Tuesday, October 1, 2019
The performance I saw on Friday night revealed Boston Ballet's priorities: while the dancers possess a high degree of technical skills, they have a looser notion of nuanced acting.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:18PMTuesday, September 24, 2019
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker invites the audience to let go of outside distractions and meditate on our own deeper feelings.
The post Dance Review: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas — Phase b…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:18AMThursday, May 2, 2019
Two autobiographies by women who had some experience in legitimate theater, but they each gave their strongest allegiance to dance, specifically one choreographer.
The post Book Review: The …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:12PMTuesday, April 9, 2019
This mysterious dance may have no meaning at all beyond its cryptic theatricality and movement. Or it may mean a lot.
The post Dance Review: Batsheva Dance Company of Israel — Strange Enc…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:47PMSunday, March 17, 2019
By bringing Happy Hour to Boston, Celebrity Series was aiming to expand its stodgy audience demographic, and it succeeded.
The post Dance Review: It’s Party Time — Monica Bill Barnes &a…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:14PMTuesday, February 12, 2019
Mark Morris and Ethan Iverson chose songs from the famous album for reflection and extrapolation. What they made is an entertainment, a romp for the company's terrific dancers.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:42AMMonday, January 28, 2019
What few signs of the rich culture embedded in Danza Orgánica's artistic director and choreographer Marsha Parrilla's heritage made token appearances.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMTuesday, January 22, 2019
I thought I'd never seen such a thrilling example of how dance and music can combine and feed each other.
The post Dance Review: Dorrance Dance’s Tapestration appeared first on The Art…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:32AMMonday, December 17, 2018
Dressed in cream-colored pants, a crisp white shirt, sneakers, and big owlish spectacles with red plastic frames, Twyla Tharp played the professor in the first part of the 90-minute show.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:18PMTuesday, December 4, 2018
Boston Dance Theater's four pieces seemed to counter female stereotypes but raised limited alternatives.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AMThursday, November 15, 2018
John Heginbotham may be making modern dance but he gives us the gift of classicism: discovery within form.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:12AMFriday, November 2, 2018
One thing I liked so much about this show, besides the mental and physical challenges, was its use of really simple and mundane materials.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AMMonday, October 22, 2018
Places Please! looks at the backstage life and trauma of performers.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:42AMMonday, September 24, 2018
Now, we're told, Trajal Harrell has been researching Butoh dance and hoochy coochy dance, hooking them up with the precursors of modern dance and slathering on generous amounts of gender the…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:18PMMonday, September 10, 2018
Jerome Robbins makes me think about how nonverbal characters can inhabit their times.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:24PMTuesday, September 4, 2018
Choreographer Paul Taylor leaves a repertory that sprawled from the outrageous to the sublime.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMMonday, May 28, 2018
La Sylphide is full of magic. It might be about magic.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:12PMMonday, May 21, 2018
Going beyond the reasonable concept, there was the New York Theatre Ballet's performance.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:12PMTuesday, May 15, 2018
Sleeping Beauty needs not only to thrill us but to carry us somewhere back into its own history.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:12AMMonday, April 23, 2018
Sutra was a curious mix of reverence and virtuosity, lavish movement and intricate music -- over an hour's worth of changing forms. I found it intriguing and untrackable.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:24PMMonday, March 19, 2018
Kelley Donovan believes every dancer should own her movement, not just perform it.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:11PMMonday, March 12, 2018
What a treat to see choreographers of different generations concentrating on ballet itself and asking the audience to appreciate what ballet can do.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:38AM 
