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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Young viewers get a bang out of Parker’s joy-filled moves by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

Choreographer David Parker deconstructs the familiar to make sly, affectionate dances that reveal the essence of things. His tools for doing so? A passion for rhythm, a keen kinetic wit, and…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:08PM

Explosive moves to driving beats at Summer Stages by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

CONCORD - Choreographer Brandon “Peace’’ Albright may have laid the groundwork for a new generation of hip-hop: a kinder, gentler, though no less exacting and physically ex…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:07PM

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Displays of artistry across age groups at ballet gala by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

Reprinted from late editions of yesterday’s Globe The future of ballet shone bright Monday night in the Gala Performance of the first Boston International Ballet Competition, not only …

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:20PM

International ballet competitors exhibit artistry by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

The future of ballet shone bright last night in the Gala Performance of the first Boston International Ballet Competition, not only for the classics, but also for contemporary, even pop-ting…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:42AM

Friday, May 13, 2011

From mix of ballets, two extremes by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

In last night’s mixed bill of George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins ballets, the Boston Ballet played cool chivalry against diaphanous heat, architechtonics against glancing intimacy. T…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:15PM

Friday, April 29, 2011

Ballet productions run hot, cold by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

Boston Ballet’s production of Jirí Kylián’s “Bella Figura’’ (1995) strikes like a lucid dream, that place where consciousness infiltrates sleep to for…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:04PM

Friday, April 8, 2011

Dancing gives form to ‘Dream’ enchantment by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

George Balanchine’s two-act “A Midsummer Night’s Dream’’ (1962) is not so much a telling of Shakespeare’s tale — though it is that, too — as a…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:08PM

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Powerful performances, but inconsistent choreography, mark program by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

The 15 dancers of Philadanco are lit from within. They move — whether nuanced or in a back-bent-to-the-breaking-point flash — as if each moment could be their last. Their fearles…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:00AM

Saturday, February 19, 2011

‘Chapters from a Broken Novel’ pulls pieces together by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

Choreographer Doug Varone’s “Chapters from a Broken Novel’’ (2010) — with its shards of dreams and groping tenderness — cracks the human condition wide op…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:43AM

Sunday, February 6, 2011

In a new era of dance, early works still resonate by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

Bill T. Jones unadorned is a revelation. Before his sprawling investigations of faith and multimedia extravaganzas, before his audience-baiting solos and Kennedy Center honors, Jones was hal…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:09PM

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Glover mixes soul, speed, and some flamenco by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

Hoofing sensation Savion Glover is also an on-the-spot composer-musician-instrumentalist par excellence who bangs out crackling, intricate scores with his size 12EE feet. Pair his “Hoo…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:17PM

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Pilobolus stretches our perceptions by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

Pilobolus, in its 40th season, has recaptured the wonderment of its renegade years. That doesn’t mean that every piece in Friday night’s concert — presented by the Celebrit…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:27PM

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Pilobolus stretches our perceptions by Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent

Pilobolus, in its 40th season, has recaptured the wonderment of its renegade years. That doesn’t mean that every piece in last night’s concert — presented by the Celebrity …

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:44AM

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