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Dance Review: Huang Yi’s “Ink” Writes the Body into Darkness

August 28, 2026
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Animated calligraphy, dancers in half-shadow, and two industrial robots create an eerie, elegant theater of marks, motions, and metallic afterimages at Jacob’s Pillow.

Dance Preview: Dancing the Odissi in my Spine — Bijayini Satpathy’s New Journey

August 24, 2026
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In her Boston solo premiere, “Rāgachitra,” the former Nrityagram artist draws on a lifetime in classical Indian dance to create searching, contemporary works shaped by memory, mythology, gender, and an inward turn.

Dance Preview: Brinae Ali Dances Baby Laurence Back Into the Spotlight

August 3, 2026
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At Jacob’s Pillow, Brinae Ali’s “Baby Laurence Legacy Project” reanimates a jazz tap master’s bebop musical brilliance through choreography, live music, and technology.

Dance Review: The Akram Khan Company — Remembering, Selectively

July 10, 2026
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In “Thrikra: Night of Remembering,” Akram Khan’s searing imagery of female ritual and sacrifice is shadowed by what the work chooses not to confront.

Dance Review: Ilya Vidrin’s “Proxies” — The Opposite of Avatar

July 4, 2026
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A sensor-driven dance work probes embodiment, data, and the limits of technological intimacy.

Dance Review: After Five Decades, Pilobolus Still Moves Like No One Else

July 1, 2026
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Currently running at the Joyce Theater, “Trips” pairs classic Pilobolus works with new creations, reaffirming what has made the company one of dance’s most distinctive ensembles.

Dance Preview: Reclaiming the Social Heart of Dance

June 13, 2026
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Shakia Barron’s “The Gathering” transforms the stage into a shared space of rhythm, improvisation, and release.

Dance Review: John Lam’s New Company Finds Its Footing

May 19, 2026
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Lam Dance Works pairs visiting virtuosity with emerging dancers, revealing both the promise and growing pains of a young Boston troupe.

Dance Review: Dancing Between Traditions — Vimoksha’s Lush and Luminous Fusion

April 21, 2026
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A Boston-based ensemble blends Indian classical forms with contemporary dance to probe birth, patriarchy, and migration.

Dance Review: Angkor Troupe’s “Swan Lake” — Trauma into Triumph

April 19, 2026
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Turn the lake into a lotus pond and you can take it from there.

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