Wednesday, October 15, 2014
NEW YORK — For the New York City Ballet Gala last month, top-tier fashion designers collaborated with the company’s costume shop to create the looks for four works. This intersection of …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:07PMSunday, October 12, 2014
Nothing made sense in “rapture,” a new work that PearsonWidrig DanceTheater performed Saturday at Dance Place. But if this first showing was a jumble — a big jumble, to be exact — at…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:07PMSunday, October 5, 2014
At the start of “Identity/Identite,” the Moroccan dancer Hind Benali was hidden under her ample skirt. In effect, that’s where she stayed for most of the next hour. Her intriguing but…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:33PMIf you’ve ever been responsible for young children, you remember, deep in your bones, how exhausting it can be just to go out for a walk when you’ve got one toddler hanging on your leg a…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:40PMThursday, October 2, 2014
“One knows very well,” wrote Colette, “that a body of good quality will last for a long time.” She gave that line to one of her most memorable characters: Lea, the high-priced courte…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:10PMSunday, September 28, 2014
Why does Lady Gaga don couture when she could strap herself into the gothic rock fashions of an Australian named Andy Christ? Gaga might well have envied the performers of Deviated Theatre�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:40PMFriday, September 26, 2014
by Sarah Kaufman | SHERMAN, CONN. — Geese waddle across the road, cows cluster in the shade, yearlings stand around looking gorgeous. ¶ This is a world away from the avant garde. ¶ And t…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:54PMSunday, September 21, 2014
You could say that Saturday’s performance by Nrityanjali, the Gaithersburg-based bharatanatyam dance ensemble, was all about numbers. The evening was titled “Sankhya Vaibhava” (“Glor…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:31PMFriday, September 12, 2014
Carla Perlo and Deborah Riley, co-directors of Dance Place, lean back in their comfortable new theater seats. They look down at the sweat-stained men laboring on the stage below. They look u…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:31AMFriday, September 5, 2014
Kiss today goodbye, arts lovers. Bid farewell to all the warm (but not too warm), wonderful days of summer we’ve had. We are heading into fall, and that means serious business: school, mid…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:03PMThursday, August 28, 2014
There was a lot going on at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center Wednesday night. Film clips of mountains and snow. An indie rock band rising up from the orchestra pit. More nature film. Dancers walk…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PMFriday, August 15, 2014
In 1939, with the dazzling success of the Ballets Russes in mind, a group of dancers, choreographers and producers formed a venture called “Ballet Theatre.” This was in New York, and the…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:53AMFriday, August 8, 2014
By necessity, ballerinas are perfectionists. So when it comes to turning herself into one of the most famous sculptures in the world, Tiler Peck has a sharp eye for detail. Peck, a principal…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54AMFriday, August 1, 2014
It was August, and it was hot. The temperature was over 100 degrees before noon on Aug. 4, 1892, when Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother were hacked to death in their Fall River, Mass.,…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:21AMWednesday, July 30, 2014
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning let his hips call the play at training camp on Monday, as his alma mater’s unofficial fight song, “Rocky Top,” played over the speakers. Manni…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:20PMFriday, July 25, 2014
In its previous ads, the Silver Line promised to improve our sex life, liven up the family and get us a better job. Now, it’s going to whisk us straight to paradise. You know, that Bollyw…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:18PMFriday, July 18, 2014
‘God match me with a good dancer!” wrote Shakespeare in “Much Ado About Nothing.” He gave the line to Margaret, an earthy servant girl with a wild streak. But it’s easy to believe …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:26PMThursday, July 17, 2014
That little know-it-all, age 14. She is part thinker, part statue of liberty. She is as beloved as the Thinker and the Statue of Liberty. And yet: her ennui. So French. So chic. Contemplati…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:49PMThursday, July 10, 2014
Anita’s steps defined her, and Rita Moreno has never forgotten them. Enough with words. To capture the killer pace of her “America” dance number in the film “West Side Story,” for…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:32PMThursday, July 3, 2014
Put a viral dubstepping star in a room with a top-tier ballerina and music by a hiphop emcee and what do you get? Here’s a teaser: A daring and appealing short film called “Enemy Withi…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:33PMWednesday, July 2, 2014
You can see plenty of fine dance programs, but you’ll not often find one with a great concept behind it. This was the mark of sophistication that Pilobolus brought to Wolf Trap in its enth…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:30PMSunday, June 29, 2014
Bolshoi Ballet Artistic Director Sergei Filin, 43, has recovered from an acute allergic reaction to his eye treatment that sent him to the hospital Friday, according to the Russian news agen…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:23PMFriday, June 27, 2014
The energy was so high at Thursday’s debut of the Chamber Dance Project that when it was over, you still felt the gas pedal was on. A sympathetic kinetic buzz carried you out of the Kenned…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:53PMThursday, June 19, 2014
We knew soccer players had some of the fastest feet in sports. But the fastest hips? Oh yes. Look no further than the pair owned by Colombian left back Pablo Armero, whose furious hip-shake …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:10PMThursday, June 12, 2014
Death got to carry an umbrella at Wolf Trap Wednesday night. The living were not so lucky. Those who braved the storm for the last local performance of the Trey McIntyre Project found that t…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:57PMSaturday, June 7, 2014
The Pennsylvania Ballet threw a charming party onstage at the Kennedy Center Opera House on Friday night. At its best, the production of Balanchine’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” wit…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:56AMFriday, June 6, 2014
The last time choreographer Trey McIntyre came to town, he had death on his mind. Among the works his company was performing on that 2011 visit was “Ma Maison,” his jittery tribute to Ne…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:29PMWednesday, June 4, 2014
What will ballet look like in 50 years? Will it have entered a neo-romantic period, where a flowing quality of movement and fleeting states of feeling are seen as revelatory, if not revoluti…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:57PMSaturday, May 31, 2014
The directness of Christopher K. Morgan’s work hooks you from the first move. The transcendence of it keeps you hooked, even after the last moves are over. It’s an unusual thing in dance…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:02PMFriday, May 30, 2014
Followers of Step Afrika know that the body-slapping, heavy-stomping group has energy to burn. On Thursday, its percussive power was put to the test. Just how much wattage could its 10 dance…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:06PMThis summer I will be weeping through “The Lion King,” for the third or fourth time. It’s not just the animal theme (but that helps). Or even the feline one. (I walked out of “Cats.�…
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