Debra Cash

Arts Commentary — Big Money for Artist Activists From the Robert Rauschenberg Estate

September 8, 2014
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It’s important for there to be funds, curators, institutions, and audiences for art that can speak truth to power in unconstrained ways.

Book Review: Joni Mitchell — One Side, Now

September 8, 2014
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The pleasures of Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words are the pleasures of being a fly on the wall.

Dance Review: Hat Trick — Doug Elkins at Jacob’s Pillow

August 15, 2014
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Doug Elkins’ take on Othello is entirely of our era, when domestic abuse is finally a public discussion and a complex story of betrayal can be conveyed with pop culture efficiency.

Fuse News: Boston’s New Puppet Map

June 27, 2014
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There is now an online “sonic census” of puppetry in the greater Boston area.

Arts Remembrance: Celebrating Rebecca Blunk 1953 – 2014

June 24, 2014
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Rebecca’s spirit will persist in every artist who remembers how much she believed in them, every organization that she urged to greater risk-taking and optimism for the future, and every friend brought together by the sorrow of her passing.

Dance Feature: Wonder X 2

June 23, 2014
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In red gloves and dark glasses, popping and locking, the Wondertwins are both imposing humans and robotic objects, organic and mechanical reproduction.

Music Review: Rufus Wainwright’s Open Heart

June 20, 2014
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Rufus Wainwright is like that: unfiltered family love and dysfunction threaded through whammo pop tunes wrapped in the sequins of more than a little clear-to-those-who-know celebrity.

Dance Review: “Acis and Galatea” — You Go, Girl

May 16, 2014
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Mark Morris’ choreography for his 18-member ensemble alternates between joyful ring-around-the-rosy and contra dance circles.

Fuse News: Artist Responds to Fuse Critic’s Review — With Art

May 13, 2014
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This is what I call an example of a critic making an impact!

Dance Review: Boston Ballet’s “Pricked” — Building Blocks

May 12, 2014
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Carrying cacti around the stage in boxes and placing them on their heads and in predictably suggestive positions, the Boston Ballet dancers looked like they were having a blast

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