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Don't Miss -WEDNESDAY NIGHTS WALK-THROUGH WITH MUNA TSENG- Muna Tseng, acclaimed NYC choreographer and Tseng Kwong Chi's sister, will offer walk-throughs of the exhibition "Tseng Kwo…
How often does an audience have the opportunity to see work from three acclaimed contemporary dance choreographers, whose careers span between two to four decades, together on one stage? Not…
In Alexandra Beller's "milkdreams," which will receive its premiere at La MaMa, she revisits this golden age of infants and toddlers when reflexive self-censoring hasn't yet set in..."milkdr…
In 2007 Nejla Yatkin started creating dances in public spaces because she felt that ... she needed to make her art available to people from all walks of life and not just people who could af…
Through her documentary, The Game Changer, Indrani Kopal expects to create awareness about prison rehabilitation and educational programs...and to inspire others to explore dance, movement a…
"Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater acts a living museum, showcasing four pieces that stretch over 50 years and highlight a variety of choreographic viewpoints," Erin Bomboy, New Jersey.
"In the epically titled The Future Was Looking Better in the Past..., Rebecca Patek, a cousin of Richard Loeb, unpacks the crime and in the process, a family tree stained by one relative's d…
"In Trinidad so many cultures exist side by-side you have no choice but to be tolerant and knowledgable about cultures besides the one that you and your immediate family are part of." Ca…
"Major anniversaries demand un-wrapping the family silver... The gala, however, came over-stuffed with 23 items...Excerpts are typical gala fare, but the tightly woven narratives from ABT's …
"There are dances that can only be made with words, there are poems that can only be danced by the hands. Whatever it takes, whatever form it takes to tell the story, to express the emotion …
"The challenges that we confront as disabled people are real, diverse, and complex, overcoming them requires the arts and culture sector to consider new perspectives, tools, and approaches..…
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TDE: You were a dancing "Jack of all Trades" " studying dance in NYC, training under Melissa Hayden, writing about dance for various publications-- But what I find most interesting is…
"R/evolution takes a biblical theme " the danger of knowledge " and puts it through a science fiction blender. It's Adam and Eve meets Frankenstein." Erin Bomboy, New York.
"How can you not grin, or laugh hysterically (as much of the audience did) as he pulls a drill out to carve sticks that become his dancers." Deirdre Towers, Brooklyn.
When asked why she has devoted her life to studying and performing West African dance, Noelani's response is, "A spiritual connection to something bigger than myself. Learning a cult…
"Today, the company is"thrillingly"in the midst of a full-fledged renaissance. Just how well many Balanchine works are faring at NYCB was on abundant display during the first two weeks of th…
"In the three pieces showcased at The Joyce, everything is tilted and tweaked: wrists flip, necks flick, arabesques tip, and spins slide into squats. This is ballet on Red Bull." Erin Bomboy…
"Rebecca Davis wrote in an Artist's Note that 'an envelope is a carrier, a vessel. Its fullness is its emptiness.' " Deirdre Towers, New York.
"Like an archeologist, Dendy excavates beneath the pavements of Lafayette Street, Astor Place and St. Mark's Place, uncovering layers of buried drama." Robert Johnson, New York.
"[In El Beso,] various types of kisses are analyzed: from the casual pecks on cheeks, seen as greetings; to flirtatious, sexy exchanges as dancers roll their hips toward one another... " Max…
"They lock limbs, and at times heads, in a bestial duet...He catapults across, pierces upward, and slinks downward, finding satisfying points of suspension." Gianna Mercandetti, New York.
"On other programs the company has seldom looked better. It is as if the involvement with the Bournonville technique leads the dancers to re-examine their Balanchine trained bodies." Henning…
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"Andy Warhol's 15Â peeps into Warhol's mind, and comments on the cutthroat reality that performing artists experience." Gianna Mercandetti, New York.
"Street Singer is a "new" hybrid form " totally new for the company and myself. It is part Cabaret, part Broadway, and part concert dance show. Instead of being a "documentary" about Edith P…