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 10:09PM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 01:00AM[SHARE]Monday, 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 07:49PM[SHARE]Friday, 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 11:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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 12:53PM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 09:14PM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 08:28PM[SHARE]Monday, 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 07:51PM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 01:08AM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 08:39PM[SHARE]Friday, 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 12:10PM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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 06:33AM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 11:30AM[SHARE]In 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 01:28AM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 11:30AM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 09:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 09:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 12:27PM[SHARE]Friday, 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 12:00PM[SHARE]BOSTON BALLET “NIGHT OF STARS’’ and “BLACK AND WHITE,’’ at Boston Opera House MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP’S “EMPIRE GARDEN,’’ presente…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, 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 01:20PM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 09:43PM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 10:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 11:01PM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 01:00PM[SHARE]URBANITY 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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