Wednesday, December 1, 2021
In Big Dance Theater’s new work, premiering at BAM Fisher, Annie-B Parson melds her sensibility with that of the Conceptual artist Guy de Cointet.
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Celebrating 10 years as the artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Battle says he is most proud of the chances he has taken.
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Created during the pandemic, Zvi Gotheiner’s “The Art of Fugue,” performed by ZviDance at New York Live Arts, now registers as a work of recovery.
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Indigenous Enterprise is rooted in tradition but also has hip-hop influences, discernible in footwork, bounce and especially attitude.
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The choreographer Christopher Williams’s queer reimagining of the Narcissus myth is brilliantly conceived and costumed, though a bit stodgy.
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The Martha Graham Dance Company’s return to the Joyce Theater featured a premiere, classic repertory and an intriguing experiment in reconstruction.
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Risk and improvisation are integral to kathak, the Indian classical dance form on display in Rachna Nivas’s stunning solo performance at Dixon Place.
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This mixed-nuts dance series returned with a whiplash-inducing program of Streb Extreme Action, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham and the Verdon Fosse Legacy.
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Caleb Teicher’s “Sw!ng Out” at the Joyce Theater aims to bring swing onstage as it lives today in a program that’s part variety show, part hangout.
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Sunday, September 26, 2021
Also on the bill for this free outdoor program is the choreographer’s U.S. premiere of “Quad,” a wordless television play by Samuel Beckett.
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The excellent Bharatanatyam troupe, Ragamala Dance Company, reopens the theater to live performance with “Fires of Varanasi.”
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
“In Conversation With Merce,” a virtual program, features Merce Cunningham’s “Landrover” and responses to it, by Liz Gerring and Kyle Abraham.
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In Colleen Thomas’s work at New York Live Arts, created and performed by women, the sense of pent-up release was strong.
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The up-and-coming company tried to deliver energy to an audience in Brooklyn with “Trapped,” but the last thing we need onstage is more screen time, our critic writes.
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Two stars, Lauren Lovette of City Ballet and Jamar Roberts of Alvin Ailey, are retiring from the stage to focus on making dances.
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“The Other Shore,” by the Seattle-based dance and visual art team Zoe Juniper, features an experience with a Google Cardboard VR viewer.
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A rare gathering of Black dancers from different companies meet to discuss a new production on Little Island, curated by Misty Copeland and Robert Garland.
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Quick and daring with New York City Ballet, she was a favorite of its leader, who would throw her into a role sometimes with barely a rehearsal.
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The company’s response to pandemic cancellations? An eight-city tour with sleeper buses and a foldout stage to perform outdoors.
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Archie Burnett, dancer, teacher and a father of the House of Ninja, has a show at Jacob’s Pillow. With his cast, “it’s like a family love affair.”
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This choreographer sculpts outdoor space, with her performers creating new dimensions in a Bard SummerScape production.
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Rain interfered with Dorrance Dance’s evening program, but the ensemble’s matinee was a playful, inviting reintroduction to the festival.
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Projected onto the Merchandise Mart, “Footnotes” honors a style that’s become popular around the world but isn’t always given recognition in its hometown.
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The gala features five new pieces, including one by Jamar Roberts, whose recent work confirms his importance.
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Wheeldon’s “Curious Kingdom,” on a Pacific Northwest Ballet program with two premieres, achieves moments of exquisite beauty.
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The festival features a film that shows the light and empowerment of vodou, a tradition of danced communication and communion with ancestors and spirits.
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This year’s iteration of the Indian dance festival, in two programs, is online; with Surupa Sen, what’s gained is emotional intimacy.
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“The Mayor of Harlem,” a streaming Tap Family Reunion production, features period-style dance numbers by an adept cast of hoofers.
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