Diana Vishneva On The Edge| Photo Gene Schiavone
REVIEW: Diana Vishneva’s “On The Edge” at the London Coliseum
What does it mean to be a modern-day muse? If anyone knows, it’s Diana Vishneva, who stars in two of her own commissions in On the Edge, now running at the London Coliseum.
Neil Greenberg's "This" at NYLA | Photo Frank Mullaney
REVIEW: Neil Greenberg’s “This” at NYLA
In discussing This, the work which premiered at New York Live Arts last week, Neil Greenberg makes it clear that the dancers were a very integral and very early part of the creative process. We, too, will start with them: Omagbitse Omagbemi: resolute, inquisitive, confident; Molly Lieber: frank and sculptural,…
Pina Bausch's "Kontakthof" at BAM | Photo Theatre de la Ville
REVIEW: Pina Bausch’s “Kontakthof” at BAM
Pina Bausch has a gift for holding up a beautiful mirror and gently showing us how ridiculous we look. In Kontakthof, scenes unfold wildly out of proportion, with hysterical shrieks meeting compulsive preening meeting a fake mouse corpse. “There are dancers onstage,” Anna Wehsarg comments at one point: “do you…
Lar Lubovitch's "Black Rose" | Photo NYC Dance Project
REVIEW: Lar Lubovitch Dance Company at Joyce Theater
Midway through The Black Rose, the second work on Lar Lubovitch Dance Company’s program at the Joyce, the thought surfaced: I really miss Trey McIntyre. When McIntyre shuttered his company this past June, optimists chirped about what bright new adventures the dancers would go on to, each one more talented…
RoseAnne Spradlin at New York Live Arts | Photo Ian Douglas
REVIEW: RoseAnne Spradlin at New York Live Arts
G-h-o-s-t c-r-o-w-n (working title) begins like a ballet gone wrong—Rebecca Warner and Natalie Green repeat classical vocabulary interminably, as though possessed or as though they have forgotten the next step and are desperately trying to summon it via muscle memory. A live (exceptional) musical trio pipes in, led by an…
Jodi Melnick's "Moment Marigold" at BAM | Photo Ian Douglas
REVIEW: Jodi Melnick’s ‘Moment Marigold’ at BAM
In Moment Marigold, currently in its world premiere at BAM Fisher, Jodi Melnick presents a contagious investigation of the myriad curves and lines our 206 bones are capable of producing. This is a dance that studies the human body so thoroughly that a heightened physical awareness drifts off the stage…
Reggie Wilson's "Moses(es)" at BAM | Photo Julieta Cervantes
REVIEW: Reggie Wilson’s ‘Moses(es)’ at BAM
Reggie Wilson is certain of himself. This confidence shows in his hands, crossed in front of his body as he stands onstage at the BAM Harvey Theater, gazing out at the audience. They are strong, durable hands, and minutes later when they are rapidly packing masses of tinsel into a…
Leslie Kraus in "Dark Lark"
REVIEW: Kate Weare’s “Dark Lark” at BAM
Kate Weare is afraid of theatricality. She said it herself in a discussion following Friday evening’s performance of Dark Lark, her latest work for her eponymous company, which is currently in residence at the BAM Fisher (the first company to hold this place). Perhaps, then, Dark Lark enacts a fantasy…
San Francisco Ballet in Wheeldon's Cinderella | Photo © Erik Tomasson
REVIEW: San Francisco Ballet’s ‘Cinderella’ at the David H. Koch Theater
Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella is not only steeped in 19th century tradition, but is also part of a rejuvenated, 21st century breed of the story ballet. San Francisco Ballet brought this fresh take on a favorite to the David H. Koch Theater this weekend as part of their New York City…
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Daisy Phillps and James O'Hara in 'Faun' | Photo Diego Franssens
REVIEW: Fall for Dance Festival 2013 at New York City Center | Program 5
Program 5 Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Sadler’s Wells London BODYTRAFFIC Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The final program of the 2013 Fall For Dance festival is ready to be loved. It is vulnerable, expressive, virtuosic, and, at its best, proud. This whole festival is an opportunity…