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Friday, July 8, 2011

Ballet movie is a digital wonderland by Robert Johnson/the Star-Ledger

Ballet fans can travel light when visiting the Digiplex in Cranford, which inaugurated a terrific summer series of dance films last month. You won't need to bring opera glasses, or a forklif…

SOURCE: NJ.com at 02:13PM

Tribute time: Lincoln Center Festival salutes composer Rodion Shchedrin and choreographer Merce Cunningham by Robert Johnson/the Star-Ledger

The Mariinsky Ballet and Merce Fair, a daylong farewell to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, are the dance highlights of this summer's Lincoln Center Festival.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:02AM
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Dancing for dollars: The Seven Deadly Sins at Lincoln center by Robert Johnson/the Star-Ledger

Paul KolnikPatti LuPone and Wendy Whelan in "The Seven Deadly Sins." NEW YORK — Some viewers will be outraged and others, no doubt, relieved. When the late dramatist Bertolt Brec…

SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:12AM
Friday, May 13, 2011

'Dragons on the Wall' preview: Freedom and self-expression are themes of calligraphy-inspired dance by Robert Johnson/the Star-Ledger

Carol Rosegg Ya-Chih Chuang and Gabriel Hernan in "Dragons on the Wall," which was choreographed by Nai-Ni Chen and will be revived this weekend in New York. In “Dragons on the W…

SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AM
Friday, May 6, 2011

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater preview: With new artistic director, Ailey troupe is on the cusp of a new era by Robert Johnson/the Star-Ledger

Paul KolnikAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Robert Battle's "The Hunt," which it will perform in Newark this weekend. Robert Battle is still artistic director “designate” …

SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:07AM
Sunday, April 24, 2011

'Dreamscapes' preview: Young choreographer continues to progress in dance world by Robert Johnson/the Star-Ledger

Matthew Murphy Tyler Angle and Ana Sophia Scheller, of New York City Ballet, in Avichai Scher's "Dreamscapes." NEW YORK– Avichai Scher is an emerging ballet choreographer, whose …

SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:02AM
Friday, April 15, 2011

'Ailey II' review: Second company, primary force by Robert Johnson/the Star-Ledger

Rosalie O'Connor Students from the North Carolina School of the Arts will perform Alwin Nikolais' "Gallery" as part of the "Sharing the Legacy" project. NEW YORK — Imag…

SOURCE: NJ.com at 12:00PM
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

'Ailey II': Second company, primary force by Robert Johnson/the Star-Ledger

NEW YORK — Imagine challenging a young dancer to hold the stage, alone, for 11 minutes. Sylvia Waters, the founding artistic director of Ailey II, is fearless pushing her charges — which…

SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:22AM

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