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Dance Review: BalletX — Fusion and Diffusion

October 24, 2016
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Ballet steps from the classroom were sprinkled in with modern dance, moonwalking, shimmies, groping duets, and any other kind of movement.

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Coming Attractions: October 30 through November 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 23, 2016
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in theater, visual arts, film, music, author events, and dance for the coming week.

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Rock Interview: Talking with Brand X — After Decades, Back on Tour

October 23, 2016
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Brand X was essentially a bunch of top-flight session men who got together to blow off steam, a UK version of Weather Report.

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Theater Review: “Abigail/1702” — Beat the Devil?

October 21, 2016
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Despite an appearance by Satan, this is not all that frightening a yarn for Halloween, but the MRT’s production is absorbing nonetheless.

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Theater Review: Paul Zaloom’s “White Like Me” — Madman on a Mission

October 21, 2016
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It’s the wild mind of puppeteer Paul Zaloom that’s really on display here.

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Theater Review: Sarah Ruhl’s “Court Life” — A Losing Match

October 20, 2016
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Sarah Ruhl attempts, but fails, to discover illuminating similarities between the powerful then and now.

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Book Review: Was Sonny Liston Murdered?

October 18, 2016
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The Murder of Sonny Liston is an absorbing, albeit speculative, attempt at addressing the mystery that died with the man.

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Visual Arts Book Review: Critic Douglas Crimp — “Before Pictures”

October 18, 2016
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Critic Douglas Crimp’s autobiography provides an absorbing, microcosmic look into the early days of the 1970s New York art scene.

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Dance Review: Big Dance Party

October 17, 2016
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This is a theater of signals, like a fast-changing slide show of things we recognize and don’t quite recognize.

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Dance Preview: “Black Ballerina” — Sparking Conversations about Dance and Race

October 17, 2016
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“Tokenism also plays into this issue. Some companies are hiring one dancer of color and they think they’ve done diversity.”

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