{Dd} Response: Hubbard Street Dance of Chicago at Northrop
Hubbard Street Dance of Chicago brought contemporary lines, chic silhouettes, and a corporate sensibility to the Carlson Family Stage at Northrop Auditorium on January 30th , 2016. The company opened...
View Article{ Dd } Response: Crude and Classic Mix in “Bullets”
As I left the Ordway Center for Performing Arts on April 14th, yellow streamers caught onto my boots and dragged along the floor behind me, like toilet paper stuck to a shoe. It was a fitting end to...
View Article{ Dd } Response: Pilobolus’ Minnesota Marathon
Pilobolus makes me wonder: Is that dancer being lifted by the neck, or is it just a clever illusion? Have I ever seen someone’s spine move like that? How strong am I? The company, dating from 1971,...
View Article{ Dd } Preview: Pontus Lidberg Shows Excerpts of NYCB Premiere at Works &...
“You can’t avoid the time in the mud,” said Pontus Lidberg, the Swedish choreographer whose most recent New York City Ballet Commission, The Shimmering Asphalt, will premiere at the David H. Koch...
View ArticleWatch ‘days together’
DAYS TOGETHER from Spaces of otherness on Vimeo. After he picked up and moved to Düsseldorf to dance for Ballett am Rhein, Atlanta-born dancer and Ailey/Fordham grad Marquet K. Lee sought both an...
View Article{ Dd } Response: “Titicut Follies” is Literal, Limited
Earlier this spring, I spoke with three of the four-man team responsible for Titicut Follies: The Ballet. These artist shared thoughts on the Frederick Wiseman film that inspired their project – a...
View Article{ Dd } Response: MIXTAPE at the Cowles
On May 19, 2017, a collective of Twin Cities dance artists who range in upbringing, generation, and relationship to dance genres took to the Cowles Center stage for the opening night performance of...
View Article{ Dd } Response: Long Legs Short Films
The evening of films entitled Long Legs Short Films is a collaborative yearly endeavor between DCTV and Dance Films Association. The mission of the program is a celebration of the universal condition...
View ArticleAlarmél Valli Celebrates Ragamala Dance Company’s 25th Anniversary
Ragamala Dance Company marked its 25th Anniversary at the Cowles Center in Minneapolis on September 14th and 16th. I attended the Saturday night concert featuring Bharatanatyam dancer and...
View ArticleA Stream of Consciousness Response: Jay Carlon’s ‘Out of Bounds’ at ACBH,...
Sunday, Oct. 8, 4:48 PM It feels a little strange to tell the concierge at the Annenberg Community Beach House I’m here for the performance. I go to the beach all the time—almost every day; my husband...
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