy dances of choreographer Nicholas Leichter, the beat is king. It’s tough to watch Leichter’s effervescent dancers weave thei…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:30PMWednesday, January 12, 2011
The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival’s 2011 season, running June 18-Aug. 28, will feature six world premieres, seven US premieres, and three US company debuts among more than 300 ev…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:27PMFriday, December 24, 2010
In the dance world, 25 years is a long time. And two esteemed Boston organizations celebrated this milestone in 2010.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:00PMBOSTON BALLET “NIGHT OF STARS’’ and “BLACK AND WHITE,’’ at Boston Opera House MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP’S “EMPIRE GARDEN,’’ presente…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:00PMMonday, December 13, 2010
CAMBRIDGE — When dancer/choreographer Beth Soll left Boston in 1997, it was a real loss to the area’s dance scene. For 26 years, she enlivened Boston culture with engaging, thoug…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:20PMSunday, December 12, 2010
WALTHAM — Since 1987, José Mateo Ballet Theatre has carved a niche in area holiday offerings with an accessible and affordable professional production of “The Nutcracker,…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:43PMSunday, November 28, 2010
The obvious take-away impression of Boston Ballet’s popular “The Nutcracker’’ is of lavish grandeur. Costumes bedazzle. Opulent sets include a giant Christmas tree th…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:36PMTuesday, November 23, 2010
Pepe Torres’s “Homenaje’’ is intimate, no-frills flamenco at its most musical, a marriage of sophisticated rhythms and ardent lyricism. The second installment in Worl…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:00AMSunday, November 21, 2010
At its most elemental, flamenco is an intimate, improvised conversation based on a shared tradition. The excitement is in the interchange, the sense of spontaneity unfolding in the moment. &…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:01PMSaturday, November 20, 2010
In person, Lasha Khozashvili has the unpretentious air of the boy next door. Wearing blue jeans and sneakers, his black mop of curls still wet from a post-performance shower and his youthful…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:00PMURBANITY DANCE How about a provocative antidote for rampant holiday materialism? Urbanity Dance director-choreographer Betsi Graves Akerstein opens her dance-theater version of Annie Leonard…
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